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Grand Prairie staff report disparity-study progress; consultant MGT to deliver final data soon
Summary
City staff said the disparity study — led by consultant MGT and covering more than $700 million in city spending across a multi-year period — has reconstructed roughly 56% of spend and will return with final numbers at the end of the month; staff and council discussed tracking subcontractor data and implementation through committees.
Katrina Bonnick Higgins, the city’s business diversity administrator, updated the Grand Prairie City Council on the city’s disparity study and the next steps for setting procurement or contracting goals based on consultant recommendations.
Bonnick Higgins said the study — led by consultant MGT — is legally structured to identify barriers to contracting for minority- and women-owned businesses. She told council the study examines more than $700 million in city spending across the study period (staff described the timeframe as covering material spend from 2009 through 2019 and up to 2023) and that the study has reconstructed roughly 56% of total spend, exceeding the 50% threshold…
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