State Treasurer Dereck Davis (D) called on Morgan State University to do more to increase minority business participation in contracts at the historically Black university. (File photo by Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters)
Maryland’s largest historically Black university is not doing enough to ensure Black and women-owned businesses can participate in state contracts, state Treasurer Dereck Davis said Wednesday.
Two contracts drew Davis’ attention and criticism during Wednesday’s Board of Public Works meeting: First, a $10.5 million contract for campuswide electrical upgrades at the Baltimore campus, and then a $1.6 million contract to provide engineering services for a security wall at the university…