Making the Grade

Administration for Children's Services,

September 1, 2016

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

For a third year, ACS continued to surpass their spending goal for Asian American firms in most categories, seeing a large increase in goods spending with these firms. Spending with Women-owned firms also increased in construction and professional services, however, ACS fell short in spending across other minority groups and industry categories, landing the agency at a C grade for a third year in a row.

About ACS

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is responsible for protecting and strengthening the city’s children, youth and families by providing quality child welfare, juvenile justice, early child care and education services.

http://www1.nyc.gov/site/acs/about/doing-business-acs.page

Agency Fiscal Year 2016 Spending within Local Law 174*

  African American Asian American Hispanic American Women Non M/WBE
  $ % $ % $ % $ % $
Construction $9,425 37.46% $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $8,000 14.13% $297,079
Professional Services $17,950 1.11% $4,058,360 No Goal $123,392 11.42% $852,813 37.13% $8,458,168
Standard Services $755,962 37.53% $937,937 186.26% $248,475 24.67% $118,242 7.04% $14,724,570
Goods < $100K $174,179 97.00% $145,584 70.94% $46,624 36.35% $199,845 31.16% $1,998,945
Total LL174 Spending $957,516 $5,141,881 $418,492 $1,178,900 $25,478,762
Weighted Grade D A F D N/A

$ = the dollar amount spent in the Local Law 174 eligible category. % = the percentage of the Local Law 174 target that was achieved.

* Letter grades are calculated using a weighted average of agency spending across population groups and sectors. All dollars and percents are based on Local Law 174 and exclude categories described in Appendix D: Methodology. For a complete worksheet detailing how this agency grade was calculated, see Appendix B: Worksheets.

M/WBE Letter Grade Worksheet

Reference: Local Law 174 Target Spending Percent

Category C PS SS G
African American (AFA) 8% 12% 12% 7%
Asian American (AA) 8% No Goal 3% 8%
Hispanic American (HA) 4% 8% 6% 5%
Women (W) 18% 17% 10% 25%
C: Construction  PS: Professional Services. SS: Standard Services G: Goods

Reference: Grade Scale

Weighted % Score Avg. Score Grade
> 80 5 > 4.25 A
> 60 4 > 3.25 B
> 40 3 > 2.25 C
> 20 2 > 1.25 D
< 20 1 < 1.25 F

Step 1: Total Eligible Spending Per Industry

Total Eligible Spending C PS SS G
$33,175,551 $314,504 $13,510,684 $16,785,186 $2,565,177

Step 2: Weighted Matrix (Industry Spending/Total Eligible Spending)

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 0.95% 40.72% 50.60% 7.73%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $9,425 $17,950 $755,962 $174,179
Asian American $0 $4,058,360 $937,937 $145,584
Hispanic American $0 $123,392 $248,475 $46,624
Women $8,000 $852,813 $118,242 $199,845

Step 4: Actual Spending Percentage (Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending/Industry Spending)

Category C PS SS G
African American 3.00% 0.13% 4.50% 6.79%
Asian American 0.00% 30.04% 5.59% 5.68%
Hispanic American 0.00% 0.91% 1.48% 1.82%
Women 2.54% 6.31% 0.70% 7.79%

Step 5: LL174 M/WBE Spending as Percentage of Target Achieved (Actual Spending Percentage/LL174 Target)

Category C PS SS G
African American 37.46% 1.11% 37.53% 97.00%
Asian American 0.00% No Goal 186.26% 70.94%
Hispanic American 0.00% 11.42% 24.67% 36.35%
Women 14.13% 37.13% 7.04% 31.16%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 27.30% D 2 2.5
Asian American 168.24% A 5
Hispanic American 19.94% F 1
Women 21.23% D 2

Subcontract Data

Administration for Children’s Services, FY 2016

Total Reported Spending LL174 Eligible Spending Non Eligible Spending
$49,520 $0 $49,520
LL174 Sub Spending Construction Goods Professional Services Standard Services M/WBE Total
African American $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Asian American $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Hispanic American $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Women $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Industry Total $0 $0 $0 $0 $49,520
$242 billion
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