Qwally’s solution took the complexities out of the [city contracting] process. It takes the small business owner from start to finish, and directs them exactly where they need to be.

Qwally, through its partnership with the City of Wichita, provides a new and innovative platform to local small businesses looking to expand into government contracting and access area resource partners. This platform expands on the City’s current emerging and disadvantaged business efforts to reduce red tape and make this community and vendor base more inclusive.

Working with a start-up like Qwally provided a streamlined process from selection to implementation. New technology like this provides the flexibility and quick deployment that are expected in today’s IT environment but more challenging with larger Vendors. The City’s ability to deploy this technology in an agile manner provides the city departments the opportunity to interactively build the platform and get exactly what is needed specific.

The backend CRM of the system gives our staff the ability to track our impact, support of partners, the ability for us work virtually. This allows us to support more businesses, not just in the pandemic, but with a small internal staff. Through the technology we can even now support our entrepreneurial support organizations/partners. The front end makes it easier for us to provide one on one technical assistance or at minimum the site and virtual tools provides a new or “informal” entrepreneur with the resources and steps they need to formally register, permit and license their business to operate in KCMO.