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OCII staff reports SBE and local‑hiring performance; commissioners direct outreach, portal and data follow‑ups
Summary
OCII staff presented an informational report on Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and workforce programs showing roughly 35% of awards to SBEs on about $1.2 billion in projects, ongoing local hiring progress in Bayview/Hunters Point and recommendations to strengthen payment tracking, outreach and potential policy alignment with City thresholds. Commissioners asked for a portal one‑pager and working group options.
Raymond Lee, OCII contract compliance supervisor, presented an informational status report on OCII’s Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and workforce programs. Lee said OCII has a published overall SBE goal of 50 percent and, for projects active as of Jan. 1, 2013, roughly 35 percent of award dollars went to firms classified as SBEs on approximately $1.2 billion in active project dollars.
Lee explained differences between OCII definitions (construction $14 million, professional services $2 million thresholds) and the City’s LBE classifications, and cautioned that direct comparisons to City reports are not strictly apples‑to‑apples because of differing thresholds, bid discount policies and reporting scopes. He provided project‑area breakdowns (e.g., Bayview Hunters Point and Mission Bay) and said completed projects and projects currently in construction show upward trends in SBE participation in certain geographies. He also reviewed workforce hiring metrics: OCII projects overall were running at about 33.5 percent San Francisco resident hires for the sample, with Bayview/Hunters Point projects running at about 51.3 percent on contracts currently in construction.
Commissioners asked for additional payment‑level verification (not just award data), suggested aligning OCII’s professional services SBE threshold to the city’s $2.5 million for ease of communication, and urged renewed outreach and a working group to expand SBE participation. Staff described potential technology tools (Elation modules) and agreed to investigate payment‑tracking options and to produce a one‑page proposal describing a centralized portal where SBEs could register their capabilities and receive notices about opportunities. Commissioners requested a brief one‑page plan and direction on whether the commission wants to pursue a policy change to align thresholds; they also discussed the need to review what statutory or oversight approvals (oversight board/Board of Supervisors) would be required before changing policy.
The item was presented for discussion only; the commission directed staff to return with a portal one‑pager, options to align SBE definitions with the City for professional services, and recommendations on payment verification and working‑group structure.
