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From YouTube: April 10, 2018 Ways & Means Committee
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Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
thank
you
for
coming
to
the
regularly
scheduled
Ways
and
Means
Committee
agenda
for
today,
a
Tuesday
April,
10,
2018
and
I
have
with
me
on
the
dais
councilmember
Cunningham
council,
member
Johnson,
councilmember
Fletcher,
councilman
Palmisano
and
vice
president
accounts
woman
Jenkins
and
we
have
a
quorum
and
we
can
conduct
our
business
and
we
will
start
with
the
consent.
Items
and
I
will
read
them
as
follows.
A
Item
number
1
is
a
contract
amendment
with
ice,
Builders,
Inc
or
change
orders
to
the
Target
Center
ice
replacement
project
and
item
number
2
is
a
request
for
Proposal
RFP
for
the
Convention
Center
and
Target
Center
consulting
pools.
Item
number
3
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Eagan
company
for
change,
orders
to
the
Target
Center
Network
installation
project.
Item
number
4
is
a
lease
amendment
with
Minnesota
Department
of
Transportation
for
City
use
of
land
on
the
interstate
highway,
394
bridges.
A
Item
number:
five
is
a
gifts
gift
acceptance
from
Clear
Channel
outdoor
for
display
time,
I,
don't
number
six
is
a
bid
for
mailing
services.
I,
don't
number
seven
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Riverview
windows,
Inc
for
LED
illumination
work
correction
to
the
previous
council
action
item.
Number
eight
is
a
claimant
position
in
the
human
resources
department,
director,
Learning
and
Development
solutions.
Arrow
number
nine
is
a
request
for
proposal
for
a
web
content
management
system
for
the
city
website.
A
Project
I
don't
know,
may
10
is
a
request
for
proposal
for
Community
Planning
and
Economic
Development
financial
portfolio,
real
estate
and
property
management
system
and
rule
number
11
is
a
contract
with
medical
priority.
Consultants
Inc
priority
dispatch
for
the
technology
and
support
of
the
9-1-1
call
handling
protocol
software
system.
Item
number
12
is
a
contract
with
saffron
for
maintenance
and
support
services
for
the
latent
station
fingerprint
systems
for
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
crime
laboratory
ID
number.
A
Thirteen
is
a
contract
with
an
Harris
for
licensing
implementation
services
and
support
and
maintenance
of
the
end
quest
software
atom
number
fourteen
is
a
contract
with
Minnesota
homeowners,
home
owned
home
ownership
center
to
provide
administration
and
oversight
of
homebuyer
education
and
financial
wellness
services.
Item
number
fifteen
is
a
contract
with
black
and
B
Tech
for
engineering
services
for
tunneled
water
main
iron
number.
Sixteen
is
a
bid
for
gate
valve,
vault,
repair
and
replacement
item
number.
Seventeen
is
a
north
and
south
sheridan
residential
area
street
resurfacing
project.
A
Postponing
levee
of
the
assessment
item
number
18
is
the
irving
avenue
north
street
resurfacing.
Project
approval
and
assessment
item
number
19
is
a
Lyndale
Avenue
north
street
resurfacing
project,
approval
and
assessment
item
number.
Twenty
is
affordable,
housing
trust
fund
award
for
the
Dungey
Hope
block
stabilization
phase
2
project
I,
don't
number
21
is
a
grant
from
Mississippi
watershed
management
organization
for
summer
interns.
Our
number
22
is
a
contract
amendment
with
ch2m
Hill
Engineers
Inc,
four
Fridley
softening
plant
recarbanation
improvements.
A
Our
number
23
is
the
contract
with
short
Elliott
Hendrickson
Inc
for
Hennepin
Avenue
resurfacing,
a
reconstruction
project,
pre
reconstruction
and
construction
management
services.
Our
number
24
is
the
weight
part
2017,
concrete
streets,
rehabilitation
project
post
to
postpone
the
levy
of
assessments.
Our
number
25
is
a
gift
acceptance
from
Green
Minneapolis
for
vitalization
of
PV
pawza.
Our
number
26
is
a
bid
for
PV
Plaza
rehabilitation.
Project
I
mean
number
27
is
a
bid
for
cleaning
of
the
large
diameter.
A
B
A
C
A
Voted
all
all
the
consent
items
apart
from
those
two
items,
so
thank
you
very
much.
Okay
and
now
we
have
a
an
important
discussion
item,
which
is
item
number
31
city.
The
city
procurement
process
overview-
and
this
is
a
this-
is
something
that
came
up
a
number
of
times
for
us
to
for
the
city
to
explain
our
procurement
process
and
we
have
city
staff
to
come
up
and.
A
D
I'll
just
introduce
the
topic,
if
you
don't
mind,
while
Kelly
is
working
on
the
computer,
otherwise
we
can
ad-lib.
So
chair.
Kisame
council
members
pleased
to
be
here
today
to
talk
about
procurement,
which
is
basically
how
we've
purchased
all
of
our
goods
and
services
in
the
city.
So
we
have
procurement
staff
here
today,
Pam
Fernandez,
Traci,
Rainmaker
and
Moines
days
MB,
and
they
will
be
participating
several
of
them
in
this
presentation
and
feel
free
to
ask
questions
as
we
go
along
we're.
Looking
for
your
suggestions
and
ideas
as
well.
D
It
seem
a
little
bit
clunky
at
times
or
that
it's
complex,
but
once
you
get
into
the
inner
workings,
you
find
that
it's
very
well
defined
that
we
work
within
some
very
strict
constraints
as
far
as
location
amounts
that
require
bids
versus
quotes
and
we'll
get
into
some
of
that
terminology
as
well,
because
there's
a
difference
between
a
bid
and
a
quote
and
how
all
of
those
things
work.
It's
also
important
to
note
that
we
don't
work
in
isolation.
We
work
closely
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office
and
also
with
the
civil
rights
department.
D
So
we
work
with
departments
to
determine
what
services
or
goods
they
need,
and
then
we
rely
on
civil
rights
for
some
parts
of
the
process
and
also
for
the
city
attorney's
office
to
provide
guidance
whenever
needed.
So
it's
not
just
procurement
who
is
working
on
this.
It's
a
larger
process
than
that.
D
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
start,
our
presentation
and
procurement
is
responsible,
as
I
said,
for
the
purchase
of
goods
and
services
were
defined
by
or
guided
by,
municipal
statutes,
as
I
said,
and
also
by
the
city,
ordinance
er
to
City
pieces
that
rip
that
applied
chapter
18
in
chapter
18,
a
which
is
the
target
market
program
which
is
relatively
new
and
we'll
go
a
little
bit
more
in
depth.
In
that.
As
we
go
into
our
presentation.
D
The
municipal
contracting
law:
this
is
what
really
defines
how
we
purchase
goods.
The
state
law
defines
at
what
threshold
we
need
to
either
have
sealed
bids
quotes
or
we
can
go
out
in
the
open
market.
Anything
over
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
requires
a
sealed
bid,
meaning
it's
opened
at
a
specific
time
and
place
and
and
we'll
go
into
that
more
in
the
future
as
well,
and
then
the
20
to
5
to
$100,000.
We
can
either
take
bids
or
quotes.
We
generally
require
two
written
quotes
for
that
and
then
under
$25,000.
It's
basically
open
market.
D
There's
also
legislation
currently
working
its
way
through
the
Capitol
to
raise
that
one
hundred
thousand
to
one
hundred
and
seventy-five
thousand
dollars.
There's
one
hundred
thousand
hasn't
been
adjusted
for
I
believe
about
ten
years
that
had
been
in
place
before
the
city
of
Minneapolis
actually
went
to
that
threshold.
Minneapolis
maintained
a
fifty
thousand
dollar
threshold
after
the
state
law
allowed
the
one
hundred
thousand
dollar
threshold,
and
that
was
just
city's
decision
to
do
that.
So
if
it
does
raise
to
175
thousand,
the
city
could
choose
to
do
as
well.
D
There's
also
another
law
or
another
bill
proposed
that
it's
working
its
way
through
the
legislature
that
targets
purchases
for
veteran-owned,
small
businesses
and
other
small
businesses
up
to
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
that
would
fall
between
the
25,000
and
$100,000
bid
parameters
or
quotes,
so
they
would
only
need
quotes
right
now.
That
only
applies
to
counties
who
are
working
with
igr
to
discuss
how
that
could
possibly
apply
to
cities
as
well.
So
right
now
is
it's
rolling
through.
D
We
would
not
be
able
to
participate
in
that,
but
we'll
keep
you
posted
as
that
moves
its
way
through.
So
those
are
again
the
parameters
that
we
have
to
work
in.
We
don't
have
leeway
here.
We
have
to
follow
these
provisions
of
the
state
law
and
there
is
more
to
procurement
than
just
purchasing
as
well.
So
we
want
to
highlight
a
few
of
those
things.
We
obviously
buy
goods.
We
maintain
those
contracts,
so
there
are
many
many
contracts
that
the
city
has
in
the
procurement
staff
monitors
those
to
make
sure
that
we
are
not
overspending.
D
Those
contracts
and
that
we
are
meeting
all
the
provisions
of
those
contracts
they
also
pay
for
all
of
those
goods
and
services
who
have
a
central
requisition,
an
Accounts,
Payable
portion
of
procurement
and
they
pay
for
all
of
those
goods
and
services.
There's
a
purchasing
card
program
or
basically,
a
credit
card
program
for
some
purchases
and
then
also
central
stores,
which
is
a
warehousing
function
that
we
have.
So
with
that.
E
There
are
two
main
two
main
segments
here:
one
is
the
commodities
and
the
commodities
which
stands
for
goods
any
type
of
goods
that
we
purchase
as
well
as
construction.
Those
follow,
you
know
a
certain
process
and
then
professional
services
follow
another
process.
So,
as
you
can
see,
there
are
two
major
divisions:
it's
under
a
hundred
thousand
and
then
over
a
hundred
thousand,
so
there
under
a
hundred
thousand
anything
under
twenty-five
hundred
dollars.
I
just
wanted
you
to
note
that
the
department's
can
directly
place
that
order
with
the
vendor.
E
E
This
is
a
an
ordinance
that
was
passed
in
September
of
2016.
This
is
where
we
brought
all
the
small
businesses
in
the
area
together
to
compete
for
contracts
that
are
under
a
hundred
thousand,
so
the
advantage
of
this
program
is
that
they
are
not
competing
with
larger
businesses.
Here
they
are
playing,
you
know,
it's
a
level
field
that
they
can
play
in.
E
This
is
a
race
and
gender
neutral
program
for
small
businesses,
and
we
have
thirteen
counties.
Vendors
from
thirteen
counties
participating
in
this
one,
a
purchase
is
considered
GMP
eligible
when
we
have
three
vendors
to
provide
that
particular
commodity
or
service.
That
is
how
we
are
operating
right
now,
since
it
is
our
first
year,
2017
was
our
first
year
we're
still
looking
at
you
know
what
other
improvements
we
can
make
on
this
program.
E
A
E
Under
the
federal
rules,
we
are
not
allowed
to
do
any
race
and
gender
specific
programs
at
this
time,
so
that
is
something
that
I'm
sure
you
probably
heard
about
our
supplier-
diversity
team
that
is
working
from
under
the
coordinators
office.
We
that
team
is
looking
at
improvements.
You
know
to
this
program
as
well
as
in
doing
race
and
gender
specific
programs
purchasing
programs.
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
councilmember.
F
E
E
So
you
see
so
we
took
we
reviewed
a
list
of
small
businesses
that
are
in
the
cert
certification
program
and
we
looked
at
the
businesses
you
know
and
how
much
they
are
making
to
come
up
with
our
own
definition
of
what
we
want
to
call
a
small
business.
So
when
we
look
at
that,
one,
the
professional
service,
Technical
Services,
we
had
almost
90
percent
and
any
any
amounts
that
you're
seeing
here.
E
I'm
looking
at
90
percent
or
closer
of
the
small
businesses
registered
in
the
third
program
made
early
under
five
million
okay,
so
that
we
took
that
one
as
our
cutoff
and
then
for
construction.
You
can
see
that
we
have
ten
million.
If
you
look
at
the
federal
small
business
standards,
it's
very
high,
but
if
we
bring
all
those
vendors
and
then
we'll
cut
off
all
these
little
ones
that
are
trying
to
survive
here.
E
Manufacturing
operations,
we
have
five
million
in
what
comes
under
that.
One
is
like
sign:
making
electrical
fixtures,
pipes
and
fittings
those
kind
of
things,
and
then
we
have
service
operations,
which
is
mostly
our
janitorial
services.
Pest
control,
type
services
and
fold
out
as
well
comes
under
the
three
million
wholesale
operations,
which
is
which
are
those
companies
that
could
supply
our
safety,
equipments
furniture
and
medical
supplies.
E
E
E
E
One
of
the
questions
I
get
a
lot
is
how
many
of
these
vendors
are
minneapolis-based,
so
we
have
1245
vendors
so
far
in
our
program
and
30%
or
374
is
located
right
here
in
Minneapolis
and
62%,
which
is
seven
hundred
and
sixty
nine
of
them
are
in
Hennepin
County.
So
these
are
data
that
we
are
looking
at
to
make
sure
like
you
know:
where
can
we
improve
this
program
or
where
can
we
take
this
program
to.
C
Questions
Thank
You
mr.
chair.
Has
there
been
any
conversation
I
know
you
said
that
you're
looking
more
into
having
more
Minneapolis
based
businesses.
Has
there
been
any
place
based
or
Geographic
preferences
in
this
program
as
well
like
that
extra
layer
or
is
it
everybody
like?
There
are
no
extra
preference
points,
for
example,.
F
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
I'm,
thinking
about
the
that
relatively
low
limit
on
construction
and
thinking
about
the
way
the
construction
industry
is
oriented
and
the
Union
contractors
are
likely
to
be
higher
dollar.
They
tend
to
work
on
bigger
projects,
so
I'm
wondering
if,
by
putting
the
ceiling
at
10
million
dollars,
do
we
exclude
a
lot
of
Union
contractors
and
actually
reduce
the
number
of
union
jobs
in
the
construction
sector,
and
is
that
something
that
we've
looked
at
so.
E
We
are
directing
only
purchases
under
a
hundred
thousand
into
this
pool,
so
that
did
not
become
a
question
for
us
yet
so
these
are
only
you
know.
Very
small
projects
like
drywall
fixing
or
something
really
small
is
what's
going
through.
The
hundred
under
a
hundred
thousand.
Everything
else
is
a
bid,
so
that's
where
mostly
our
union
labor
unions
are
coming
in.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
E
E
H
G
H
How
much
of
that
is
a
diverse
event,
and
that
is
a
report
that,
when
a
fair
amount
of
effort
went
into
with
Pam's
staff
as
well,
to
identify
that
and
Jim
trailing
over
and
sheephead
was
very
involved
as
well,
because
if,
when
we,
when
we
sell
things
to
people,
there's
no
box
to
check
as
to
whether
you
know
what
kind
of
firm
you
are
because
it
doesn't
apply,
esse,
Sara,
Lee
and
all
of
our
general
spending.
It
only
applies
necessarily
when
we
have
our
small
and
underutilized
business
program
requirements
under
a
larger
control.
H
Okay,
so
a
fair
amount
of
work
has
gone
into
developing
a
methodology
to
track
that,
and
also
to
identify
four
departments
who
essentially
are
lagging
in
that
effort.
Some
opportunities
in
terms
of
where
there
is
more
diverse
vendors
we
are.
The
coordinators
office
has
demonstrated
that
to
the
and
we'll
be
tracking,
essentially
how
much
they're
making
progress
toward
it.
H
So,
like
the
target
market
program,
that's
brand-new
in
the
last
year,
it's
still
maturing,
but
I
think
there
is
certainly
new
yo
and
she
was
deputy,
led
this
effort
and
she
has
a
strong
commitment
toward
it
and
so
I
think.
If
there's
a
question
about
how
it
just
generally,
we
spend
our
money
outside
of
the
procurement
process.
H
I
would
encourage
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
to
have
a
separate
conversation
about
that,
because
I
think
Pam's
giving
you
the
answers
within
the
definitions
of
target
market,
which
is
a
little
bit
different
orientation
in
terms
of
small
business
rather
than
a
diverse
spend.
Does
that
help
differentiate
that
issue
No.
G
Thank
you
very
much
and
and
I
appreciate
that
response
and
and
in
understanding
the
additional
work
that's
going
on
and
I
wasn't
a
part
of
the
formation
of
target
market,
but
I
mean
just
on
the
surface.
It
sounds
like
it's
we're
targeting
some
market
and
I
guess
what
I
hear
you
saying
is
it's
a
market
of
small
businesses
under
$100,000
in
just
and
that's
the
only
criteria
right.
G
H
Think
there's
certainly
you
as
a
new
council.
Have
the
opportunity
to
weigh
in
in
terms
of
changes
we
could
make
to
this
I
think
are
we
would
love
to
participate
in
that
evolution
of
how
we
explore
that
thought
is
Pam
mentioned.
We
need
to
have
the
City
Attorney's,
Office
and
view
on
this,
because
we
can
do
whatever
we
want
until
somebody
Sue's
us
and
says:
you're
not
really
complying
with
either
federal
state
rules,
and
so
we
probably
want
to
avoid
that.
So
getting
them
involved
early
on
is
a
very
important
part
of
that
study.
H
H
So
we
hear
the
same
thing
and
we
will
certainly
if
you
would
like
us
to
bring
back
to
this
committee
some
options,
if
that's
a
staff
direction
that
you
want
to
give
to
us
I
through
it,
just
encourage
you
to
give
us
a
few
months
to
think
about
that
process
as
well
and
think
about
who
else
should
be
involved
besides
the
coordinators
office,
with
that
in
certain
they
would
defer
to
Eric.
He
was
you
know.
H
He
and
the
city
attorney
were
very
much
involved
in
the
target
market
and
can
give
you
some
background
on
on
that
at
that
particular
time
as
well,
but
I,
it's
an
important
issue
for
us.
I.
Think
the
other
side
of
it
that
we
always
have
an
attention
of
this
procurement
is
competition
all
right,
so
the
state
statutes
are
encouraging
us
not
to
you
know
to
be
fair
and
open
about
a
process,
and
so
what
we've?
H
Just
largely
what
you
see
in
Laurie's
overview,
is
that
the
decision
is
you
should
at
least
have
two
or
three
firms
who
give
you
an
idea.
What
the
price
is
gonna
be.
So
you
can
be
assured
that
there
is
a
process
where
it's
a
fair
and
open
process
and
it's
a
public
process,
so
you're
not
just
automatically
selecting
somebody
because
I
happen
to
be
friends
with
somebody
and
so
I'm
gonna
use
my
friend
all
the
time
for
them.
So.
B
H
Is
some
tension
in
that?
In
a
sense,
if
we
limited
target
market
for
Minneapolis
only,
do
we
really
have
enough
vendors
to
give
that
choice
and
that
fair
and
open
process?
So
that's
the
other
tension
that
exists
within
all
of
this
that
we
are
governed
to
some
extent
by
state
law
within
those
restrictions,
and
so
there's
no
easy
way
to
do.
I
B
Mr.
chair,
if
there
are
any
questions
in
the
legal
realm,
it's
pretty
sort
of
a
lot
of
different
considerations
involved,
and
it
would
be
something
that,
if
you
want
to
ask
the
questions,
we
could
certainly
get
back
to
you
in
whatever
form
you'd
like
whether
it's
a
staff
directed
serve
a
formal
response
back
or
if
it's
more
of
an
informal
one-on-one
happy
to
do
it.
B
G
I,
you
know
just
a
statement:
I
mean
it
feels
like
the
target
market
is
successful
or
some
people
and
I
want
you
to
get
back
to
your
presentation,
but
it
feels
like
if
we
want
to
really
address
you
know
small
businesses,
women,
women
of
color
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
We
might
need
like
a
target
target
market
kind
of
thing.
So.
C
A
E
E
We
decided
to
go
that
way
as
a
city
city
as
the
whole,
the
team
that
was
working
in
the
project,
so
we
didn't
want
it
now.
We
wanted
to
limit
that
to
a
certain
area
and
then
the
one
one
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
remember
is
that
a
purchase
cannot
be
directed
to
target
market
program
if
we
don't
have
like
two
three
vendors,
three
vendors,
providing
that
particular
service.
E
E
E
Pool
of
vendors
will
look
at
it
to
see
if
there
are
vendors
who
can
provide
us
what
we
are
asking
for
and
if
there
are
three
vendors
who
can
do
the
service
we'll
direct
that
purchase
to
those
three
or
three
or
more
vendors
that
are
in
the
pool
whether
we
get
one
response
or
two
response,
I
mean
it
is
if
it's
the
commodity,
it
goes
by
the
lowest
bidder
gets
that
bid.
However,
if
it
is
just
even
one
response
would
actually
qualify
them
to
get
this
purchase.
So
that's
a
good
thing
about
it.
E
A
lot
of
the
times.
One
of
the
issue
with
the
target
market
program
is
that
not
all
vendors
are
responsive.
They
don't
want
to
submit
a
response,
so
we
may
end
up
with
like
no
response,
in
which
case
it'll
go
to
the
open
market.
So
the
program
procedure
says
that,
even
if
there
is
one
response
from
are
two
out
of
those
three
or
five
vendors,
we
can
award
it
to
that
one,
which
is
a
good,
a
good
thing
to
do
any
questions
on
the
process
at
all.
Otherwise
they
can
move
on.
E
Okay,
thank
you.
So
here's
the
exciting
data
I
wanted
to
share
with
you.
The
program
is
just
one
year
old
and
we
were
able
to
direct
11
point:
1
million
towards
target
market
program
purchases,
and
these
are
just
under
a
hundred
thousand
purchases
that
went
to
this
group
of
this
pool
of
target
market
program,
vendors
and
then
the
other
more
exciting
thing
to
share
with
you
is
that
14
million
that
you
see
about
that
one
are
over
a
hundred
thousand
contracts
owned
by
the
target
market
program,
small
businesses.
E
So
once
we
identified
this
group,
this
pool
of
vendors,
the
good
thing
that
happened
was
departments
were
able
to
see
those
vendors
who's
in
that
pool
and
then
direct
those
purchasers
towards
them.
So,
even
though
our
programs,
it's
that
you
know,
purchases
under
a
hundred
thousand,
we
are,
in
fact
you
know
putting
more
purchasers
towards
this.
Pour
it's
just
awesome,
so
the
total
that
we
spent
with
this
group
is
25
point
1
million
last
year.
G
E
J
E
It's
a
need
like
a
much
easier
process
to
get
into
the
program
once
we
get
the
application.
Tracy
will
review
that
one
to
make
sure
that
and
then
Tracy
will
be
in
touch
with
that
business
as
well.
To
ask
more
questions
about
you
know.
Sometimes
businesses
would
come
in
and
say
we
can
do
a
construction,
but
then
in
reality
they
would
be
doing
something
related
to
construction,
but
not
real
construction.
So
those
kind
of
things
we
have
to
verify
and
we
do
that
for
every
single
vendor.
That's
in
this
program.
G
E
So
so
now,
I
want
to
go
a
little
bit
over
their
hundred
over
100,000
purchases.
Some
of
the
over
hundred
thousand
purchases
are
made
through
the
state,
cooperative
purchasing
venture
contracts,
and
a
couple
of
examples
would
be
the
fleet
vehicles
that
we
buy.
We
buy
it
through
the
state
contract
and
we
get
it
at
a
really
good
price.
E
E
We
do
what
we
call
a
sealed
bid
process,
so
the
partners
will
prepare
a
specification
of
what
they
want
to
build
or
what
they
want
to
buy,
and
we
put
that
we
put
that
one
together
with
all
our
city
terms
and
conditions
and
everything
civil
rights,
Department
world
review,
every
single
bid
to
make
sure
that
there
is
a
if
there
was
a
an
SUV
people
that
they
can
put
towards
that
one,
and
once
they
have
done
that
one,
we
will
publish
that
bid.
So
the
publication
is
done
twice
in
finance
and
commerce.
E
E
So
once
that
due
date
comes
for
the
bid
to
be
opened,
we
have
a
public
bid
opening
for
anything
over
a
hundred
thousand.
If
anybody
is
interested
in
you
know
watching
that
process,
you
are
welcome
to
come
to
our
procurement
office.
It's
a
it's
usually
on
Tuesdays,
Wednesdays
and
Thursdays
at
10
o'clock.
E
Some
days
there
won't
be
any
bid
opening.
So
I
would
like
to
know
if
you
are
coming,
and
so
we
open
it
in
the
presence
of
vendors
as
well
as
any
public
who
wants
to
come
in
a
lot
of
the
times
our
subcontractors
are
pressing
for
that
bid,
opening
as
well
so
once
that
comes
in,
they
all
review
the
bid
they
offer
with
our
departments
and
once
we
know
like
ok,
this
is
a
good
bid.
E
Then
we
will
take
that
one,
just
several
rights
for
them
to
look
at
the
assembly
goals,
participation
by
that
contractor,
as
well
as
an
affirmative
action
plan.
So
once
those
two
are
approved
by
civil
rights,
it'll
come
back
to
purchasing
and
we
will
go
through
the
award
process.
Sometimes
a
bid
will
require
a
contract.
Sometimes
it
doesn't,
it
will
be
a
one-time
transaction
say,
for
example,
if
we
are
buying
a
fire
truck,
we
just
do
a
purchase
order
for
it
and
get
it.
E
So
when
do
we
bring
those
approvals
to
you
is
when
the
low
bid
is
not
accepted
once
in
a
while,
we
won't
be
accepting
a
low
bid,
because
maybe
they
did
not
put
all
the
papers
together.
Maybe
they
did
not
comply
with
all
the
term.
All
these
specifications
we
asked
them
to
comply
with.
In
that
case,
we
have
to
reject
that
a
little
bit
and
go
to
the
second
one
at
that
time.
E
That
bid
request
for
counsel
action
will
come
to
you
and
then,
when
the
city
receives
just
one
bid,
that
also
has
to
come
here.
It's
what
we
call
a
soul
bid
and
when
a
formal
contract
is
required,
it
will
come
here
whenever
there
is
a
change
order
necessary
to
a
bid
that
we
already
took,
for
example,
a
construction
project.
E
We
took
that
one
for
a
million,
but
then,
as
they
were
going
in
and
started
working,
they
find
something
some
problem
with
the
site.
They
have
to
correct
it.
It
requires
additional
money.
So
when
that
happens,
it
will
come
here
for
approval
and
the
other,
the
other
time
that
you
will
be
a
preview,
be
seeing
a
request
for
Brutus
for
council
action
is
when
we
are
using
a
contractor's
form.
E
J
Share
with
Sammy
councilmembers
I
am
going
to
take
over
and
talk
about
the
professional
services
of
the
city
and
I'll
start
by
saying
that
what
Pam
was
talking
about
the
silve
bids?
That
process
is
centralized
a
procurement.
We
do
all
the
sale
bids
for
the
city
departments
in
park
or
two,
so
the
professional
services,
one
is
more
decentralized.
This
work
happens
in
the
departments.
Procurement
gets
involved
on
the
back
at
the
back
end
when
the
contract
has
been
drafted
and
it's
sent
to
us
for
signature
and
entry
into
the
financial
system.
J
So
I'll
talk
about
the
request
for
proposal,
so
once
a
need
is
identified
as
a
depart
at
the
department,
the
department
prepares
the
RFP,
the
request
for
proposals
using
the
trend
of
standard
template
and
then,
as
they
do,
that
they
take
the
scope
of
services
for
that
work
and
send
it
to
civil
rights,
because
everything
over
a
hundred
thousand
has
to
go
to
civil
rights
for
them
to
set
goals
to
see
if
goals
are
applicable
and
set
them.
So
when
that
happens
or
in
the
process,
it
could
happen
concurrently.
J
So
as
it
was
this
AV
RFP
and
put
the
scope
of
services
together,
it
all
culminates
at
the
PRC,
the
permanent
review
committee.
All
that
information
is
brought
to
the
permanent
review
committee.
The
PRC
meets
on
a
bi-weekly
basis
and
I
will
be
talking
a
little
bit
more
about
the
PRC
in
the
next
slide.
So
when
that
RFP
is
brought
to
the
Piercey
Piercey
will
either
approve
it
or
give
recommendations
on
how
to
move
forward
with
that
request
for
proposal
once
that
is
done,
that
information
is
provided.
J
The
department
sends
the
complete,
revised
RFP
to
procurement.
We
have
a
central
publication
of
the
RFP
on
our
procurement
external
site.
Then
all
RFPs
come
to
procurement.
All
the
proposals
come
to
procurement
again,
that
is
centralized
when
we
receive
them
after
the
close
date.
All
that
the
proposals
are
all
sent
back
to
the
department,
they
do
the
evaluations
they
in
charge
of
the
review
of
those
proposals.
J
They
pick
the
vendor
that
they
can
do
the
work,
and
then
they
also
have
to
go
back
to
civil
rights
to
make
sure
that
the
affirmative
action
plan
is
in
place
and
they
get
to
our
ex
approval.
One
of
the
things
I
want
to
highlight
here
is
that
for
the
professional
services
site
and
like
the
bids
where
we
go
with
the
lowest
bidder
per
the
Minnesota
statute
for
professional
services,
we
do
not
go
by
the
lowest
price.
J
J
The
permanent
review
committee,
so
PRC
was
established
in
9
1992
through
the
City
Council
and
it
was
established
to
oversee
the
issuance
of
all
citywide
rfp's
before
every
department
was
issuing
their
own
RFP,
but
those
need
to
centralize
that
function,
where
the
pulmonary
review
committee
reviews
those
RFPs
to
make
sure
that
they
are
consistent
and
also
to
make
sure
that
the
processes
procurement
processes
are
being
followed.
The
PRC
is
chaired
by
the
city
coordinator
or
the
city
coordinator
could
designee
as
of
today.
J
That
designee
is
the
procurement
director,
so
Pam
says
the
PRC
and
the
PRC
needs
on
a
bi-weekly
basis.
The
PRC
is
represented
by
several
members
from
the
departments
we
have.
The
city
coordinators
office
has
a
representative
sitting
on
the
PRC.
Civil
Rights
is
on
the
PRC
committee
because
they
have
to
be
there
to
review
the
scope
of
the
work
to
ensure
that
if
the
work
is
over
100,000,
that
goals
have
been
set
to
provide
their
concerns
of
if
they
they
know
of
any
businesses
that
can
subcontract
and
also
see.
J
Ped
recently
was
added
to
care
see
in
2017,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
work
contracts
coming
from
see
ped,
but
for
the
longest
time
since
its
inception,
we
didn't
have
anyone
from
cpad.
So
right
now
we
have
someone
sitting
from
Safed
sitting
on
the
PRC
committee.
Then
we
have
finance.
We
have
procurement
and
risk
management
because
again
we
have
to
assess
the
risk
and
the
liability
to
the
city.
J
By
issuing
this
RFPs,
we
have
the
representative
from
the
office
of
the
city
attorney
and
we
also
have
Public
Works,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
RFPs
from
Public
Works
that
need
us
that
are
very
specialized
and
we
felt
we
needed
someone
an
engineer
sitting
on
the
PRC
committee
to
provide
their
input,
especially
when
we
have
construction
contracts
coming
through,
so
Piercy
currently
approves
them
all
RF,
please
valued
under
1
million,
but
any
RFP
that
is
over
a
million
before
procurement
publishes
it.
It
has
to
be
approved
by
the
City
Council.
J
So
again
before
it
is
published,
we
publish
it
on
our.
It
said
we
have
to
see
council
approval
on
all
our
HP's,
with
a
value
of
1
million
quickly
going
through
some
of
the
goals
of
the
PRC
to
improve
your
efficiency
and
quality
of
city
services,
making
sure
that
the
specs
the
specifications
and
Mystikal
of
work
is
defined
in
a
clear
way
that
is
of
benefit
to
the
city,
then
also
to
define
and
focus
on
business
practices
and
also
to
analyze
risk.
J
Like
I
said,
we
have
a
someone
from
risk
management
sitting
on
there
to
be
able
to
look
at
those
thresholds
in
the
terms
and
conditions
of
the
RFP.
We've
had
situations
where
the
department
negotiates
those
those
are
the
caps
on
the
on
the
insurance,
because
sometimes
if
it's
a
construction
contract,
the
those
values
would
go
up.
If
it's
professional
service,
maybe
for
temp
staffing
services,
they
might
need
a
lower
threshold
because
they
expect
that
the
composition
of
the
respondents
to
that
RFP
will
mainly
be
from
the
target
market
program.
So
there
it
were.
A
C
C
How
do
we
help
make
sure
that
folks
are
maybe
falling
through
the
cracks
that
are
trying
to
grow
their
business
and
maybe
aren't
at
the
scale,
but
can
do
so
once
they
get?
Does
that
make
sense?
It's
just
like
he's.
You
know,
I
just
want
to
see,
because
that
was
a
north
side
own
business.
So
I
just
wanted
to
ask.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we're
not
having
folks
fall
through
the
cracks.
J
So
that's
one
of
the
efforts
we're
having
we're
doing
right
now
with
a
bigger
supplier,
diversity
group,
where
we're
looking
at
the
processes
that
we
have
right
now,
I'll
be
talking
a
little
bit
about
us
going
through
an
automation
process,
we're
automating
our
whole
procurement
process.
One
of
the
things
that
we'll
be
doing
is
procurement
is
going
to
be
actively
involved
in
the
responses
that
come
in
and
the
whole
contract
process
right
now.
J
This
piece
is
very
decentralized
at
the
department,
so
the
best
practices
that
we
have
for
them
is
to
review
what
is
responsive
and
responsible
and
then
go
forth
with
that.
So
we
are
not
really
involved
in
the
process,
but
moving
forward
we're
looking
at
what
else
can
we
do
to
support
the
departments
to
provide
more
training
on
that
evaluation
piece?
We
have
recently
engaged
a
tablet.
Business
can
I
just
go
through
the
what
work
cities
initiative
and
through
that
was
a
an
initiative
through
the
city
coordinators
office
and
they're.
J
Currently,
looking
at
our
RFP
process,
our
evaluation
process
to
see
how
we
can
intentionally
include
these
small
businesses
where
evaluation
criteria
is
not
onerous
to
them
and
is
my
disadvantaging
them,
they
are
completing
that
work
at
the
end
of
this
month
and
will
be
up
getting
the
best
practices
report
from
them.
The
first
week
of
May
so
we'll
be
able
to
report
on
that
and
after
that,
we'll
be
rolling
that
out
to
the
departments.
But
yes,
it's
an
issue
that
we've
seen
before
and
we
are
committed
to
addressing
thank.
C
J
The
other
thing
that
Piercy
helps
with
is
conformist
of
all
city
policies
and
ordinances.
This
is
really
where
PRC
can
help
push
back
on
some
of
the
practices
that
we
don't
have
oversight
over
through
our
policies
and
looking
at
the
federal
guidelines,
what
obviate
being
in
conformance
with
those
and
we're
able
to
advise
their
departments
accordingly,
then
also
really
ensuring
standard
and
consists
consistent
ways
of
reaching
out
to
the
vendor
community,
where
everything
is
being
published
through
the
website.
J
So
this
automated
bidding
and
contracting
project
was
approved
in
2016
by
City
Council,
and
we
have
a
good
life
date
of
January
2019.
So
we
are
in
the
process
of
resetting
the
work
last
year
late
last
year
and
this
year
we
are
actually
close
to
finishing
the
specifications
and
drafting
what
that
feature.
Workflow
is
going
to
look
like
this
work
consists
of
three
modules,
each
supplier
which
which
is
outward
facing
to
the
general
public.
This
is
for
firms
it's
for
businesses.
It's
for.
J
Anyone
who
wants
to
do
business
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
strategic
sourcing
and
supplier
contracts
are
more
internal
strategic
sourcing.
We're
evaluation
of
the
responses
that
we
get
in
is
going
to
be
done
in
the
system,
and
it
has
two
functionality
to
quickly
evaluate
who
are
the
vendors
that
we
can
work
with
a
supplier
contracts
is
more
of
the
document.
Management,
library
and
electronic
signatures
are
a
big
part
of
it.
Where
we'll
be
able
to
move
the
work
through
the
system,
tracking
and
reports
will
be
a
high,
highly
paid
feature
all
across
the
city.
J
I'll
go
into
a
little
bit
more
detail
on
the
e
supplier,
because
this
is
an
area
where
we've
been
getting.
Questions
on
a
supplier,
as
I
said,
is
outward
facing
its
to
the
general
public
to
our
businesses.
We
had
a
pilot
done
in
January
of
2018
that
was
very
successful
and
we
are
having
a
patch
of
functionality
rollout
at
the
end
of
April,
where
we
are
going
to
convert
all
our
current
vendors
into
this
system.
All
they'll
need
to
do
is:
go
in
and
update
their
information.
J
It's
a
self-service
portal
where,
right
now,
if
you
want
to
become
a
vendor,
if
we
award
your
work
either
through
bids
or
professional
services
contracts
or
through
an
RFP,
then
those
businesses
have
to
send
us
a
vendor
application
packet.
That
is
a
paper
that
they
have
to
fill
out
and
send
it
to
us.
Then
a
con
spirit,
team
keys
it
in
and
sets
them
up
as
a
vendor.
Now
they'll
just
need
to
log
into
this
portal.
J
They'll
enter
their
information
and
then
once
they
hit
submit
it's
going
to
do
through
approvals
through
the
city
and
they'll,
become
vendors
they'll
be
able
to
update
their
information
on
there
right
now
again
they
have
to
call
us
or
send
us
the
vendor
application
packet
they'll
be
able
to
do
it
in
the
system.
It
will
provide
for
easy
registration
into
the
target
market
program.
As
you
heard,
Pam
described,
we
intentionally
made
it
very
easy
for
them
for
businesses
to
be
a
part
of
this
program.
J
Maybe
if
we
have
a
request
for
appraisals
from
seabed,
we
can
quickly
go
into
the
system
and
type
in
appraisals,
and
if
we
pull
all
the
vendors
registered
for
that
work-
and
we
can,
if
their
target
market
program
vendors,
then
we
can
directly
source
to
them,
send
out
an
email
targeted
to
them
saying
this
is
what
we're
requiring.
We
need
to
hear
from
you
within
this
time
frame.
Tell
us
what
price
it
is
gonna
be.
So
it's
very
targeted,
it's
gonna
be
very
fast.
J
They
will
respond
through
the
system,
which
means
we'll
get
the
information
that
we're
requiring
and
then
we'll
be
able
to
award
again
through
the
the
module
where
they'll
get
the
contract
and
they'll
actually
find
any
electronically
sign
a
contract,
whereas
now
we're
sending
them
the
contract
and
we're
having
them
print.
Three
copies
find
each
of
them
and
mail
those
back
to
us.
So
that
is
something
that
they
are
excited
about.
J
J
J
If
these
three
or
more
vendors
in
that
who
can
provide
that
work,
so
we
sent
out
nine
over
a
little
bit
over
nine
thousand
mailing
cards
to
carrion
vendors,
both
at
the
city
and
from
cert
cert
is
the
is
a
certification
program
that
is
run
by
the
city
of
st.
Paul
and
as
part
of
the
target
market
inception
of
tiger
market
program.
City
of
Minneapolis
through
target
market
program,
became
a
member
of
cert.
Cert
has
four
partners,
city
of
Minneapolis
city
of
st.
Paul,
Hennepin,
County
and
Ramsey
County.
J
So
we
became
the
fourth
partner,
and
so
we're
able
to
take
a
look
and
utilize
the
vendors
that
are
registered
in
the
cert
database.
We
also
developed
a
communications
toolkit
that
we
shared
with
82
partner
organizations
and
also
with
internal
leadership,
so
that
they
can
help
us
spread.
The
word
I
also
have
to
say
that
the
city
coordinators
office
was
very
helpful.
With
this,
the
innovative
team
was
working
with
procurement.
To
make
this
happen,
we
were
able
to
attend
17
events,
which
included
neighborhood
workshops.
J
We
we
presented
at
chambers
of
commerce,
we
went
to
procurement
fairs
and
also
at
the
community
communicating
connections
conference.
So
we
did
a
lot
of
outreach
trying
to
not
only
market
the
target
program
but
reach
out
to
the
vendors
to
hear
what
they
have
to
say
about
doing
business
with
the
city.
J
And,
lastly,
we
have
plans
for
the
2018
vendor
outreach
efforts
through
cert.
We
are
having
this
ongoing
monthly
workshops
where
we
are
meeting
in
st.
Paul
search
through
city
of
st.
Paul.
Have
this
meetings
scheduled
monthly
meetings,
scheduled
with
vendors
at
the
Rondo
library
and
after
heavy
being
a
member
for
one
year,
we're
now
looking
at
bringing
those
to
this
other
side
of
Mississippi,
so
NEP
and
Connie
and
city
of
Minneapolis
can
host
also
monthly
workshops
drew
and
concurrently
with
the
ones
over
in
st.
J
Paul
in
the
in
the
hope
of
reaching
more
vendors,
because
the
ones
that
I'm
in
Hennepin
County
Minneapolis
have
to
go
all
the
way
to
st.
Paul.
To
get
this
service,
then
we're
also
planning
some
robust
training
and
change
management
through
the
as
we
roll
out
the
new
automated
process,
where
we'll
let
them
know
how
to
do
business
with
the
city
and
how
is
it's
becoming
in
how
we
we
are
planning
on
it
being
very
targeted
and
all
those
intentionality
that
have
been
built
into
it?
We
are
also
in
the
process.
J
As
part
of
that,
we
are
working
on
increased
collaboration
with
various
people.
First
of
all,
in
the
outreach
we
did
in
2017,
we
heard
a
lot
from
vendors
of
how
procurement.
Yes,
procurement
goes
out
to
this
vendor
fairs,
but
we
are
not
the
ones
that
ultimately
make
decisions
on
who
is
going
to
be
awarded.
It
is
the
department's,
so
vendors
are
looking
for
space
where
they
can
actually
meet
with
the
department's
with
the
decision-makers.
J
So
we
felt
that
that
is
something
that
procurement
can
facilitate
to
create
that
space,
where
the
departments
can
meet
with
vendors,
and
they
can
have
that
conversation
about
what
they
do,
and
you
know
familiarize
themselves
with
the
work
that
each
of
them
does.
We
are
also
targeting
community
organizations
in
collaboration
with
professional
associations,
some
of
the
ones
we
are
looking
at,
and
we
had
some
discussions
around
this
issue.
Late
last
year
was
the
association
of
women
contractors
Association
of
minority
contractors
and
associated
builders
and
contractors.
J
So
we
want
them
to
help
us
spread
the
word
about
the
target
market
program
in
so
that,
as
we
we
run
this
program,
any
time
requests
come
from
the
department.
We
have
vendors
in
the
program
that
can
do
their
work.
That
is
an
area
where
we
have
seen
with
it's
been
challenging
where
work
comes
in,
but
we
really
don't
have
three
or
more
vendors
in
the
target
market
program.
Who
can
do
the
work,
so
it
forces
us
to
push
that
out
to
the
open
market
and
so
they're.
J
Two
vendors
who
are
registered
in
the
target
market
program.
I
know
I
hit
a
disadvantage
because
they
have
to
compete
in
the
open
market.
So
if
we
have,
our
goal
is
to
have
at
least
three
vendors
in
all
categories,
so
that
work
can
really
stay
within
the
target
market
program.
Also.
The
other
thing
that
we'll
be
looking
at
is
in
working
with
the
professional
associations
is
for
them
to
help
us
unbundle
the
scopes
award,
especially
for
RFPs,
that
are
over
a
hundred
thousand.
J
This
is
something
that
we
we
so
Hennepin
County
do
successfully
where
they
worked
with
Association
of
minority
contractors,
and
they
would
every
time
those
work
at
the
department.
They
would
have
a
meeting
with
this
professional
organizations
and
and
really
have
a
discussion
with
them
on
how
they
can
help
them
unbundle
this
scope.
J
So
it's
not
one
huge
scope
that
is
just
going
to
this
one
big
contractor,
but
if
it's
unbundle,
then
it
can
go
to
other
small
businesses
and
because
they
work
with
those
small
businesses
they
know
who
they
are
and
again
the
target
market
program.
Then
it
increases
the
opportunities
for
them,
though
we
have
increased
collaboration
too,
with
the
city
city,
supplier,
diversity,
efforts
and
Pam
talked
a
little
bit
about
that.
J
But
one
of
the
exciting
things
that
we're
looking
at-
and
this
is
right
now
in
the
exploration
stage-
is
about
the
target
target
market
program.
So
right
now,
target
market
program
is
for
all
small
businesses,
but
we're
asking
what
about
three
getting
a
subset
carving
out,
let's
say
up
to
50,000,
that
is
only
gonna,
go
to
smaller
women-owned
minority-owned
businesses
and
the
target
target
who
I
can't
program.
So
that
is
something
that
we
already
discussing,
and
we
do
know
that.
Yes,
the
target
market
program
right
now
is
race
and
gender
neutral.
J
J
So,
let's
say
right
now:
we
are
doing
one
for
temp
staffing,
where
we
put
out
an
RFP
for
temp
staffing
for
businesses
proposing
and
we
create
we.
We
enter
into
contract,
maybe
with
ten
of
them,
so
we
create
that
pool.
So
at
any
time,
when
there's
a
temp
staffing
work,
we
have
contractors
where
businesses
departments
can
go
to
so.
J
The
question
is:
can
we
what
how
can
we
use
that
same
model,
but
just
to
create
a
pool
of
contractors
for
specific
scope
of
work,
just
populated
with
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
we're
also
looking
at
local
price,
local
and
price
preference?
The
city
doesn't
have
that
and
we
feel
strongly
that
with
the
result
of
the
2016
disparity
study.
J
So
that's
something
that
we're
also
considering
and
looking
at
through
cert
the
city
of
Minneapolis
being
a
member
of
cert.
We
are
also
looking
at
cross
jurisdictional
efforts
where
what
is
it
that
we
can
do
together
with
our
partners
in
Hennepin
County,
the
city
of
st.
Paul
in
Ramsey,
County,
and
one
of
the
ideas
that
came
about
was
implementing
the
2016
disparity
studies
and
see
what
how
we
can
help
each
other
achieve
that,
instead
of
each
jurisdiction
doing
it
on
their
own.
J
J
We
heard
from
vendors
from
businesses
that
they
want
to
be
able
a
mechanism
for
them
to
provide
feedback
to
procurement
on
how
we
can
make
the
work
better
or
how
we're
doing
or
just
performance
evaluations,
performance
measurements,
and
so
we'll
be
doing
that,
as
well
as
a
focus
group,
and
this
is
going
to
be
in
line
with
what
we
did
last
year.
That
was
led
by
now
city
coordinator.
It
was
very
successful
and
we
want
to
be
able
to
get
that
feedback
again
so
and
also
to
just
but
tying
back
to
the
feedback
request.
J
F
Thank
You
mr.
Sharon,
thank
you,
miss
Mei,
one
question
I
have
I
guess
is,
is
how
hard
is
it
to
apply
to
the
target
market
program?
It
feels
like
the
number
of
participants
is
relatively
low
for
that
big
13
County
area,
so
wonder
if
it's
just
that
we
haven't
had
time
to
get
people
signed
up
or
if
it's
actually
really
burdensome
to
become
involved.
J
It
is
not
burdensome
I
think
a
lot
of
it
is
about
just
getting
the
word
out.
We
did
a
lot
of
engagement
in
2017
just
to
get
the
program
running.
We
are
at
1200
in
one
year,
so
it
was.
It
was
a
lot
of
work
that
was
done,
but
I
talked
about
some
jurisdictional
efforts
of
we're
doing
as
members
of
cert
right
now.
J
One
of
the
things
that
I
have
seen
as
a
challenge,
as
we've
been
talking
to
businesses
is
they're
skeptical
about
the
success
of
the
program
or
the
intention
of
the
program,
or
is
it
I'm
just
another
one
of
another
problem
so
but
we've
been
as
we
talk
to
them
and
as
we
show
them
the
intentionality
that
have
been
built
into
the
program
like,
for
example,
you
don't
have
to
log
into
a
website
to
see
what
work
is
out
there.
If
you're
in
the
target
market
program,
we
will
find
you,
we
will
send
you
an
email.
J
We
will
tell
you
that
we
have
this
work
available.
Please
apply
for
it
that
came
up
today.
We
had
a
pre-proposal
conferences
for
the
temp
staffing
RFP
I
mentioned,
and
we
had
some
businesses
in
the
target
market
program.
It's
a
huge
RFP
and
they
were
asking
there's
a
question
about
what
is?
Is
it
really
a?
Are
we
really
sure
that
we're
going
to
award
a
child
market
program
vendor
because
they
feel
they're
competing
with
all
this
big?
J
And
we
said
yes,
actually,
we
want
target
market
program
vendors
to
apply
the
way
we
put
your
FP
together,
and
this
is
just
a
pilot
of
what
our
other
RFPs
are.
Gonna
look
like
with
a
goal
of
making
them
less
intimidating
for
small
businesses
and
also
providing
in
language
in
there
that,
if
you
don't
have
experience,
show
us
how
you
can
get
the
work
done.
Don't
worry
about
that.
J
J
That
really
is
this
for
real
and
that's
what
we
need
to
address
and
keep
on
addressing
it
from
all
angles:
partnering
with
the
innovation
team
partnering
with
our
neighborhood
neighborhood
organizations
with
NCR
and
looking
for
any
up
Avenue
within
the
city
with
within
the
whole
model
of
doing
business
with
the
city
business
made
simple
to
make
sure
that
we
are
communicating
the
same
message
that
it's
not
just
for
human,
but
in
all
these
outreach
efforts.
We
are
communicating
that
message
and
that
way,
we'll
get
more
people
to
sign
up.
F
J
If
they're
not,
they
cannot
contact
a
vendor
for
work
there
any
work
that
is
under
a
hundred
thousand
and
we
have
deliberately
kept
that
marketplace
with
procurement,
so
they
have
to
reach
out
to
us
to
see
who's
in
the
target
market
program
as
they
come
to
us.
If
it's
a
the
values,
forty
thousand
we're
making
it
clear
to
them
that,
if
there's
any
possibility
of
this
work
going
over
a
hundred
thousand
we're
going
to
build
it
out,
it's
not
gonna,
be
in
the
RFP,
it's
gonna
be
in
it.
J
It's
not
gonna
be
in
the
target
market
program.
We
have
to
use
another
path
because
we
do
not
want
to
disadvantage
those
in
the
target
market
program
where
it's
studying
at
fifty
thousand
and
then
it's
grown.
It's
going
to
grow
to
200
thousand,
just
with
that
same
vendor
also
for
the
target
market
program
for
the
purchases
under
a
hundred
thousand.
They
have
to
be
for
the
whole
project.
You
cannot
phase
it
out.
We've
had
situations
where
it's
a
five
phase
project
and
each
phase
is
fifty
thousand.
So
we're
saying
no
to
that.
J
That
cannot
be
a
target
market
program
because
and
a
lot
of
them
when
it
starts
that,
will
we
realize
that
it's
not
even
a
target
market
program
vendor
that
would
get
the
work,
because
it's
it's
a
big
project.
It
would
be
out
of
scope
for
target
market,
so
we
would
have
to
push
it
out
to
the
open
market
and
once
we
push
it
out
to
the
open
market,
it
goes
all
the
way
to
three
hundred
thousand
and
then,
if
the
target
market
program
renders
at
its
disadvantage.
B
F
This
is
complex,
work
and
I,
really
appreciate
the
presentation
and
I
really
appreciate
the
work
that
you've
all
put
in.
We
we
rely
on
it
very
heavily
on
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
as
we're
looking
at
all
of
these
proposals
that
we
don't
always
have
a
lot
of
detail
on
and
I'll
say
the
faith
that
we
put
in
all
of
you
to
make
sure
that
we're
spending
our
money
responsibly
and
in
ways
that
reflect
our
values
and
our
commitments
around
equity
are
really
appreciated.
F
C
You
mr.
chair,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
all
the
work.
You've
you
as
well
city
coordinator
for
all
the
work
that
you've
put
in
to
procurement
and
to
building
the
target
market
program.
I
was
around
during
its
inception
and
watching
it
come
to
life
and
to
see
that
it
has
over
1200
vendors
already
in
it
in
the
first
year,
is
really
impressive
and
I'm
really
grateful
to
hear
that
there
that
the
target
market
program
is
being
examined
to
be
able
to
have
that
target
target
program.
C
But
it's
so
and
also
building
community
wealth.
Research
shows
that
it
requires.
One
of
the
main
pillars
is
for
anchor
institutions
like
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
opening
the
door
for
them
to
a
much
larger
market
and
for
these
for
small
businesses,
and
so
everything
that
we
do
with
spending
really
needs
to
be
heavily.
That
needs
to
be
heavily
considered
in
program.
Development
like
this
and
I
know
that
you
all
have
already
started
to
kind
of
examine
and
look
at
things
and
I
just
wanted
to
to
make
it
a
little
bit
more
formal,
and
so
mr.
C
I
You
mr.
chair,
there
might
be
a
little
bit
of
confusion
as
to
where
some
of
this
work
is
how
it's
because
it's
housed
in
the
coordinators
office
I
just
wanted
to
ask
our
city
coordinator
to
maybe
give
us
a
little
bit
of
insight
as
to
what
work
is
already
going
on.
And
what
that
plan
is
to
bring
it
back
and
through
what
committee
sure.
K
Chair
Warsaw
me,
council
members
committee,
members,
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
and
if
you'll
indulge
me
in
a
moment
and
just
thank
staff,
they
were
amazing
getting
this
program
up
and
running.
We
received
a
staff
direction
by
then
council,
vice-president
Glidden,
in
2015,
when
I
first
joined
the
coordinators
office
to
really
take
a
look
at
our
citywide
efforts
on
supplier
diversity,
and
we
had
a
an
extensive
one
of
the
most
extensive
staff
directions.
K
I've
seen
in
the
city
that
really
fought
to
bring
together
just
as
councilmember
Cunningham
has
intended
to
do
now,
as
well
across
departmental
efforts.
They
asked
the
coordinator
to
bring
together
civil
rights,
finance
city
attorney
and
finance
and
property
services,
to
look
at
a
variety
of
issues
we
were
charged
with
developing
a
work
plan.
We
brought
that
forward
with
that
work
plan
is
always
iterative.
We
had
had,
for
example,
target
market
in
year,
3
and
council.
K
Vice-President
Glidden
asked
us
to
bring
it
forward
in
the
first
year,
and
so
we
switched
around
some
of
our
work
and
managed
to
do
that.
So
that
group
is
ongoing.
We
continue
to
meet.
We
actually
were
just
working
recently
on
updating
that
work
plan
and
plan
to
come
back
this
work
of
having
that
staff
direction.
It
incorporates
that
staff
direction,
though
happy
to
take
that
on
I,
perhaps
request
that
it
continue
to
flow
through
the
supplier
to
University
work
team,
so
that
we
can
manage
that.
K
But
we
will
certainly
put
the
timeline
into
that
work
and
come
back
and
report
back
just
so
that
we
have
the
flow
of
work
coordinated.
But
we
are
expecting
to
come
forward
to
chair
Palmisano
for
the
enterprise
committee
in
that
and
bring
that
update
as
well
just
for
all
the
work
that
we're
doing
because
it
does
carry
over
in
a
variety
of
departments.
Okay,.
C
I
A
Those
against
so
thank
you
very
much
for
that
and
I.
Think
I
would
like
to
thank
councilman
Cunningham
for
his
staff
direction,
because
there
was
some
I
think
he
incorporates
a
lot
of
the
discussion
that
I
had
with
council.
Vice
president
Jenkins
incorporate
some
of
the
things
that
we
talked
about
having
a
target
target
market
program.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
and
have
we
finished
with
the
presentation
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much.
You
know.
I
would
like
to
thank
our
wonderful
finance
and
property
services.
Department
staff
who
worked
very
hard
for
this,
and
it's
very
informative,
I've
learned
so
much
today,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
your
effort
and
I
would
love
to
make
a
motion
to
receive
and
file
this
report,
and
it
is
there
any
discussion
on
the
motion.
Okay,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye.