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Information Item
DATE: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Status Report: Small Business Encouragement Program (Facilities Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The objective of this report 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, women and/or minority owned businesses.  The value of this report provides the Board and public a measurement of the District's program efficiency and the response to the District's performance expectation.

In the period July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011 (fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011),  small, women, and minority business participation in new construction and major renovation totaled $42,700,000.  The percentage of construction tax dollars reinvested with certified, OSD registered small business firms translated to 23.1% of all subcontractor bid awards during the subject period.  As a part of this analysis, women and minority owned construction related subcontractors and suppliers registered with the OSD, performed work valued at $36,300,000 during the subject period.  Although FY 2011 reflected a significant reduction in overall construction contracts, the Encouragement program not only continued to exceed the District's expectation in construction expenditures, but also utilized 178 total vendors in FY 2011 and 193 vendors based in the Tampa Bay market in FY 2010.

A parallel measurement of the program's continued growth is that the OSD's database of certified small businesses increased by 43% during the reporting period.  

Although the OSD had its continued focus on Facilities related new construction and major renovations, the District's ability to track its Small Business Enterprise goods and service expenditures through its Lawson financial software has continued to reflect the foundation for future anticipated growth.  The OSD was able to account for over $30,000,000 dollars spent with small business enterprises by our divisions, departments, and school sites for the same two year reporting period.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Align financial resources to support the district’s strategic goals • Demonstrate best financial practices
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
EVALUATION
SUBMITTED BY: 
    Cathy L. Valdes

  Chief Facilities Officer
(813) 272-4004
    A 9.01a
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20110920_472 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 9.01a