Department: Economic Equity and Opportunity
Department Head/Elected Official: Diana A Ramirez
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Discussion Item
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for discussion of the Minority-and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Program Utilization Report for the period of March 2022 through September 2022 (SFY 2022) including program statistics, lessons learned, and new action items.
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Background and Discussion:
As DEEO continues its implementation of the MWBE Program, we committed to updating Commissioners Court on the status of the program semi-annually. Our last report was presented to Commissioners Court on June 28, 2022, covering the 9-month period from June 2021 through February 2022.
This report covers the 7-month period from March 2022 through September 2022 (SFY 2022) and covers contract awards. Part 2 of the utilization report will cover contract payments. Part 2 will be presented on February 21, 2023. DEEO needed the extra time to do additional QA/QC on the payment data.
Hereafter, the award and payment reports will be combined, cover 6-month periods and will be delivered to Commissioners Court in June and December each year. For FY 2023, DEEO will present a utilization report on
* June 27, 2023, covering the 6-month period of October 2022 to March 2023
* December 19, 2023, covering the 6-month period of April 2023 to September 2023
Overall, the report shows MWBE utilization remained stable over the two reporting periods at approximately 19.5% MWBE utilization as compared to the MWBE utilization pre-program implementation of 9%. This is a 115% increase in the contract dollar value that has been awarded to qualified MWBEs in...
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