Recognition of Status Report for Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program

The objective of the Status Report for the SBE program is to recognize the District's effort to reinvest tax dollars into the Tampa Bay area's small business community. On a periodic basis, the Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD) captures the performance of the District staff and its prime contractors in the utilization of small businesses registered with the OSD. The value of this report provides the School Board and public a measurement of the District's program efficiency and the response to the District's performance expectation.

In the fiscal year 2008-2009 (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009), new construction and major renovation (subcontractor expenditures) totaled approximately $78 million dollars, $26 million dollars less than in 2007-2008. The percentage of construction tax dollars reinvested with certified OSD registered small business firms translated to 22.9% of all subcontractor bid awards during the subject period, which was consistent with the District's fiscal year 2008 performance. The analysis concludes that OSD registered construction-related subcontractors and suppliers performed work valued at $17.9 million dollars during the subject period. The construction project analysis only includes those projects that reflected 80% or more of their budget having been expended by the close of fiscal year 2009.

In a parallel review, the expenditure by District sites with SBE vendors in fiscal year 2009 for all other goods and services was approximately over $18 million dollars, a $3.6 million dollar reduction from the record fiscal year 2008 expenditure level. Thus, the total overall District expenditure level with OSD registered firms in fiscal year 2009 was more than $36 million dollars.

As part of the report to the District, the OSD will recognize those construction management firms who assisted the District in its subcontractor utilization efforts and those OSD vendors who earned either between $100,000-$900,000 and those who earned over $1,000,000 in bid awards.