0:31
Speaker B
45:01 - 45:32
"applying a veteran-owned business to the RFP process is neither unheard of nor unworkable. Many places do it. Washington, DC, San Antonio, Miami-Dade County all provide for veterans preference in their process."
“applying a veteran-owned business to the RFP process is neither unheard of nor unworkable. Many places do it. Washington, DC, San Antonio, Miami-Dade County all provide for veterans preference in their process.”
- Speaker
- Speaker B
- Timestamp
- 45:01 – 45:32
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- May 27, 2026
From the transcript
Also, it's worth noting, applying a veteran-owned business to the RFP process is neither unheard of nor unworkable. Many places do it. Washington, DC, San Antonio, Miami-Dade County all provide for veterans preference in their process. Um, and actually DC provides for 9 different preferences in, in its RFP, uh, process, which is leave it to DC, right? Um, these municipalities do not concur, or, uh, these, these municipalities do not concur with, I think, the thesis that it's unworkable or it's perfectly applied to a veteran status.
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