2015 Public Authorities Disparity Studies May 2015 Presented by: Nancy West, Exstare Managing Member Iris Saint , BBC Associate (703) 765-4050 (303) 321-2547 nancy@exstarefederalservices.com isaint@bbcresearch.com
Project Team BBC Exstare Federal Services Co-Prime Consultant Co-Prime Consultant Nancy West Todd Pickton Sameer Bawa Nancy West Iris Saint Customer Research Supplier Diversity Research Holland & Knight International Local Diversity Expert National Legal Expert National Survey Expert Cynthia Cooper Sanjay Vrudhula Keith Wiener 2
What’s Important to the Studies’ Success ● Understanding the studies’ purpose and process ● Community participation ● Encouraging support for the studies ● Sharing information ● Study advocates ● Study website: www.transportation.ohio.gov/disparity 3
Primary Study Objectives Assess whether minority-/women-owned businesses (M/Ws) face discrimination 1 Assess any underutilization of M/Ws 2 Examine any barriers in Ohio marketplace 3 Review contract policies, program measures 4 Refine current program measures 5 Assist with program compliance, implementation (including goal-setting) 4
Disparity Study Community engagement Legal analysis and framework Review of contracting, program measures Utilization analysis Availability analysis Disparity analysis Explanations of any disparities Analyses of marketplace conditions Overall DBE goal Recommendations and implementation 5
Community Engagement Inform Engage Engagement Team Support Listen Information Participation ● Steering committee ● Public hearings ● Webpages/e-mail ● In-depth interviews ● Public notices ● Telephone surveys ● Focus groups 6
Utilization Analysis Determine percentage of prime contract, subcontract dollars that went to M/Ws Authorities data ● Prime contracts, subcontracts ● Utilized vendors ● Other information XX% Telephone surveys ● Business information M/W UTILIZATION ● Lines of work on Public Authorities ● Year established contracts ● Race/ethnicity and gender 7
Availability Analysis Measure percentage of contract dollars that M/Ws ready, willing, able to perform Authorities data ● Prime contracts, subcontracts ● Other information Telephone surveys XX% ● Lines of work ● Contractor role M/W AVAILABILITY ● Year established for Public Authorities ● Relative capacity contracts ● Locations willing to work ● Qualifications and interest ● Race/ethnicity and gender 8
Disparity Analysis Assess differences between utilization and availability XX% DISPARITY M/W UTILIZATION INDEX XX% ● Disparities of 0.80 or less M/W AVAILABILITY considered substantial ● Assessment of explanations for any disparities 9
Study Schedule Data collection and analyses Final Project report Initiation Public hearings Draft results Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2015 2016 10
Next Steps 1 Develop legal framework and analysis 2 Review, analyze Public Authorities data 3 Conduct telephone surveys 4 Conduct in-depth interviews and focus groups 5 Conduct analyses of marketplace conditions 11
Thank you! For more information about the disparity studies, please visit www.transportation.ohio.gov/disparity 12
Testimony ohio.mwbe@bbcresearch.com Verbal or written testimony related to your experiences working in the Ohio marketplace Potential topics: ● Race- or gender- based discrimination ● Any barriers to success ● Payment issues ● Private or public sector work ● Prime contractor or subcontractor work ● Working with participating entities 13
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