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Int 1379-2019

Requiring a minority and women-owned business enterprise consultant for city projects with budgets in excess of ten million dollars.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Contractsintroduced 2019-01-24

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-01-24Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require that City contractors hire an independent MWBE consultant for every contract over ten million dollars as a way to enhance city procurement opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses.

Committee on ContractsProcurement Policy Board, review of City procurement policies and procedures, oversight over government contracts, Mayor's Office of Contract Services and collection agency contracts.

How it compares

28% of similar bills passed

14 passed · 36 died

This bill: 1071 days in committee

Similar bills: median 657 days · 281 days when passed

Sponsors (3)

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-06-20 · Committee on Contracts
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-06-20 · Committee on Contracts
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Contracts · 2019-06-20 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
City Council · 2019-01-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision h of section 6-129 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add new subparagraph g to read as follows: (g) For each agency project with a contract budget in excess of ten million dollars and for which minority and women-owned business participation goals have been established pursuant to this section, the contracting agency shall hire an independent consultant with expertise in minority and women-owned business procurement to perform the following functions: (i) assisting the prime contractor in recruiting minority and women-owned businesses for procurement opportunities on such project; (ii) monitoring the prime contractor's compliance with minority and women-owned business participation goals; and (iii) reporting to the contracting agency on the prime contractor's performance in meeting minority and women-owned business participation goals. The prime contractor shall pay all costs associated with such independent consultant. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. ASB/JJ LS # 6651/Int. 1021-A-2015 LS #15 12/08/2017 10:49AM 1 1