Making the Grade

Department of Finance,

July 1, 2014

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

DOF’s low procurement with M/WBEs in its largest procurement industries, professional and standard services, resulted in its failing grade. The agency exceeded the goal for Hispanic American businesses in goods procurement, but failed to meet goals in any other instance.

About DOF

The Department of Finance collects over $30 billion in revenue for the City and assesses more than one million properties currently valued at over $800 billion.

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Agency Fiscal Year 2014 Spending within Local Law 174*

  African American Asian American Hispanic American Women Non M/WBE
  $ % $ % $ % $ % $
Construction $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $0
Professional Services $74,003 4.34% $885,866 No Goal $0 0.00% $43,920 1.82% $13,209,327
Standard Services $30,000 0.94% $139,764 17.56% $36,708 2.31% $1,365 0.05% $26,319,237
Goods < $100K $13,648 14.13% $3,284 2.98% $292,797 424.52% $111,247 32.26% $958,461
Total LL174 Spending $117,651 $1,028,914 $329,505 $156,532 $40,487,025
Weighted Grade F F 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
$42,119,627 $0 $14,213,116 $26,527,074 $1,379,437

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

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 0.00% 33.74% 62.98% 3.28%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $0 $74,003 $30,000 $13,648
Asian American $0 $885,866 $139,764 $3,284
Hispanic American $0 $0 $36,708 $292,797
Women $0 $43,920 $1,365 $111,247

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.00% 0.52% 0.11% 0.99%
Asian American 0.00% 6.23% 0.53% 0.24%
Hispanic American 0.00% 0.00% 0.14% 21.23%
Women 0.00% 0.31% 0.01% 8.06%

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.00% 4.34% 0.94% 14.13%
Asian American 0.00% No Goal 17.56% 2.98%
Hispanic American 0.00% 0.00% 2.31% 424.52%
Women 0.00% 1.82% 0.05% 32.26%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 2.52% F 1 1
Asian American 16.84% F 1
Hispanic American 15.36% F 1
Women 1.70% F 1

Subcontract Data

Department of Finance, FY 2014

Total Reported Spending LL174 Eligible Spending Non Eligible Spending
No Data No Data No Data
LL174 Sub Spending Construction Goods Professional Services Standard Services M/WBE Total
African American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Asian American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Hispanic American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Women No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Industry Total No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
$242 billion
Aug
2022