Jana Williams is an Assistant Procurement Officer for the City of Chicago's Department of Procurement Services' ('DPS') Design and Construction Unit. In her capacity as an Assistant Procurement Officer, Ms. Williams manages the procurement activities of hundreds of active City contracts with a five-year contractual amount of approximately $550,000,000 and works in the Contract Administration Unit to ensure the equitable acquisition of goods and services for the City of Chicago. Key initiatives of the Design and Construction Unit managed by Ms. Williams are promoting the Department's efforts to increase contracting opportunities from diverse suppliers, increasing participation in contracting opportunities by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Woman Business Enterprises (WBE), ensuring the City's vendor pool reflects the rich diversity of its neighborhoods. The Design and Construction Unit also works overall to increase contracting opportunities for small businesses through the Small Business Initiative (SBI) Construction Program and the Mid-Sized Business Initiative (MBI) Construction Program.