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Discussion on subcontractor issues and standardization efforts in city contracting
1:59:10
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Council Member Lee raises concerns about subcontractor issues, and Kim Yu discusses the city's efforts towards standardization in contracting processes. Yu acknowledges the challenges in standardization due to the diverse nature of city agencies and funding sources.
- Lee emphasizes that subcontractors shouldn't be pitted against each other
- Yu explains the complexities of standardization across different city agencies
- She mentions ongoing efforts to standardize invoicing and budget practices
- Yu acknowledges that standardization is a long-term strategy that requires continued effort
Linda Lee
1:59:10
would be Sure.
1:59:10
Just because I feel like oftentimes those organizations get pitted against each other which should not be the case either.
Kim Yu
1:59:17
Yes, that's something that we can certainly get back to you on.
1:59:22
And then, so on the indirect cost rate, the city's committed to honoring the accepted indirect cost rates through the centralized city process, and this is a plug that my team is gonna push me to make sure that is said out loud.
1:59:39
The application is due May 1, so that's tomorrow for fiscal year twenty twenty six.
1:59:44
So, that is a date to keep in mind, as it relates to the ICR.
1:59:50
And then, council member Lee, you started with the difference in when you were an executive director at a nonprofit, your experience while interacting with the city, with the different city agencies, there were differences.
2:00:06
And so we do have an eye towards standardization, and you're right that Passport, through the technology tries to neutralize some of this disparate activity in these practices.
2:00:16
But I will say, city Of New York, very vast.
2:00:21
All the city agencies, very different.
2:00:24
We've got, aging here who's dealing with the aging population.
2:00:28
We've got DYCD who's dealing with the youth population.
2:00:31
We've got DHS who's dealing with the homeless population.
2:00:34
There are differences programmatically and there are differences in funding sources.
2:00:40
Federal, state, city, grants.
2:00:44
So there are gonna be some differences, but to cut through what really needs to be a difference versus what can be standardized, those are things that we are, that's the real work.
2:00:55
That's the real work that requires us to dig in, really commit to, and the long lead time work that's not gonna be, we just gotta keep at it.
2:01:05
But we do have standardization of invoicing and just budget practices.
2:01:13
Those are one of the longer term strategies that both Michael and I know that we need to tackle.
2:01:23
Oh yes, go ahead, you do
Christopher Hanway
2:01:25
it.