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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
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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