QUESTION
Council Member Brooks Powers Asks About DDC Project Numbers and MWBE Contract Allocation
1:05:10
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5 min
Council Member Brooks Powers inquires into the specifics of the Department of Design and Construction (DDC)'s ongoing and projected projects for 2024 and their involvement with Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) contracts. This includes questioning the average number of projects DDC handles per year, the number of MWBE contracts awarded, and the capital commitment rate from fiscal years 2019 to 2023. The discussions reveal challenges in direct MWBE contract awards due to financial thresholds and explore a city-wide construction mentoring program to enhance MWBE prime contract opportunities.
Speaker 1
1:05:10
Thank you.
1:05:12
So DDC is the city's primary capital construction project manager building many of the civic facilities in New York City, as I mentioned, in my opening statement.
1:05:24
And while also designing and improving vital infrastructure, the number of projects DD is currently working on and projected new projects in 2024.
1:05:37
Could you provide a breakdown of what that look slight.
Speaker 4
1:05:44
That's that's not something that I have with me.
1:05:48
Can we get back to you on up.
Speaker 1
1:05:49
If someone could get the answer while we're in the hearing, that'd be great.
1:05:55
Also, I'd like to know the average number of projects generally speaking that DDC works on per year.
1:06:02
Do you know that the average I'm sorry.
1:06:05
Projects that DDC works on each year,
Speaker 12
1:06:13
Within the infrastructure group, I would say on average year over year, we do about 60 projects.
Speaker 1
1:06:26
And can you provide a breakdown in terms of the number of MWE contracts currently awarded and projected or 2024 in terms of the average number of MWE contracts that are awarded, like, for this year versus just generally speaking year to year.
Speaker 12
1:06:51
So on the infrastructure side, we have limited we have limited direct MWBE contracts due to the thresholds.
1:07:02
They're rarely in infrastructure projects that are less than $1,500,000.
1:07:07
We we are putting out a sidewalk contract.
1:07:10
We put out some Bedramp contract because we're able to size them to meet that need.
1:07:16
So most of our MWDs are on the subcontracting side.
Speaker 1
1:07:25
In terms of capital commitment rate for fiscal years 2019, 2023, what was the commitment plan at adoption and what was the actual committed amount at the end of the fiscal years?
Speaker 12
1:07:42
Paldi of the number.
Speaker 13
1:07:45
Hi, Cancel number.
1:07:46
I can take it from the DOT side.
1:07:49
Last year, DDC, the DOT projects that we sent to DDC, they completed about 97, 98%.
1:07:56
Of the projects we set for the beginning of the year.
1:07:59
So we're very happy with their delivery.
1:08:02
Just for awareness, DDC usually handles our street reconstruction projects as well as our pet ramps, as Tom mentioned.
1:08:08
So we were thrilled with the amounts that they produced last year.
Speaker 5
1:08:14
Just wanted to talk about the city wide centralized construction mentoring program.
1:08:22
Is going to give us the ability to award prime contracts to our MWB firms up to $5,000,000.
1:08:29
And so we are garnering or gathering projects from each one of our agencies, 9 agencies in total, and they are allocating projects to this centralized program.
1:08:43
And so that's going to give us the abilities to award prime construction contracts to our MWD firms who under certain circumstances only could work for the city as a prime contractor.
1:08:56
We we are debundling and having the agencies to de bundle their projects into smaller sizes from a 100,000 to 5,000,000.
Speaker 1
1:09:05
What are the 9 agencies?
Speaker 5
1:09:07
The 9 agencies, you would ask me that.
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Nitra, EDC, mitchenEDC, h n h d e d e p, d o t, parts,
Speaker 1
1:09:26
Got 3 more.
1:09:28
Mhmm.
1:09:28
3 more?
Speaker 5
1:09:29
33 more.
1:09:33
Sentimentation.
1:09:40
I I will send you the list of of of the 9 agencies that would be part
Speaker 1
1:09:44
of the
Speaker 5
1:09:45
centralized construction mentoring program.
Speaker 1
1:09:47
Okay.
1:09:48
But you answered for DLT, Paul.
1:09:50
But in terms of the agency and its commitments, and the actual commitment versus actual, what does that look like?
1:10:01
Someone's working on that one.
Speaker 14
1:10:03
Why are you working
Speaker 12
1:10:04
on those numbers?
Speaker 1
1:10:04
Why are you getting on that?
1:10:05
Accounts number 1 has a add on to that question.
Speaker 2
1:10:10
How are we authorized the higher MWDEs up to 5,000,000 if the state authorization is 1,500,000?
1:10:15
Are are they still competitively bid?
Speaker 6
1:10:18
There are different enabling legislations.
1:10:20
Tier 1, so the so the mentorship program is a different one to the non competitive small purchase, which is 1.5.
1:10:25
So there's simply different tools that the state has given us.