QUESTION
Council Member Brooks Powers Questions Comptroller Lander on MWBE Improvement Areas
3:05:06
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Council Member Brooks Powers inquires about areas within the Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) program needing improvement, from outreach to agency processes. Comptroller Brad Lander highlights subcontracting transparency, utilization, and oversight, alongside a need for a system to match MWBEs with procurement opportunities, emphasizing the potential for growth and increased transparency in the procurement process.
Speaker 1
3:05:06
And what part of the MWD pipeline, in your opinion, is in most need of improvement.
3:05:12
From reaching out to potential MWA Firms certifying them as MWA informing them of contract opportunities.
3:05:21
And finally, the processes within the city agencies themselves that engage with MWDs.
Speaker 17
3:05:27
Think of how we're gonna pick 2 things to prioritize.
3:05:30
It would be the subcontracting, which is just a a giant area of opportunity for growing firms, but that needs just the transparency, the utilization, and the oversight.
3:05:43
And the matching that I mentioned, which is just fully achievable.
3:05:48
Right?
3:05:48
Agencies know what they're procuring.
3:05:50
The city gets has at all.
3:05:51
So a system, you know, you heard in the video, someone say, you know, it's all like one big giant soup.
3:05:58
And if I either could get an email or at least register to be able to see the kinds of procurements I was looking for.
3:06:06
I guess those are the the two things that that I would prioritize.
