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City of Cincinnati Releases 2nd Quarter 2019 Inclusion Report
CINCINNATI – The 2019 Second Quarter report of the City of Cincinnati’s Department of Economic Inclusion (DEI) has been released and it continues to show the City’s commitment to enhance contracting participation for all of those seeking to do business with the City of Cincinnati through its Inclusion program.
The report prepared by the City Manager and DEI shows during the second quarter the total MBE/WBE award including both prime and subcontracting participation was $2.76 million. Of that amount, $1.79 was awarded to MBEs and $967,343 was awarded to WBEs across all contract types.
During that same time period more than $6.5 million was spent in Hamilton County with firms certified under Chapter 324 either under contracts with MBE and WBE inclusion goals or under procurements without inclusion goals. Of that amount, $4.7 million was paid to MBEs and $1.8 million went to WBEs. Second quarter 2019 spend with MWBEs totaled $323,109.50, which represents 6.86% of the reported MBE spend and 4.95% of the total certified spend.
At the end of the second quarter of 2019, the City had certified a total of 231 MBE, MWBE, and WBE firms. This is a critical step toward achieving on-going inclusion, because without certified vendors able to do City work the MBE/WBE participation success achieved to date will not be sustained.
For more information on the City’s Inclusion program you can go to https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/inclusion/.