The Medina administration Procurement Department says that so far this year the government has made purchases worth RD$9.18 billion from small business. It has contracted the purchases with 1,665 Micro and Small Enterprises (SMEs) that have been certified to sell to the government.
The government has also purchased RD$18.07 billion from 2,703 non-certified SMEs.
Total government purchases for the January-September 2014 period was RD$36.16 billion in 45,441 contracts signed.
The information was provided by department director Yokasta Guzman.