QUESTION
Council Member Brooks Powers Inquires About MWBE Prequalified Contractor List
1:33:10
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Council Member Brooks Powers inquires about the Department of Design and Construction's (DDC) efforts to establish a prequalified list (PQL) for MWBE general contractors. The dialogue covers the creation of the MWBE, the current status of the PQL, including 16 vendors on the list, and the ongoing nature of applications. The chapter concludes with a request for more detailed demographic information on the vendors.
Speaker 1
1:33:10
Could you further discuss the prequalified list that DDC is putting together for MWBE general contractors?
1:33:19
And a follow-up question to that is, what is the status of this list and how many applicants have applied so far?
Speaker 4
1:33:27
Sure.
1:33:28
So in 2019, I believe the state legislature allowed the city the ability to create these MWA only PQLs.
1:33:38
So over the last couple of years, CDC has worked on that, and we've established them MWA PQL.
1:33:45
I don't know the number who have applied.
1:33:47
I do know that we have 16 MWBE vendors on our MWBE only PQL.
1:33:55
And it's a rolling PQL, meaning that people can continue to apply, and we add them to the list.
Speaker 1
1:34:01
Of the 16, how many are minority many are women?
Speaker 4
1:34:07
Can I get back to you on that?
Speaker 1
1:34:09
Okay.
1:34:09
If we could get that answer here too.
1:34:12
Yes.