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Minority, Women, and Small Business Enterprise (MWSBE) County Committee Report

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MWSBE Committee Recommendations

• 1. Joint City/County Program
• Benefits the participants
• Possible operational efficiencies
• Possible additional costs from other

recommendations

• Enhanced certification process
• Enhanced monitoring and oversight
• 2. Joint Disparity Study
• Expand to include an anecdotal analysis
• Include related agencies

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MWSBE Committee Recommendations

• 3. Tiered Certification Program
• Large vs. Small
• Continuing education and demonstration of

satisfactory past performance required for re-certification

• 4. Current $ thresholds for eligibility be

addressed by the disparity study

• Process establish to update those thresholds
• n a periodic basis

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MWSBE Committee Recommendations

• 5. Allow prime contractors on construction

projects to count self-performed work towards the project’s MBE participation (aspirational) targets

• 6. SBE Program Recommendations:
• Raise the set aside ceiling from $100,000 to

$250,000

• Allow eligible Minority and Women Business

Enterprises to automatically be certified as SBEs

• Have disparity study address graduation

requirements for the SBE Program

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MWSBE Committee Recommendations

• 7. Require County departments making

purchases of less than $50,000 to

• btain quotes from a certified MWSBE,

if one is available

• 8. Establish a mentor-protégé program

(voluntary)

• 9. Support the concept of a MWBE loan

Program

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