Procurement Magazine June 2021 | Page 135

METRO NASHVILLE a detailed process for them to meet the need of that emergency . And then we work to execute the administrative piece of it on the backend .”
As life begins to return to pre-pandemic normality , Hernandez Lane has great ambitions to realize the insights and learnings of the past 12 months . On going reform will continue at all points throughout the procurement process .
“ I hope that this time next year we see a full exploitation of our efforts around procurement reform . There ' s still a lot of work to do , but I want that procurement process to be best in class . I want Metro Nashville to be that place in government procurement that folks look to and say , ‘ They ' re really doing a really great job with digital procurement . They ' ve got a really great approach to equity and inclusion in procurement , transparency , and processes where folks are able to service themselves and have insight into that process ’. All of that to me builds a best in class organization that I know we can achieve .”
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