7a Presentation Diversity in Contracting

Item No.               7a 
Date of Meeting        March 26, 2019 
Diversity in Contracting 
2019 Annual Plan 


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Diversity in Contracting (DC) Policy 
Advance equity and address contracting disparities by
increasing the utilization of Women Minority Business
Enterprises and other disadvantaged firms 
Goals - 5 year Benchmarks: 
Triple the number of WMBE firms doing business with the Port
(2016 Baseline: 118) 
Increase to 15% the amount of spend on WMBE contracts within 5
years (2016 Baseline: 5.3%) 
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Path to Implementation 

June 2018                                                  December 2018
October            November  
Commission                                          Internal Education
February            December 2018 
and External           February 2019 
briefing on      Pilot WMBE          Divisions/
proposed                                              Engagement         Annual Plan
Contracting and     Departments
program                                             strategies           Finalized 
Procurement        establish goals 
parameters                                                developed 


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Creating Opportunity 
Port's Inclusion Plans requires:
The Bidder to either commit
to the Aspirational Goal 
OR commit to part of the
Goal and identify the
affirmative efforts it will use
to include WMBE
Center Runway Reconstruction                               participation. 

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Service Agreement Pilot Update 
Vertical
Conveyance        Aspirational                    Commitment: 
10% 
Design Services         Goal: 5% 
(7% MBE and 3% WBE) 
IDIQ 
Graphic Design       Aspirational                      Commitments: 
Services IDIQ                                          Contract 1: 50% WBE 
Goal: 35%                      Contract 2: 100% WBE 
Contract 3: 16% MBE/WBE 

LESSONS LEARNED                      RISKS/ CHALLENGES 
Providing historical data usage and
potential future projects helped                2-day turnaround for receipt of revised
proposers                                       plan may not be sufficient on future
Discussions helped bring clarity                 procurements 
Proposer's DC representative added            Resource challengeto manage kick-off
value during discussions                         meeting with Consultant and
Port encouraged WMBE Primes to             subsequent compliance checks 
include a WMBE sub on team                                                                  5

Major Construction Pilot 
Project:    Aviation Restroom Phase 2 
15% aspirational goal 
Contractor             WMBE Commitment   Bid Amount 
Optimus Construction           30%           $4,244,000 
Swinerton                      70%           $4,260,000 
Western Ventures               22%           $4,793,000 
Osborn Construction                             15%           $5,296,506 

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Supplier Database Timeline 
Internal Site:                           External Site:
Internal Site: 
Solicitation                               Vendor Registration
Infrastructure 
& User Experience 
Design                                     Notifications 
Q2 2018            Q3 2018         Q2 2019 
Internal Site:                                     Internal Site:                            External Site:
Vendor Profiles &                              Constant Contact                      Solicitations &
User Experience                                Integration                            Outreach 


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Supplier Database (Port Yellow Pages) 
Improved outreach and planning
tools 
Integration with Constant Contact 
Global calendar showing upcoming
Port events 
More robust list of WMBE firms 
Searchable by Port and community 
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Portwide WMBE Utilization Portwide WMBE Utilization 
WMBE Utilization                     2016                      2017                      2018 
Percent                       5.3%                  8.8%                 11.8% 
Firms                           118                    200                    258 


Headed in the Right Direction 
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2018 WMBE Utilization 
*Construction/Non-Public Works & By Division 
Port-Wide 
Category                           WMBE                 Total          % WMBE 
Public Works                   $65,271,888         $516,504,619             12.6% 
Non-Public Works              $15,558,976        $166,257,078              9.4% 
Total                              $80,830,864          $682,761,697              11.8% 
By Division (non-public works spend only) 
Division                                  WMBE                Total           % WMBE 
Aviation (AV)                        $5,584,823        $58,421,047               9.6% 
Corporate                          $7,419,467       $90,467,613              8.2% 
Economic Dev. (EDD)               $297,036        $3,597,330             8.3% 
Maritime (MD)                      $1,285,382        $9,086,471             14.1% 
**NWSA                        $972,267       $4,684,618           20.8% 
Total                                 $15,558,976       $166,257,078                9.4% 
*Does not include P-Card Data 
**Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) is part of a larger partnership with the Port of Tacoma. WMBE utilization results are only for those Port of Seattle controlled           10 
procurements.

Ethnic Breakout of Port WMBE Spend 
0%                         10%

Native American                3.4% ($23MM) 

2.1%
Caucasian (WBE)
($14.5MM) 

Asian       1.1% ($7.2MM) 

Hispanic     0.5% ($3.6MM) 

Black or African American    0.3% ($2.4MM) 

Other    0.3% ($2.2MM) 
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2019 WMBE Utilization Goals 
Increase Overall Spend from 9.4% to 12.4% 
Non-public works spend only 

% WMBE 
Projected WMBE     Projected 2019      2018               %Change
Division                        Spend                 Spend           Actual   2019 Goal       vs. 2018 
Aviation (AV)                     $6,213,963          $51,783,025     9.6%       12.0%           +2.4 
Economic Dev.
(EDD)                         $942,589         $7,877,047     8.3%      12.0%          +3.7 
Maritime (MD)                    $872,919          $4,364,595    14.1%       20.0%          +5.9 
Corporate                      $5,445,004         $44,892,566     8.2%       12.1%          +3.9 
Total                                 $13,474,475          $108,917,233      9.4%         12.4%             +3.0 
WMBE aspirational goals for Construction are not included within the stated goals above, however, WMBE
aspirational goals are set contract by contract with the exception of small works.                                  12

Marketing, Outreach, & Technical Assistance - 
2019 Plan 
Community Engagement 
Internal education and training 
Refine and continue with PortGen workshops and
training activities 
Development of "advanced" PortGen training 
Develop Mentor Protg Program (A&E)
On-line video training of new Diversity in Contracting
efforts (construction and consulting) 
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Leveraging Social Media Outreach Examples 
Staff will accent
outreach and
engagement efforts
using Social media 
Last year during "Small
Business Week", Our
boosted posts reached
more than 11,227
people on social media
channels. 
LinkedIn promotions 
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Supporting DC Work in the Trenches 
1.   Follow-up meetings with ELT members and other key Port
directors/managers 
Procurement planning, etc. 
2.   Internal education and training campaign via Compass and What's
Happening 
Why DC? 
Promoting opportunity 
How staff can move the needle 
3.   WMBE Tool Box 
Development of a SharePoint Site 
Tools and resources for goal setters
FAQ sheet(s) 
Video library 
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