TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Semi-Annual Payment Report
BRIEFING ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Semi-Annual Payment Report for the period of April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Financial Stability and Resiliency
Initiative - Financial Efficiency and Revenue Maximization
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has mandated that AC Transit, as a recipient of DOT-assisted funding, is required to adopt and implement a DBE program. Inclusive in the implementation is the periodic reporting to the FTA on the success and challenges of meeting established triennial DBE goals. Supporting this requirement ensures that the District remains eligible to receive FTA funding.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no budgetary or fiscal impact associated with this report.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
The District's FTA Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) Triennial DBE Goal for FFY2020 - 2022 is 10% annually, reported semi-annually for periods October-thru-March, and April-thru-September. This is the 2nd required report for FFY2020-2021.
During this reporting period, the District did not achieve its 10% DBE participation goal. District awards and commitments during this period resulted in no federal dollars going to DBE firms. This was solely due to the issuance of several small dollar purchase orders, execution of task orders on existing contracts, and a single contract award which included a ten percent Small Business Enterprise (SBE) goal because DBE goals are not currently authorized on contracts.
As a result of missing the DBE goal for this period and achieving only 3.62% for the current federal fiscal year (October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021), staff must submit a shortfall analysis to the FTA with an explanation of why the goal was missed and proposed actions and step...
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