Details Meeting Name: Committee on Contracts Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 6/20/2019 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl. Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (14) 14 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 0346-2018 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Establishing auditing requirements for minority and women-owned business enterprise procurement. Introduction This bill would make it a requirement that the Comptroller conduct annual audits focused solely on MWBE procurement. This bill would also allow the Comptroller to appoint someone in the Comptroller’s office to oversee and execute such audit. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0346-2018 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Establishing auditing requirements for minority and women-owned business enterprise procurement. Introduction This bill would make it a requirement that the Comptroller conduct annual audits focused solely on MWBE procurement. This bill would also allow the Comptroller to appoint someone in the Comptroller’s office to oversee and execute such audit. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1293-2018 * Deborah L. Rose   Proposed Int. No. 1293-A Minority and women-owned business enterprises. Introduction This bill would amend the definition of “Minority group” for purposes of the city’s Minority and Women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) program to include Native Americans in all covered procurement categories and Asian Americans in the professional services category. The bill would also update citywide procurement goals for all minority groups across all procurement categories in accordance with the findings in the most recent citywide disparity study. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1293-2018 * Deborah L. Rose     Minority and women-owned business enterprises. Introduction This bill would amend the definition of “Minority group” for purposes of the city’s Minority and Women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) program to include Native Americans in all covered procurement categories and Asian Americans in the professional services category. The bill would also update citywide procurement goals for all minority groups across all procurement categories in accordance with the findings in the most recent citywide disparity study. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1293-2018 * Deborah L. Rose     Minority and women-owned business enterprises. Introduction This bill would amend the definition of “Minority group” for purposes of the city’s Minority and Women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) program to include Native Americans in all covered procurement categories and Asian Americans in the professional services category. The bill would also update citywide procurement goals for all minority groups across all procurement categories in accordance with the findings in the most recent citywide disparity study. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1379-2019 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Requiring a minority and women-owned business enterprise consultant for city projects with budgets in excess of ten million dollars. Introduction This bill would require that City contractors hire an independent MWBE consultant for every contract over ten million dollars as a way to enhance city procurement opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1379-2019 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Requiring a minority and women-owned business enterprise consultant for city projects with budgets in excess of ten million dollars. Introduction This bill would require that City contractors hire an independent MWBE consultant for every contract over ten million dollars as a way to enhance city procurement opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1452-2019 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     Minority and women-owned business enterprises. Introduction This bill would, among other things, require the chief procurement officer, in conjunction with the mayor’s office of minority and women’s-owned businesses, to more frequently update operational protocols for the city’s M/WBE program, as well as facilitate additional agency and contractor training of M/WBE program implementation. The bill would also empower agency chief contracting officers to require contracting agencies to identify MBE, WBE or EBEs that such agencies intend to employ for certain contracts. Lastly, the bill would enable the chief procurement officer to exempt portions of certain contracts from the M/WBE program in instances where, after an exhaustive search by a contracting agency, it is determined that there are no eligible MBE, WBE or EBE firms eligible to perform the work required. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1452-2019 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     Minority and women-owned business enterprises. Introduction This bill would, among other things, require the chief procurement officer, in conjunction with the mayor’s office of minority and women’s-owned businesses, to more frequently update operational protocols for the city’s M/WBE program, as well as facilitate additional agency and contractor training of M/WBE program implementation. The bill would also empower agency chief contracting officers to require contracting agencies to identify MBE, WBE or EBEs that such agencies intend to employ for certain contracts. Lastly, the bill would enable the chief procurement officer to exempt portions of certain contracts from the M/WBE program in instances where, after an exhaustive search by a contracting agency, it is determined that there are no eligible MBE, WBE or EBE firms eligible to perform the work required. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1617-2019 * Justin L. Brannan   Preconsidered Including the most recent data available in the citywide M/WBE disparity study. Introduction This bill would require the Division of Economic and Financial Opportunity within the Department of Small Business Services and the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services to use the most recent data available when considering revisions to citywide M/WBE participation goals. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1617-2019 * Justin L. Brannan     Including the most recent data available in the citywide M/WBE disparity study. Introduction This bill would require the Division of Economic and Financial Opportunity within the Department of Small Business Services and the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services to use the most recent data available when considering revisions to citywide M/WBE participation goals. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1624-2019 * Ben Kallos   Preconsidered Tracking certifications of minority and women owned business enterprises and emerging business enterprises. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services and the Department of Small Business Services to expand the data in the quarterly Minority- and Women- Owned Business Enterprise (“M/WBE”) report to include the change in the number of certified M/WBE firms and certified Emerging Business Enterprise (“EBE”) firms in each industry classification since the most recent M/WBE disparity study and the percentage increase for such firms since the previous quarter. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1624-2019 * Ben Kallos     Tracking certifications of minority and women owned business enterprises and emerging business enterprises. Introduction This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services and the Department of Small Business Services to expand the data in the quarterly Minority- and Women- Owned Business Enterprise (“M/WBE”) report to include the change in the number of certified M/WBE firms and certified Emerging Business Enterprise (“EBE”) firms in each industry classification since the most recent M/WBE disparity study and the percentage increase for such firms since the previous quarter. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available