Making the Grade

Department of Environmental Protection,

September 1, 2016

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

DEP is a large agency, spending nearly $70 million with M/WBEs in the last fiscal year. While the agency made progress with Asian American-owned firms, its M/WBE spending was still low with every group across each spending category. For its efforts, the agency improved from an F to a D.

About DEP

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, and reducing air, noise and hazardous materials pollution.

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Agency Fiscal Year 2016 Spending within Local Law 174*

  African American Asian American Hispanic American Women Non M/WBE
  $ % $ % $ % $ % $
Construction $577,887 1.33% $23,535,458 53.97% $1,599,624 7.34% $7,906,080 8.06% $511,462,391
Professional Services $549,546 2.40% $14,484,265 No Goal $546,495 3.57% $3,052,345 9.39% $172,513,659
Standard Services $532,400 3.51% $305,215 8.05% $1,570,585 20.70% $478,428 3.78% $123,553,493
Goods < $100K $415,986 38.27% $334,536 26.93% $654,439 84.28% $3,316,964 85.44% $10,807,500
Total LL174 Spending $2,075,819 $38,659,475 $4,371,143 $14,753,817 $818,337,043
Weighted Grade F C F F 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
$878,197,297 $545,081,441 $191,146,310 $126,440,121 $15,529,425

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

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 62.07% 21.77% 14.40% 1.77%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $577,887 $549,546 $532,400 $415,986
Asian American $23,535,458 $14,484,265 $305,215 $334,536
Hispanic American $1,599,624 $546,495 $1,570,585 $654,439
Women $7,906,080 $3,052,345 $478,428 $3,316,964

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.11% 0.29% 0.42% 2.68%
Asian American 4.32% 7.58% 0.24% 2.15%
Hispanic American 0.29% 0.29% 1.24% 4.21%
Women 1.45% 1.60% 0.38% 21.36%

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 1.33% 2.40% 3.51% 38.27%
Asian American 53.97% No Goal 8.05% 26.93%
Hispanic American 7.34% 3.57% 20.70% 84.28%
Women 8.06% 9.39% 3.78% 85.44%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 2.53% F 1 1.5
Asian American 44.91% C 3
Hispanic American 9.80% F 1
Women 9.10% F 1

Subcontract Data

Department of Environmental Protection, FY 2016

Total Reported Spending LL174 Eligible Spending Non Eligible Spending
$59,580,529 $15,426,808 $44,153,721
LL174 Sub Spending Construction Goods Professional Services Standard Services M/WBE Total
African American $577,887 $0 $549,546 $167,086 $1,294,519
Asian American $1,077,063 $0 $0 $17,643 $1,094,705
Hispanic American $1,562,860 $0 $452,958 $614,014 $2,629,832
Women $7,227,341 $0 $3,015,181 $165,229 $10,407,751
Industry Total $10,445,150 $0 $4,017,686 $963,972 $59,580,529
$242 billion
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