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The City of Cambridge supports supplier diversity as a way for diverse businesses (minority-owned / LGBTQ+ owned / disability-owned / veteran-owned / woman-owned) to grow and succeed. Winning contracts can help diverse businesses access new markets, gain new customers, and build relationships with large buyers. Cambridge benefits from a diverse supplier pool because it promotes competition which can reduce costs while improving the quality of the goods and services we buy.
Responding to bids and winning contracts can be difficult for underutilized businesses who experience special challenges in obtaining financing, getting certified, and marketing. To help, we have designed annual of events to help prepare diverse businesses to respond to bids and win contracts.
On Monday, October 20, 2025, the City of Cambridge hosts a Supplier Diversity Fair with buyers from every City Department including the School Department, Public Works, Human Services and more. The goal is to promote diverse businesses and build relationships between the buyers and these businesses. Our buyers seek diverse businesses providing these goods and services:
This event offers free registration to diverse business owners, and you do not have to be certified to participate. Here are the details.
Date: Monday, October 20, 2025
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. fair and networking
Location: Joan Lorentz Park on the lawn of the Cambridge Public Library - Main branch, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
Click here to register as a diverse business (minority-owned / LGBTQ+ owned / disability-owned / veteran-owned / woman-owned business)
Diverse businesses are encouraged to sign up to become a vendor with the City of Cambridge’s Purchasing Department.Click here to sign up.
Cambridge diverse businesses are encouraged to add their business to the Cambridge Diversity Directory. Click here to add your business.
The City of Cambridge has collected useful resources and information to help underutilized business prepare to win City contracts. You can find this information here: Cambridge Supplier Diversity Program Resources and Information.
Please contact Allyson J Allen at AAllen@cambridgema.gov or Tyrone Fells at TFells@cambridgema.gov.
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