Marketplace.city's Market Landscapes are Empowering Local Governments to Better Procure Technology Solutions

Whether it's New York City, or Corinth, TX, local governments often have the same questions:

How do we protect our database from cyber thieves?

How do we go about equipping our police force with body cameras?

How can we support broadband wifi for the public at large?

These questions are all centered around technology procurement, and the problem is that technology changes so fast that the speed of government cannot keep up.

Innovation shouldn't be the enemy of local government. But if Requests For Proposals (RFPs) from local governments to tech companies take a year-and-a-half, will that technology even be relevant when it's finally implemented?

The answer is probably not, and that's why govtech companies such as Marketplace.city are looking to cut procurement time into a fraction of what it is today. In the case of Marketplace.city, this has been achieved through their Market Landscapes reports.

What is a Market Landscape?

Let's take the question above about police worn body cameras for an example: How can a Market Landscape cut down the time it takes for procurement?

Well, let's say that Asheville is interested in equipping their police force with this technology. If they were to start at square one, they would have to research not only the technology and what companies will best serve their needs, but also study the impact on the public. That takes a long time!

But what if local governments already had that information available?

Insert Market Landscapes.

Since other cities have already gone through the process of procuring this technology, the data they collected can be made available to Asheville.

And that's what a Market Landscape is: A report that assists governments in sourcing, validating and procuring technology solutions by providing in-depth supplier research, case studies, pricing, contracts and notes on what each solution offers.

Marketplace.city has created Market Landscapes that include this information for over 80 different technologies.

Marketplace.city's mission is to simplify the process for local governments to source, validate and procure new technology, so that governments can be responsive to their constituents and focus on their core mission to serve those constituents.

How Can a Local Government Obtain a Market Landscape?

When cities, towns and other municipalities sign on with Marketplace.city, they are given access to their Clearbox Process. This means those local governments will have access to all of the Market Landscapes that Marketplace.city has previously compiled.

And that's not all!

Marketplace.city understands that city problems are not always unique, but the cities themselves certainly are. So at times, it becomes necessary for a city to request a Market Landscape of their own, which addresses their unique concerns, and pairs them with the best technology provider.

Right now, Marketplace.city is offering a free Market Landscape to cities and local governments that sign up.

A free Market Landscape can be claimed by visiting the Marketplace.city-City Possible registration page at https://go.marketplace.city/citypossible.

Technology doesn't have to remain in the private sector, and when the private sector's best innovations are used to solve local government’s most pressing problems, who wins? You do, and the people in your community too.