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EIP 2026
Playbook for a New Paradigm
WHEN
June 4, 2026
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
WHERE
Hyatt Regency
San Francisco, CA
PRESENTED BY
COMMUNITY HOST
Building from the Equity in Infrastructure Project’s Procurement for Prosperity Playbook, this event, part of BUILDIT's annual Founder's Day gathering, brings together public agencies and private firms committed to increasing contracting opportunities for small and historically underutilized businesses to deliver more competition and value. EIP Attendees will celebrate new signatories to the EIP pledge and operationalize playbook recommendations, focusing on POLICIES, PRACTICES, and PROGRAMS.
Event Schedule
8:00 - 9:00 AM PT | Advisory Council Gathering |
9:00 - 10:00 AM PT | Signing Ceremony |
10:00 - 1:30 PM PT | Playbook Workshop/Lunch |
3:00 - 5:00 PM PT | BuildIT Reception Honoring EIP |
Building Opportunities for Small Businesses Through Public Infrastructure
The United States is at a pivotal moment for public infrastructure. In recent years, federal and state governments sent historic amounts of federal and state dollars to local communities through highway, transit, airport, port, water, and energy projects to support economic growth. Yet reduced competition for public construction contracts is contributing to rising infrastructure costs in the U.S. Procurement for Prosperity is a practical playbook for public agency leaders and procurement and contracting practitioners to grow the pool of capable small and first-time contractors, strengthen competition, and deliver better value for taxpayers.
The playbook features stories and perspectives from EIP member agencies that have succeeded in race- and gender-neutral environments, offering an actionable menu of strategies and tools you can use in a changing environment.
Who it’s for
For public agency executives:
How to resource programs that grow opportunities for Historically Underutilized Businesses, foster a culture of risk acceptance, build the right team, and invest in data and monitoring
For practitioners:
A deep dive into strategies to increase access and competition that have succeeded in race- and gender-neutral environments, how to make the procurement process more inviting for small firms, and how to strengthen the capacity of HUBs to do businesses.
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