Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises - Small Local Business Enterprise Procurement Preferences For the purpose of creating a Small Local Business Enterprise (“SLBE”) Program, to be administered by the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office; requiring the establishment of Goal Setting Committees for certain specified industry categories; defining certain terms; establishing the eligibility requirements for firms seeking to participate in the SLBE Program; establishing graduation and suspension criteria for firms in the SLBE Program; authorizing the City to employ various affirmative procurement initiatives to promote the award of City contracts to SLBEs; requiring annual reports on the SLBE Program; requiring periodic hearings on and review of the SLBE Program; providing for the appeal of certain adverse determinations by the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office; setting certain penalties; correcting, conforming, and clarifying related provisions; and generally relating to City procurement requirements.

Committee

Mayor

Introduced

August 8, 2016

Passed

December 5, 2016

Enactment no.

16-595