Disparity Study
The City is actively soliciting proposals from qualified firms for consulting services to assist in the development and documentation of a Disparity Study. The study will focus on the availability and utilization of minority-owned (MBE) and women-owned business (WBE) enterprises in the city’s Minority and Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Program, and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) and examine the relevant evidence of the effects of race-based or gender-based discrimination upon the utilization of such enterprises in the Construction and Professional Services contracts and the Procurement of goods and services.
A further objective is to recommend programmatic remedies to address factors of any identified under-utilization of M/WBE firms. The Study will examine M/WBE participation, focusing on the utilization of these firms. This study, for which proposals are being sought, will cover the time period of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2010.
