Small Business Metrics

Small Business Program Metrics
"Triple Bottom Line and Demonstrating Business Case"
Dollars spent SBEs
Small Business    (including M/WBE/DBE)
Port program or staff costs
Participation    # First time participation with POS          Cost/Benefit
vs. results and outcomes
Dollars      # Contracts & increase in
percentage

# Firms attending outreach events
Impact of     Contracts obtained as a result           Local Economic    Small Business investment in
Targeted                                         local economy
# who bid on projects                          Impact
Outreach     Results from Small Works limited                     Port Economic Impact Study
competition procedures                                         (2007)

Results from Pilot Construction
Best Practices    Projects and Regional Small Business          SAVINGS      Show impact of more
competition = lesser costs
Lessons Learned   Development Program             SB low bidder and
Port internal and external surveys            large firm 2nd low bid    Show cost savings on
Survey best supplier diversity                                   construction projects over
programs                                         multi-year period

Building
How to measure community support           Growth of      Examples of firms who have
Community
of Port's mission                          firms with Port      grown capacity as result of
Support                                       work with POS
Large firms mentor small firms

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