City of Dallas invites businesses to share their experiences working on City Contracts

The City of Dallas Requests Your Participation

Attention: Dallas Regional Business Community

The City of Dallas is committed to ensuring all businesses have equal access to City contracts and purchases. In order to gauge how we are doing, we are seeking your input for the Availability and Disparity Study. The information obtained will help determine what changes should be made to procurement policies and procedures, including those of our Minority and Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) program. The City contracted MGT Consulting Group (MGT), a nationally recognized firm, to independently conduct the study. MGT will evaluate the utilization of Minority and Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) firms in City procurement/contracting activities in architecture and engineering, construction, other services, professional services, and goods.

Regional/area business owners are invited to provide information about their experiences doing business or attempting to do business with the City or on City projects at an upcoming public engagement meeting to be held on February 5, 2019 from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Dallas City Hall Council Chambers located at 1500 Marilla St Dallas TX 75201. Registration is encouraged but not required – click here to register. If you cannot attend in person you may join the meeting by phone by registering at A&D Study Teletown Hall.

During the public engagement meeting, MGT Consulting Group will receive additional comments regarding:

• Your ease of identifying City contract or subcontract opportunities.

• Your recommendations for improvements to the existing Business Diversity Program, and bid/proposal procurement policies and procedures.

• Your successes or barriers encountered when doing business or trying to do business, i.e. bonding, insurance, disparate treatment, etc.

Input from all businesses will be reviewed. Some will be used in the study, which will provide findings and recommendations for modification or changes to the City’s M/WBE Program to include but not limited to M/WBE inclusion goals.

MGT Consulting Group has partnered with Consumer Market Insights, Innovative Strategies, and Rincon & Associates to assist with collecting and analyzing anecdotal information.

This is a great opportunity to share your experiences doing business or attempting to do business with the City and its prime contractors/vendors. You may not have this opportunity again for another five to seven years.

For more information about the Availability & Disparity Study and to register for the February 5 public engagement meeting visit https://cityofdallasdisparitystudy.com/