Small and Diverse Supplier Expo: Past Event Summaries

This page provides information on the past Small and Diverse Supplier Expo events.  Visit the main page to see information for the current event.

2024

The following departments were at the 2024 event held at the Oak Park Community Center in Sacramento.

UC Davis Health Departments

UC Davis - Davis Campus Departments

Other Organizations

Additional Sponsors


2023

In addition to the UC Davis departments listed below, we partnered with the Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of CommerceSacramento Black Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce for the 2023 event, held at the UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center (ARC).

This event provided small and diverse suppliers an opportunity to meet in-person with Davis campus and UC Davis Health departments to learn more about their needs for goods and services and what steps to take to position their business to meet those needs.

In addition, representatives from the Department of General Services Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services  answered questions and provided information one-on-one regarding doing business with the state, California state certifications, navigating Cal eProcure and more.


2022

This event was held virtually on Zoom.

  • Agenda
  • Break-Out Session 1
    • The California Tower and Anchor Institution Strategies (Slides)
    • Registering and Doing Business with UC Davis (Slides)
  • Break-Out Session 2
    • How to Become a Certified Small or Diverse Business with the State of California (Slides)
    • Design and Construction Management Contracts on the UC Davis Campus (Slides)
    • Small Business First Overview (Slides)
    • Locating Small and Diverse Businesses (Slides)

2021

This event was held virtually on Zoom.