DEPARTMENT: Economic Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Rene Dominguez
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S) IMPACTED: All
SUBJECT:
Briefing on the SBEDA Program and FY 2017 Small Business Office Annual Report
SUMMARY:
This is a briefing by the City of San Antonio Economic Development Department (EDD) on the SBEDA program and FY 2017 Small Business Office Annual Report.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The SBEDA program combines best practices from around the country to create a robust and comprehensive program designed to remedy disparity of local small, minority and women-owned businesses (S/M/WBEs) by increasing their utilization on City contracts. While the SBEDA program was established in 1992, a major overhaul to the program was completed in 2010 that created multiple contract specific tools to boost S/M/WBE utilization on City contracts and also established a Goal Setting Committee, compliance module, Central Vendor Registry, and capacity building programs, such as the Mentor Prot?g? program.
Per the legal standard set by the U.S. Supreme Court case Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989), the City completed its third disparity study in 2015 that showed the City's progress in utilizing S/M/WBE on City contracts, but disparity of S/M/WBEs in the San Antonio market area remains. As a result, the SBEDA program was amended in 2016 to expand its tools to all industries and ethnicities, as well as allow for S/M/WBE prime contractors to self-perform thgrS/M/WBE subcontracting goals to perform a greater percent of the contract and further build their capacity.
ISSUE:
The Small Business Office (SBO) annual report for FY 2017 highlights the City's various programs and initiatives to help local small businesses succeed, whether they are at the ideation, startup, or growth phase. These programs include the SBEDA program, the Business Empowerment Plan, administered in partnership with Alamo Colleges, that includes the Bonding Assistance and Mentor Prot?g? programs, and Launch SA, administer...
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