Do you want to learn more about doing business with the City? Do you want to know about how the City of Seattle works with women- and minority-owned businesses? Do you have questions about working with unions on City construction projects? Do you want to share info about your business with City of Seattle staff?

The City of Seattle office at the Tabor 100 Hub is OPEN. Purchasing and Contracting staff from the City of Seattle’s Department of Finance and Administrative Services are available to talk to you. Just drop right in, no need to make an appointment!

Tabor 100
7100 Fort Dent Way
Suite 100
Tukwila, WA 98188

If you have a question or would like to talk to someone outside of these office hours, please email FAS_PC@seattle.gov.

SEPTEMBER 2025 SCHEDULE

• Tuesday, September 02 from 12:00PM – 04:00PM:  Staff from the Labor Equity Team
• Wednesday, September 03 from 09:00AM – 03:00PM: Edwina Martin-Arnold, Inclusion Advisor
• Friday, September 05 from 9:30AM – 2:30PM: Megan Jackson, Purchasing Team
• Monday, September 08  from 09:00AM – 01:00PM: Tracy Staggers, Purchasing Team 
• Wednesday, September 10 from 09:00AM – 03:00PM: Edwina Martin-Arnold, Inclusion Advisor
• Thursday, September 11 from 09:00AM – 03:00PM: Edwina Martin-Arnold, Inclusion Advisor
• Friday, September 12 from 11:00AM – 03:00PM: Presley Palmer, PC Division Director
• Monday, September 15 from 09:00AM – 01:00PM: Tracy Staggers, Purchasing Team 
• Tuesday, September 16 from 12:00PM – 04:00PM:  Staff from the Labor Equity Team
• Wednesday, September 17 from 09:00AM – 03:00PM: Edwina Martin-Arnold, Inclusion Advisor
• Thursday, September 18 from 09:00AM – 03:00PM: Edwina Martin-Arnold, Inclusion Advisor
• Friday, September 19 from 09:30AM – 02:30PM: Megan Jackson, Purchasing Strategic Advisor
• Monday, September 22 from 09:00AM – 12:00PM: Javier Valez, Senior Equity and Inclusion Advisor 
• Wednesday, September 24 from 09:00AM – 03:00PM: Edwina Martin-Arnold, Inclusion Advisor
• Thursday, September 25 from 09:00AM – 03:00PM: Edwina Martin-Arnold, Inclusion Advisor
• Friday, September 26 from 09:30AM – 02:30PM: Megan Jackson, Purchasing Strategic Advisor

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Evaluation and Award Decisions

Status Update: Canceled

Status & Award List: N/A

Executed Contract: Canceled

On Nov. 1, Mayor Bruce Harrell was joined by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS), Women-and Minority Owned business (WMBEs) leaders, and community partners to sign a new Executive Order that expands contracting equity and access for businesses, particularly WMBEs, seeking contracting and procurement opportunities with the City of Seattle. 

“We specifically talk about Black-owned businesses because the data suggests that is an area we need to target, and we believe by targeting that demographic, all boats rise,” Harrell said.

The City’s WMBE program was created to help correct the historical and disproportionate underutilization of WMBE firms. As a result, spending with WMBE firms continues to consistently grow year over year. Of the City’s more than $900 million annual spend on goods and services, nearly $228 million was spent with WMBEs in 2022 for consulting services and contracting for public works projects.  

FAS will lead much of the work around the executive order.

The new Executive Order mandates that City departments regularly engage with the community to facilitate connections between WMBEs, particularly Black-owned businesses, and project managers and procurement professionals in City departments. Additionally, the Executive Order instructs FAS, which is responsible for overseeing the City’s WMBE program and purchasing and contracting services, to develop an action plan for implementing recommendations resulting from an ongoing citywide disparity impact study.  

The Executive Order also reestablishes the mayor’s WMBE Advisory Committee, renewing the City’s commitment to partnering with WMBE and other community leaders with on-the-ground experience to identify and develop solutions to barriers businesses face in securing public works contracts.  

Additionally, the Executive Order advances work FAS and the city’s Innovation and Performance team is conducting to transform the City’s procurement process so that it is results driven, more accessible, and equitable. Seattle is one of two cities in the United States to be awarded a $1 million, two-year grant by the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation and a fellow from the Harvard Government Performance Lab is working with the city to support this work.