{"id":395592,"date":"2026-04-16T17:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395592\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:44:06","slug":"la28-procurement-plan-opens-new-opportunities-for-local-and-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395592\/","title":{"rendered":"LA28 procurement plan opens new opportunities for local and small businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can businesses get involved?<\/p>\n<p>Procurement opportunities will be published through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rampla.org\/s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement (RAMP)<\/a>, a City of LA initiative, where businesses can register, monitor upcoming opportunities and respond to Requests for Information (RFIs) and Expressions of Interest (EOIs).<\/p>\n<p>With the Olympic Games taking place from 14 to 30 July 2028, followed by the\u00a0Paralympic Games from 15 to 27 August, the plan represents an important step in ensuring that the benefits of hosting extend well beyond sport \u2013 supporting local businesses, strengthening communities and contributing to long-term economic impact across Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>*Addressable spend refers to the portion of LA28\u2019s total expenditure that can be fulfilled in the local market, instead of through partner sponsorships, IOC contributions, technical\/regulatory requirements, supply rights agreements or existing infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How can businesses get involved? Procurement opportunities will be published through the Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement (RAMP),&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-395592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}