For Immediate Release: August 22, 2025

Sacramento-area businesses: Your next major client awaits at SMUD

Meet the Buyers event brings direct access to millions in local contracts

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Local businesses can meet face-to-face with procurement teams at SMUD's Meet the Buyers event on Tuesday, August 26, where entrepreneurs pitch directly to the purchasing teams who last year awarded $204 million in contracts to local small businesses — money that stayed right here in our community.

What: Meet the Buyers & Business Resources Expo
When: Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Where: SMUD Headquarters, 6201 S Street, Sacramento
Who: SMUD, current SMUD business partners, Department of General Services, Caltrans, Sacramento County, Regional Transit, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and more than 300 small and large business representatives. 

Attendees can showcase their products, services and capability statements to key decision-makers and explore contracting opportunities across construction, materials, professional services and information technology as SMUD advances its 2030 Zero Carbon Plan.

The event offers direct access to SMUD's procurement staff and other public agencies including Caltrans, Sacramento County, Regional Transit, and the Department of General Services. Businesses can learn the vendor process and participate in expert panels covering contract bidding strategies and opportunities at SMUD.

Businesses can learn more about Meet the Buyers and register at smud.org.

About SMUD

As the nation’s sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity to Sacramento County for more than 75 years. SMUD is a recognized industry leader and award winner for its innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies and for its sustainable solutions for a healthier environment. In 2023, SMUD’s power supply was, on average, 78 percent carbon free, and SMUD has a goal to reach zero carbon in its electricity production by 2030. SMUD’s rates and customer bills are consistently among the lowest in California, and are today, on average, more than 50 percent lower than its neighboring investor-owned utility.