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2015 Nevada Transportation Consortium DISPARITY STUDY Presented by Kevin Williams , BBC Managing Director Nancy Wes t, Exstare Managing Member kwilliams@bbcresearch.com nancy@exstarefederalservices.com Sameer Bawa , BBC Director Andres Ramirez , Ramirez Group President sbawa@bbcresearch.com andres@ramirezgroup.com James Davis , BBC Research Associate jdavis@bbcresearch.com

PROJECT TEAM BBC Holland & Knight Ramirez Group Denver, CO National Legal Expert Local Research Expert Kevin Williams Keith Wiener Andres Ramirez Sameer Bawa James Davis Exstare Customer Research Intl. National Disparity Study Expert National Survey Expert Nancy West Sanjay Vrudhula 2

PRIMARY Assess whether minority-/women-owned businesses (M/Ws) face discrimination OBJECTIVES ● Assess any underutilization of M/Ws ● Examine any barriers in Nevada marketplace ● Review contract policies, program measures ● Refine current program measures ● Assist with program compliance, implementation (including goal-setting) 3

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 4

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Informational Efforts ● Steering committee ● Webpages/e-mail ● Public notices Participation Efforts ● Public meetings ● In-depth interviews ● Telephone surveys 5

UTILIZATION Determine percentage of prime contract, subcontract dollars that went to M/Ws ANALYSIS Agency data ● Contract data ● Vendor data XX% ● Other information Survey data M/W PARTICIPATION ● Business information on agency contracts ● Lines of work ● Year established ● Race/ethnicity and gender 6

AVAILABILITY Measure percentage of contract dollars M/Ws ready, willing, and able to perform ANALYSIS Agency data ● Contract data ● Other information Survey data XX% ● Lines of work ● Contractor role M/W AVAILABILITY ● Year established for agency contracts ● Relative capacity ● Locations willing to work ● Qualifications and interest ● Race/ethnicity and gender 7

DISPARITY Assess differences between utilization and availability ANALYSIS XX% DISPARITY M/W PARTICIPATION INDEX XX% ● Disparities of 0.80 or less M/W AVAILABILITY considered substantial ● Assessment of explanations for any disparities 8

STUDY SCHEDULE Final Project Data collection and analyses Draft reports Initiation reports Public hearings Draft data Aug Sep Oct Nov Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Dec 2016 2015 9

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