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A-1 Columbia Metropolitan Airport Airport Background Ownership/Governance Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE or Airport) is a small hub airport and the main commercial service airport for Columbia and the Midlands region of South Carolina.
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A-2 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs A determination was then made about the types of purchases that had opportunities for diverse business participation. The Airport then put together a vendor outreach list that has been instrumental in helping to increase diverse business participation in CAE's goods and services contracts.
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Case Studies A-3 Program Implementation To increase DBE participation, CAE has implemented a DBE Communication Plan which includes, among others, the following objectives: • Publishing an annual list of all upcoming federally assisted projects • Contacting and distributing list of projects to DBE companies • Hosting a meeting for all DBE-certified companies and general contractors to discuss specific elements of projects to be bid and opportunities to bid work • Notifying DBEs of all projects going out for bid • Holding a pre-bid conference and providing a list of all South Carolina DBE-certified companies to general contractors • Providing DBEs with access to the plan holder list on all projects • After the bid opening, following up with each DBE company that attended the pre-bid conference to inquire if the company bid the project • Developing a detailed analysis of all responses and sharing it with the Airport Commission CAE is also a member of the South Carolina Airport Coalition (Coalition) that includes Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, Myrtle Beach International Airport, and Charleston International Airport.
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A-4 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs begin an aviation program in partnership with a local magnet high school to provide training to students interested in aviation entrepreneurship. The Airport recently initiated a program known as the Community Outreach Leasing Agreement (COLA)
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Case Studies A-5 airport is located and hiring people who are representative of the passengers that fly through your airport is equally important. The networks CAE establishes and its outreach to local businesses, partners, and airport groups are vital.
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A-6 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs the appropriate Port policy and program application, bonding and financial advice, the certification process, and networking with potential contractors. It also facilitates a wide variety of local training, workforce development and apprenticeship programs that reach out to new and unskilled workers.
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Case Studies A-7 expertise and skills of Port staff allows interns to gain insight into a wide range of public-sector careers. Interns also have the opportunity to participate in various workshops and trainings to broaden their experience.
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A-8 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs aside for small businesses, with one award going to a small, minority-owned ACDBE and one to a woman-owned ACDBE. Of the two non-ACDBE businesses that were awarded contracts, one had ACDBE participation exceeding the Port's overall ACDBE goal of 20.26 percent, and the other achieved ACDBE participation slightly under the triennial goal.
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Case Studies A-9 services (Seidman Research Institute 2017)
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A-10 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs Business Diversity In addition to its race- and gender-neutral local SBE program, PHX implements the federal Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) program for concessions and the DBE program for federally assisted capital improvement projects.
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Case Studies A-11 At least five companies that participated in the Fast Pitch program for the Terminal 3 food and beverage opportunities are now concessionaires in that terminal, which opened in January 2019. A small business that participated in the Fast Pitch program and provides unpasteurized juice had previously pursued opportunities at PHX.
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A-12 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs RDU is owned by the cities of Durham and Raleigh, and the counties of Durham and Wake in North Carolina (Cities and Counties)
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Case Studies A-13 • To ensure that minority- and woman-owned small businesses are afforded an equal opportunity to compete on all Authority contracts; and • To support the growth and development of minority- and woman-owned small businesses that can successfully compete, outside of the MWSB Program, for Authority contracting opportunities (RDU 2013)
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A-14 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs acquisition of goods and services. This includes monitoring quality, overseeing the documentation, and fostering contractor diversity.
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Case Studies A-15 that period, with approximately $10,943,950 being expended with DBEs. Though there were not any federally funded projects in 2017, RDU achieved 11.8 percent DBE participation in 2018.
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A-16 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs RIC is served by seven major airlines, Allegiant, American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, and United, that offer nonstop flights to major domestic destinations and connecting options to points around the world. In 2018, more than 4 million passengers traveled through RIC.
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Case Studies A-17 companies would lowball the price of some of these items and increase the price for others. By unbundling this opportunity, RIC obtained more participation from small businesses and received better pricing.
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A-18 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs Outreach. In addition to its website and eVA, RIC holds supplier diversity outreach meetings, pre-bid meetings, and pre-proposal meetings that are advertised in local newspapers.
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Case Studies A-19 the concession program overall, with 19.28 percent race-conscious participation and 1.97 percent race-neutral participation, slightly below the 2.02 percent race-neutral target. Two minorityowned ACDBEs participate in the retail and food and beverage concessions joint ventures, and a woman-owned ACDBE is the prime concessionaire for the advertising concession.
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A-20 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs for his diversity and inclusion efforts at RIC. The MBL is a local, membership-based business association that aims to foster small business success and aid in business retention.
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Case Studies A-21 The Bonding & Finance Program offers bonding assistance in obtaining bid, performance, and payment bonds by providing a 40 percent bond guarantee up to $750,000, as well as financial assistance in obtaining working capital loans and lines of credit amounting to a 50 percent loan guarantee up to $750,000. A variety of training and counseling programs are also offered (e.g., How to Read a Financial Statement; Writing a Safety Plan; Marketing Your Business)
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A-22 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs DesignAHEAD, a SAN Arts Program (Arts Program) initiative launched in 2018 to engage the next generation of innovators, designers, and artists, invites high school and college students to tackle real-world design challenges faced in the airport environment.
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Case Studies A-23 to small businesses. In total, over the past decade, SAN has entered into construction contracts totaling $750 million with local businesses and $250 million with small businesses.
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A-24 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs Contracting and Workforce Diversity Efforts CHS has a local Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) program, as well as the federal DBE and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE)
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Case Studies A-25 Through the DBE Fly-Ins and other business expos, CHS is communicating to the small business community that they are interested in working with them and eager to help them succeed. Outcomes and Achievements Both the Specialty Leasing Program and the DBE Fly-Ins continue to grow and develop.
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A-26 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs diverse workforce for the future of CHS. In addition, CHS is engaging a consultant and plans to add a dedicated staff position to coordinate development of a full-scale diversity/inclusion effort within its workforce.
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Case Studies A-27 workforce. Through these programs, CRAA is working to make diversity a regular component of its business culture.
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A-28 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs diversity operating spend increased by 19 percent from 2017 to 2018. In that same time, the dollars paid directly or as primes to diverse vendors, from both the operating and capital budgets, increased by 72 percent.
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Case Studies A-29 Outcomes and Achievements The Diversity Council is still new, so results are limited thus far. The Council is working to build a diverse and successful team of employees at each of the three Columbus airports.
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A-30 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs Business Diversity Program Implementation The HAS Office of Minority Business diverse business program provides contracting opportunity information to SBEs, MWBEs, DBEs, PDBEs, and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (ACDBEs) and educates them about how best to access those opportunities; serves as an advocate for those businesses and promotes policies and activities to increase their airport contract participation; connects prime contractors to subcontractors and concessionaires; monitors diverse business utilization based on participation goals; ensures that fair wage standards are met; hosts forums for networking; and provides referral services for diverse businesses.
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Case Studies A-31 and enormous contributions of the men and women that build the world around us" (HAS 2018b)
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A-32 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs Workforce Diversity Program Implementation The City of Houston offers a Hire Houston Youth internship program which is a mayoral initiative hosted by the Office of Education to prepare youth for careers through internship experience. The City also brings in guest speakers, provides tours, hosts Adopt-a-School programs, and offers the Find Your Path Career Day Expo.
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Case Studies A-33 program design, launch, and operations. To design and launch the program, the management analyst/program manager needed to find a program location; develop a community support coalition, establish partnerships and relationships with other City agencies, industry networks, and organizations; launch marketing campaigns; promote awareness of the program; and design and launch a kickoff event.
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A-34 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs Contracting and Workforce Diversity Efforts It is the policy of the Authority to seek significant participation in its contracts by local small businesses and by small businesses owned by minorities and women. The Authority has two supplier diversity programs for achieving this policy objective: (1)
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Case Studies A-35 Outcomes and Achievements MWAA tracks the impact of its airports on the local economy and the effects of their contracts on employment and on small and minority-owned businesses in the area. In 2018, MWAA spent $100 million with LDBE firms.
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A-36 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs job opportunities, casting a wider net to capture a diverse pool of candidates. A diverse workforce that reflects the global customer base is better equipped to serve the 47 million travelers who flow through MWAA's airports each year.
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Case Studies A-37 Honors and Recognition MWAA has received multiple awards and recognitions from key minority and small business organizations and elected officials for its demonstrated commitment to supplier diversity and economic impact in the region: • MWAA was honored as the Best Public Transportation Authority for Minority Business Enterprises by Governor Hogan on behalf of the Maryland Washington Minority Companies Association (2018)
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A-38 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs Port uses the federal grant assurance to establish DBE plans and set annual participation goals for its three airports for projects and concessions. For FY 2017–2019, the PDX overall goal was 11.95 percent.
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Case Studies A-39 Costs and Benefits The mentor-protégé program has an annual budget of $250,000, and costs $15,000 per protégé firm to administer. It was started in 1995 and has seen over 120 firms graduate.
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A-40 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs PDX managers distribute tickets to employees who are "caught in the act" of providing excellent service. These tickets each win the recipient employees one prize (PDX n.d.)
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Case Studies A-41 Contracting and Workforce Diversity Efforts The City of St. Louis (City)
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A-42 Guidance for Diversity in Airport Business Contracting and Workforce Programs The City of St. Louis conducted a disparity study of the local MBE/WBE program a few years ago.
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Case Studies A-43 include hiring consultants for training and professional services for certification reviews and related services, which total about $15,000–$20,000. Attendance at conferences such as AMAC, ACI, or the American Contract Compliance Association are about $15,000, but the cost to attend conferences does not come from the Business Diversity Department's budget.
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