HomeMy Public PortalAboutThird Party Consultant -- August 26, 2015 -- CBA Scorecard (Meeting Canceled)CBA Sections CBA Target Objectives MSD Actions Scorecard Rating Recommendations
1. Incorporate Disparity Study into CBA.1. Disparity Study incorporated as Section III of the
CBA signed on December 4, 2013.
Compliant
1. Recommend MSD stay with plans for conducting a
Disparity Study update within five (5) years of the
implementation of program changes (August 1, 2013) to
ensure its Diversity Program is in alignmnet with current
local market conditions.
2. Address 55 Recommendations of
Disparity Study and report progress.
2. MSD has addressed and/or completed 52 of the 55
recommendations. Two of the remaining
Recommendations, Expedited Subcontractor
Payments and Publish Prime Contractor Payments,
will be implemented with the MWBE Software. The
last remaining Recommendation, Establishing a Direct
Purchase Program, is under advisement for future
consideration.
Compliant
2. Please note: The Contractor Loan Fund may be utilized
by qualified M/WBEs to secure mobilization costs.
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Disparity Study (Section III)
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CBA Sections CBA Target Objectives MSD Actions Scorecard Rating Recommendations
1. Within 6 months of CBA, MSD to
establish program budget for training.
Program evaluation to occur before end
of FY2016.
1. Ordinance 13974 established program budget of
$150,000 within 6 months through end of FY2016.
Need to continue program will be evaluated prior to
end of FY2016.
Compliant
1. Bud Training Program continues through FY2017 (June
30, 2017). Recommend assessment of BUD Training
Program prior to the end of 2016.
2. Collaboration in seeking additional Job
Training funds through end of FY2016.
2. Included in scope of 3rd Party Monitor, Kwame
agrees to identify opportunities for additional training
funding to MSD and CBA Signatories.
Compliant
2. MSD has tasked 3rd Party Monitor to seek out
opportunities for available training funding through grants,
collaborations with government agencies, community
organizations and advocacy groups. Recommend CBA
Signatories to collaborative with MSD on efforts to seek and
secure additional job training funds from their perspective
organizations.
3. Administration: MSD to select a
Government funded Agency or RFP
training program within 6 months. MSD to
establish program reporting
requirements.
3. MSD RFP 5474 Job Training Program issued June
2014. SLATE was selected to administer the Job
Training Program in partnership with Building and
Construction Trades Council of St Louis.
Compliant No further recommendations
4. BUD Training Program Assessment:
Development, Implementation and
Reporting.
4. MSD established initial Program Development and
Implementation Plan to include program
development, implementation, recruitment, outreach
and scheduling. 1st MSD Bud Class held 4/13/15-
6/1/15; 6 Trainees; 3 Employed, 2 Seeking
Employment; 1 Incomplete. Next class scheduled for
9/14/15. MSD Contractor requirements expanded as
of 8/5/15 to use Bud Training for Good Faith Effort.
Compliant
4. Recommend MSD add a website link on its Diversity
website page directing applicants and contractors directly
to SLATE's BUD Training Program. Recommend MSD and
SLATE continue partnership to host quarterly Contractor
Information Sessions for the BUD Program.
MSD BUD Job Training
Program (Section IV)
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1. Within 6 months of CBA, MSD to
establish budget for a FSH program with
an established Government funded
training agency or issue RFP. Re-
evaluation to occur by June 30, 2016.
Program requires establishment of
eligibility listing, contractor participation
and incorporation into MSD CIRP Program
as a contract requirement.
1. Ordinance 13730, adopted October 10, 2013,
established SLATE to administer FSH Program with an
annual budget of $150,000 within 6 months of CBA
(effective through end of FY2016). Prior to June 30,
2016, re-evaluation of the program will take place.
Contract requires program development and
implementation phases with the established
government funded agency (SLATE).
Compliant No further recommendations
2. During the life of the CBA, MSD to
require participation in the FSH Program
on all CIRP contracts awarded after CBA.
MSD to establish program reporting
requirements.
2. MSD updated Diversity Program requirements
effective on Oct. 1 2014, to establish contractor
participation in the FSH Program. MSD increased
Diversity staff to effectively establish and monitor
CBA programs and effectively monitor CIRP contracts
for compliance with all diversity requirements.
Compliant
2. Recommend MSD add a website link on its Diversity
website page directing applicants and contractors directly
to SLATE's FSH Program. Recommend MSD and SLATE
continue partnership to host quarterly Contractor
Information Sessions for the First Source Hiring Program.
3. FSH Program Assessment: Program
Development and Implementation Plan,
Outreach, Reporting/Tracking applicants,
targeting outreach to reach low income
unemployed or underemployed.
3. Program established initial eligibility listings. MSD
incorporated FSH Program as part of the Diversity
Program requirements for contractors beginning Oct
2014. Contractor requirements expanded as of 8/5/15
to use FSH for Good Faith Effort.Compliant
3. Recommend MSD and SLATE enhance the current
reporting and tracking systems for updating and reporting
MSD's contractor performance under the program and
applicant's referral status in a timely manner. Recommend
SLATE update the eligibility list monthly. Recommend MSD
partner with SLATE to host quarterly contractor information
sessions for the FSH Program.
First Source Hiring Program
(Section V)
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CBA Sections CBA Target Objectives MSD Actions Scorecard Rating Recommendations
1. MSD to update it's Diversity Program to
be in alignment with Disparity Study
results and address recommendations as
a result of the Disparity Study.
1. MSD adopted goal recommendations of the
Disparity Study into its Diversity Program effective as
of August 1, 2013. MSD immediately began
consideration and actions to address the 55
recommendations as a result of the study.
Compliant No further recommendations
2. MBE/WBE Utilization: Conduct
outreach to MWBEs, include MWBEs and
relevant business organizations in pre-bid
conferences, unbundling, funding and
capacity building activities, all of which
promotes non-discrimination of M/WBE's.
2. MSD has a targeted outreach plan which promotes
utilization of MWBEs. Primes are required to focus on
MWBE participation of M/WBE's by meeting Diversity
goal requirements in pre-award, during contract
performance and upon contract completion and are
evaluated during each of these contract phases to
ensure compliance. Diversity program requirements
are a component of all pre-bids held. MSD Small
Contractor Program focuses on M/WBE utilization by
providing more bidding opportunities and relaxed
bonding requirements on projects under $25,000.
MSD monitors and evaluates M/WBE participation in
initial bidding and final contract stages of CIRP
Program projects. Evaluation requirements were
expanded as of 8/5/15 to include evaluation of
workforce in final evaluations and annual contractor
renewal evaluation processes.
Compliant
2. Recommdnd MSD locate and participate with more
professional organizations involving women and minorities
to promote continued growth in participation on it's CIRP
professional services and construction projects.
3. Low Interest Loan Program 3. MSD Ordinance No. 13857 authorized MSD
participation in the Contractor Loan Fund Program
with an investment of $250,000. The program was
launched May 27, 2015.
Compliant
3. Recommend MSD to reinvest any profits recognized from
the Contractor Loan Fund Program back into the program
should the program prove to be beneficial to increasing the
capacity and participation of M/WBE's.
Minority Business
Enterprise and Women
Business Enterprise
(Section VI)
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CBA Sections CBA Target Objectives MSD Actions Scorecard Rating Recommendations
1. Develop education and internship
program in conjunction with public
schools within MSD service area. Program
to introduce the work of MSD through
tours and internships at MSD facilities.
1. MSD participated in three educational/internship
opportunities which facilitated participation from
students from publis schools within MSD's service
areas: St. Louis Internship Program, SIUE ERTC
Program, and MSD's DEC educational programs such
as Enviroscape. 3 high school Interns did 8 week
internships at MSD ($7,200); 4 $3500 Scholarships
($14,000) for the 2015/2016 ERTC Program to four
low income minority males of the MSD service area;
MSD DEC has outreach activities scheduled for
2015/16 school year which involves SLPS and other
public school of the MSD service area.
Compliant
1. Recommend MSD re-introduce facility tours as an
educational component to increase awareness of MSD
within public schools of the MSD service area.
2. Continue community education efforts
desiged to inform public about various
activities such as those with SLPS.
Education will include prospective career
opportunities arising out of various
programs.
2. MSD agrees to further pursue opportunities for
collaboration within SLPS utilizing its current DEC
programs such as Enviroscape.
Compliant
2. Recommend MSD to expand DEC's outreach of
educational programs such as the EnviroScape Program to
include all public schools in its service area.
Education and Internship
Programs (Section VII)
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CBA Sections CBA Target Objectives MSD Actions Scorecard Rating Recommendations
Labor Utilization
(Section VIII)
1. MSD to comply with MO Prevailing
Wage Law (MPWL) and the MSD Charter
Plan. MSD shall apply to all contracts the
St Louis Living Wage Ordinance to cover
occupations not covered by MPWL.
1. MSD presented Resolution 3116 to its Board of
Trustees on 11/14/13 to adopt the St Louis Living
Wage Ordinance as a contract requirement on MSD
CIRP projects. Approval was granted and Resolution
implemented into all MSD CIRP projects.
Compliant No further recommendations
CBA Sections CBA Target Objectives MSD Actions Scorecard Rating Recommendations
1. Form CBA Monitoring Oversight
Committee with 3 selected by MSD and 3
selected by Signatories. Committee to
meet quarterly to report on progress of
compliance with CBA terms focusing on
Job Training, First Source Hiring,
MBE/WBE participation and workforce
inclusion.
1. Monitoring Oversight Committee established on
January 29, 2014 consisting of 3 Signatories and 3
MSD Staff. MSD began quarterly reporting of
compliance with CBA May, 2014.Compliant No further recommendations
2. MSD to ensure all aspects of CBA are
effectively monitored by MSD's in-house
staff and/or Independent 3rd Party
Monitor. MSD to start RFP selection
process for an Independent 3rd Party
Monitor within 6 months and establish
budget.
2. Upon execution of CBA, MSD established
monitoring and reporting of compliance with CBA in
May, 2014 by it's in-house Diversity staff. MSD
consulted with CBA signatories to develop a scope of
services for the RFP 5473 selection process for an
Independent 3rd Party Monitor. In RFP process,
Kwame Building Group was selected as 3rd Party
Monitoring Consultant to perform through June 30,
2016.
Compliant No further recommendations
3. Selection of 3rd Party Monitor to
perform all or part of monitoring not
performed by MSD's in-house staff. 3rd
Party Monitor contract will extend
through end of FY2016.
3. In RFP Selection Kwame was selected to perform
3rd Party Monitoring activities to include CBA
compliance reporting, investigations, Diversity SOP
development, MWBE compliance software
development, etc.
Compliant No further recommendations
Compliance Monitoring
(Section IX)
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