2020: State Building Contracts & Diversity. Times are Changing.

Where: Massachusetts

How: An amendment to an economic development bill ( S2842 (2020 | MA)) included languages that requires diversity that takes into account race and gender when awarding bids for the disposition of real estate, air rights, long-term leases, and construction and design work.

Will there be state mandated requirements? No. Each state agency will be required to establish programs to ensure the “fair participation” of minority-owned and woman-owned businesses 

Boston Globe | Bill to mandate diversity on bidding teams for state properties nears finish line in Legislature