Making the Grade

Taxi and Limousine Commission,

September 1, 2015

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

TLC’s procurement is primarily comprised of standard services. Yet the TLC had very limited spend in this prominent category. Additionally, M/WBE spending was minimal across the board, and led TLC to its second consecutive D.

About TLC

The Taxi and Limousine Commission licenses and regulates all aspects of New York City’s medallion (yellow) taxicabs, for-hire vehicles (community-based liveries and black cars), commuter vans, paratransit vehicles (ambulettes) and certain luxury limousines.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/home/home.shtml

Agency Fiscal Year 2015 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 $0 0.00% $0 No Goal $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $578,059
Standard Services $5,862 1.18% $2,750 2.21% $0 0.00% $29,037 7.01% $4,102,151
Goods < $100K $2,478 3.22% $7,558 8.59% $85,180 154.95% $7,747 2.82% $996,513
Total LL174 Spending $8,340 $10,308 $85,180 $36,784 $5,676,723
Weighted Grade F F D 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
$5,817,335 $0 $578,059 $4,139,800 $1,099,476

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

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 0.00% 9.94% 71.16% 18.90%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $0 $0 $5,862 $2,478
Asian American $0 $0 $2,750 $7,558
Hispanic American $0 $0 $0 $85,180
Women $0 $0 $29,037 $7,747

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.00% 0.00% 0.14% 0.23%
Asian American 0.00% 0.00% 0.07% 0.69%
Hispanic American 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 7.75%
Women 0.00% 0.00% 0.70% 0.70%

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% 0.00% 1.18% 3.22%
Asian American 0.00% No Goal 2.21% 8.59%
Hispanic American 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 154.95%
Women 0.00% 0.00% 7.01% 2.82%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 1.45% F 1 1.25
Asian American 3.55% F 1
Hispanic American 29.28% D 2
Women 5.52% F 1

Subcontract Data

Taxi and Limousine Commission, FY 2015

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