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City attorney outlines MWBE changes: higher threshold, post-award accountability and financial remedies
Summary
Assistant City Attorney Michael Schmidt proposed raising the MWBE threshold from $50,000 to $150,000 where state rules permit, shifting some compliance to post-award verification and adding contractual monetary remedies for missed goals, with a continued good-faith waiver process.
Michael Schmidt, assistant city attorney, told the South Bend Common Council on April 27 that staff is proposing targeted changes to the city's Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) program plan intended to increase small-contractor opportunities and strengthen post-award accountability.
Schmidt outlined three principal changes: raising the dollar threshold that triggers MWBE goals on projects (raising the point at which goals are required from $50,000 to $150,000 where state quoting rules allow),…
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