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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Overview of MOCS's responsibilities and approach
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Kim Yu provides an overview of the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) responsibilities and its approach to managing the city's contracting process. She emphasizes the complexity of the work and the agency's commitment to efficiency, transparency, and equity.
- MOCS oversees the entire contracting process for the city, providing both oversight and facilitation.
- The agency operates on three pillars: people, procurement reform, and technology.
- MOCS manages the city's digital procurement system, Passport, and ensures fair, competitive practices across agencies.
Kim Yu
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This is complex, demanding work, but I'm ready to roll up my sleeves and do the work side by side with our dedicated public servants, our nonprofit providers and all the stakeholders, including the city council, to ensure a contracting system that is more efficient, transparent, and equitable for all New Yorkers.
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New York City relies on thousands of nonprofit providers to deliver essential human services, from housing support and mental health care.
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To after school programs and workforce training.
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These organizations are on the front lines providing vital services to our communities, particularly in our most underserved neighborhoods.
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It is our responsibility as a city to ensure they are paid promptly and fairly for their work.
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While MOX operates with a relatively small budget, our responsibilities span the entire contracting process for the city.
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We've been charged with both providing traditional oversight on the city's procurement process and also help facilitating that process.
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To successfully act on these responsibilities, MOX continues to stand on its three pillars, people, procurement reform, and technology.
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Through this approach, we've been able to successfully carry out our role in the procurement ecosystem, overseeing procurement of procurement reform efforts, managing and making improvements to our end to end digital procurement system passport, and ensuring our agency partners follow fair, competitive, practices.