QUESTION
Council Member Brooks Powers Asks About DDC's Outreach for MWBEs
1:44:53
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Council Member Brooks Powers inquires about the Department of Design and Construction's (DDC) outreach efforts for Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), specifically focusing on the prequalified list (PQL) and mentorship programs. The discussion includes how DDC conducts quarterly information sessions to educate MWBE construction firms on PQL and collaborates with Small Business Services (SBS) to assist with applications. Additionally, she questions the frequency of the prequalified list's usage for construction projects under $3 million.
Speaker 1
1:44:53
What kind of outreach does DDC engage in to reach MWE's and inform them that these programs like prequalified lists and the mentor mentoring program exists.
Speaker 4
1:45:06
In terms of the prequalified, the PQL, we do quarterly information system sessions for MWE construction firms because the m the PQL is focused on construction.
1:45:21
So we do quarterly information systems sessions.
1:45:25
And then we also work with SBS to provide assistance to those firms who are interested in applying, in completing the application.
1:45:36
So that's on a quarterly basis.
Speaker 1
1:45:38
How often are the prequalified list on average utilized?
Speaker 4
1:45:42
So anytime so the way that it works is that anytime we have a project that's valued under 3,000,000 construction project valued under $3,000,000, it should go to that list.