State of Alabama 2025 Procurement Study
The State of Alabama (“State”), through the Alabama Office of Minority Affairs, has engaged Griffin & Strong, P.C (“GSPC”) to perform a Procurement Study. The Study will serve as an objective research tool used to determine where economic growth opportunities exist for Women and Minority owned businesses (“MWBEs”) in the State’s executive branch departments in the procurement of goods and services using state funds.
The Procurement Study is an objective research tool used to determine where there are economic growth opportunities for women and minority owned businesses in the State’s executive branch departments in procurement of goods and services using state funds. The findings of the Procurement Study result in recommendations by the Study team, and if accepted, are intended to be implemented as policy.
If you have any questions or comments about the Study, please contact us at AlabamaProcurementStudy@gspclaw.com.
For additional information check out our Introduction to Procurement Study.
EVENTS
Informational Meeting
To learn more about this Study, how to be involved, or to address any questions or concerns, please attend our community informational meeting in January of 2024.
| DATE | TIME | VENUE |
|---|---|---|
| January 9th, 2024 | 12:00pm CT | View Recording |
Public Hearings
The public hearings are an opportunity for businesses and other community members to go on the record with their comments about doing business with the State, or its marketplace. All comments will become part of the public record and will be included in the Study analysis.
| DATE | TIME | LANGUAGE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th, 2024 | 6:00pm CT | English | Register Here |
| June 5th, 2024 | 6:00pm CT | English | Register Here |
| June 6th, 2024 | 12:00pm CT | Vietnamese | Register Here |
| June 11th, 2024 | 12:00pm CT | English | Register Here |
| June 12th, 2024 | 5:30pm CT | Spanish | Register Here |
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE COLLECTION
Local Organizations
GSPC also desires the feedback of organizations that speak for the local business community. Local business, civic, and trade organizations may be contacted to participate. If you desire to meet with GSPC to discuss your organization’s perspective or relevant experience(s) working with the State of Alabama, contact us at AlabamaProcurementStudy@gspclaw.com.
Anecdotal Interviews
The Procurement Study will provide an opportunity for feedback from business owners about experiences, both positive and negative, contracting with the State of Alabama. Anecdotal interviews are one-on-one interviews with business owners to discuss their experiences doing business with the State or navigating business development in the region.
This testimony can play a critical role in improving current programs. Beginning with our Informational meeting in January 2024, the Procurement Study anecdotal process will involve the completion of anecdotal interviews, public hearings, and focus groups. We estimate that anecdotal interviews will begin in December 2023 and end in April 2024.
If contacted, we encourage your honest and transparent feedback.
Survey of Business Owners
GSPC will be conducting a Survey of Business Owners to understand the experiences of firms in the State’s marketplace in doing business both with and in the State. All firms in the marketplace are invited to take the survey which will be sent out early in 2024. If you do not receive a survey directly, it will be posted on the website, and you will be able to access it here:
Alabama Minority Serving Institutions Survey
Alabama Minority Serving Institutions Survey
Email Comments
For those who are not contacted to participate in an interview or focus group, are unavailable, or are generally uncomfortable providing public testimony, you may email us anytime with anecdotal comments or questions at AlabamaProcurementStudy@gspclaw.com.
Focus Groups
GSPC invites a small group of diverse firms to provide their view of doing business with the State, attempting to do business with the State, or explaining why they have not attempted to do business with the State, in a discussion setting. Firms are chosen at random from each ethnicity and gender group of the Study.
Social Media
For information about scheduled events and Study updates, feel free to follow Griffin & Strong, P.C. on Facebook, or LinkedIn. You may also provide commentary regarding the Study via social media, regardless of whether you are selected for a random interview. If you wish to provide a comment regarding your experiences, whether positive or negative, in doing business in or with the State, please reach us on social media.
