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METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT
BUSINESS DIVERSITY
Minority and Women Workforce Utilization Program
Engineering Professional Service Projects
Effective November 1, 2017
PURPOSE
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD or District) has established workforce
goals for Engineering Professional Service projects which concentrate on efforts to
increase the utilization of underutilized classes by providing meaningful and
representative opportunities.
The purpose of this procedure is to establish guidelines for compliance with the
Diversity Program for minority and women workforce participation by consultants,
bidders, contractors, service providers and any person, corporation, business, or other
entity doing business with the District on Engineering Professional Service Projects.
PROCEDURE
A. Minority and Women Workforce Goal Requirements
1. The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (District or MSD) has established
minority workforce goals of 18.00% and woman workforce goals of 32.00% on
all engineering professional service contracts in the amount of $500,000 or
more.
Minority is a male or female African American, Asian American, Hispanic
American or Native American employed in the consultant’s local office.
Female is defined as a Caucasian female employed in the consultant’s local
office.
2. Compliance With Workforce Goal Requirements
Prime firms who fall under this requirement must first demonstrate their
ability to meet the local office goal requirements by submitting the first
workforce report before the conclusion of the first 30 day contract period.
Thereafter, reporting quarterly on the local office that is registered with the
District to demonstrate that their local office workforce meets the Diversity
Program’s goal requirements stated in paragraph A.1. above. To be in
compliance with workforce reporting, Prime m ust utilize the online MSD
Diversity R eporting System located at the following website link:
www.msddiversityreporting.com. Prime s shall begin submitting quarterly
workforce utilization reports online by the 10th day following the end
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of the previous quarter (using quarters b ased on an annual
twelve month calendar period) as follows:
January 1st – March 30th ends quarter (report due April 10th)
April 1st – June 30th ends quarter (report due July 10th)
July 1st – September 30th ends quarter (report due October 10th)
October 1st – December 31st ends quarter (report due January 10th)
3. Prime firms who fall under this requirement and are unable to demonstrate
with the first report submitted within the first 30 days of their contract
agreement, that they can meet the local office goals will be required to perform
good faith effort activities when seeking to add or fill positions specifically for
the local office or MSD project as follows:
a. Report the actual current workforce make-up of the local office registered
with the District. In the rare occasion that there is no local office, then
workforce goals will be measured by the number of employees
specifically working on MSD’s project. Provide the District with
Employment Data to include the make-up of professional staff by
specified categories including management, administrative, technical,
ethnicity, and gender; and
b. Submit a workforce plan for review and approval by the District
regarding efforts to be taken during the next annual contract period to
increase and diversify the workforce make-up of the local office. These
efforts should consist of but are not be limited to the following:
1. Include firm’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy statement
in all policy manuals, and publicize on company’s website and
newsletters, annual reports, etc.
2. Activities designed to develop and/or implement targeted
recruitment, outreach, and marketing strategies through collaboration
with;
Local Universities
Slate
NSBE
Stem Programs and Mentoring Programs
Minority and Women Internship Programs
Business and Local Community
Advocacy Groups
Underutilized subcontractors
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3. Implement a training needs assessment, internal promotions and
retention programs;
4. Provide sufficient resources and efforts to enable the organization to
continue diversity goals;
Management commitment
Financial support
Manpower
c. Submit quarterly documentation of status results for the previous years’
workforce plan.
B. Non-Compliance
In the event the prime fails to comply with the requirements of the Diversity
Program, the Prime firm must furnish to the District, in writing, the reasons for non-
compliance. If, in the sole judgment of the District , there have not been sufficient
good faith efforts taken on the part of the prime firm to meet their originally stated
contractual obligations, the District will advise the Prime firm, in writing, of
corrective actions to be initiated. If the Prime fails to fully initiate the corrective
actions in a timely manner, the District may institute appropriate actions pursuant to
the provisions incorporated into the Prime Consultant’s contract. This can include
sanctions on doing future work with the District and up to and including a complete
prohibition from performing work on District projects for a time period to be
determined solely by the District.
C. Proposal Credit Opportunity for MWBE
In an effort to promote a more diverse workforce on all Engineering Professional
Service contracts. Firms have the option to complete the attached Multiplier
Calculation Worksheet where a multiplier will be applied to the RFP evaluation
scoring process to receive credit for minority and women workforce participation.
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ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIVERSITY MULTIPLIER
CALCULATION SHEET
Starting multiplier- 1.000
Vendor Diversity (only one category allowed)
Is prime firm a WBE or Asian-American MBE? If yes, enter 0.100- ____
Is prime firm an MBE other than Asian or Hispanic-American? If yes enter 0.100- ____
PRIME CONTRACTOR VENDOR MULTIPLIER SUB-TOTAL (1.000 to 1.100) ____
ENTER THIS VALUE ON LINE 1 OF LAST SHEET
Workforce Diversity- Prime Consultant (Minority Women may count as either Women or
Minorities at the proposer’s discretion, but not both). Count all full time personnel working
in your office for this calculation regardless of job duties. Full time personnel shall have
worked for the company for the past three months and during that period averaged 30 hours
of work per week. COUNT FULL-TIME PERSONNEL ONLY!
a. Total Local Office Workforce- ___
b. Women in Local Office Workforce- ___
c. Minorities in Local Office Workforce- ___
d. “b” divided by “a” (drop all decimals/fractions)- ___%
e. “c” divided by “a” (drop all decimals/fractions)- ___%
f. If “d” is 32% or greater, ENTER 0.025 ON LINES 2 AND 3 OF LAST SHEET
g. If “d” is 16% or greater, ENTER 0.025 ON LINE 3 OF LAST SHEET UNLESS THERE IS
ALREADY A VALUE ENTERED
h. If “e” is 18% or greater, ENTER 0.025 ON LINES 4 AND 5 OF LAST SHEET
i. If “e” is 9% or greater, ENTER 0.025 ON LINE 5 OF LAST SHEET UNLESS THERE IS
ALREADY A VALUE ENTERED
Sub-consultant workforce scoring: Use only if a minimum of 25% of work is sub-contracted.
Minority Women may count as either Women or Minorities at the proposer’s discretion, but
not both). Count all full time personnel working in your office for this calculation regardless
of job duties. Full time personnel shall have worked for the company for the past three
months and during that period averaged 30 hours of work per week. COUNT FULL-TIME
PERSONNEL ONLY!
Names of sub-consultants performing at least 25% of total contract included in calculation
(add more lines if needed)
Name of Sub-Consultant(s)____ Authorized Signature of Sub-Consultant
_________________________________ ____________________________________
_________________________________ ____________________________________
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j. Combined Total Local Office Workforce of all listed sub-consultants- ____
k. Women in Combined Total Local Office Workforce- ____
l. Minorities in Combined Total Local Office Workforce- ____
m. “k” divided by “j” (drop all decimals/fractions)- ____%
n. “l” divided by “j” (drop all decimals/fractions)- ____%
o. If “m” is 32% or greater, ENTER 0.025 ON LINES 2 AND 3 OF LAST SHEET UNLESS A
VALUE IS ALREADY ENTERED
p. If “m” is 16% or greater, ENTER 0.025 ON LINE 3 OF LAST SHEET UNLESS THERE IS
ALREADY A VALUE ENTERED
q. If “n” is 18% or greater, ENTER 0.025 ON LINES 4 AND 5 OF LAST SHEET UNLESS A
VALUE IS ALREADY ENTERED
r. If “n” is 9% or greater, ENTER 0.025 ON LINE 5 OF LAST SHEET UNLESS THERE IS
ALREADY A VALUE ENTERED
FINAL MULTIPLIER TABULATION
1. PRIME CONTRACTOR VENDOR MULTIPLIER ____
2. WOMAN WORKFORCE 32% OR GREATER ____
3. WOMAN WORKFORCE 16% OR GREATER ____
4. MINORITY WORKFORCE 18% 0R GREATER ____
5. MINORITY WORKFORCE 9% OR GREATER ____
6. FINAL MULTIPLIER (TOTAL OF 1 THRU 5) (1.000 thru 1.200) ____
The undersigned certifies on behalf of the entity submitting this Report that the above
information is true and accurate as of the date set forth below:
__________________________________ ________________________________
Prime Firm Name Date
__________________________________ ________________________________
Authorized Representative Name Representative Title
__________________________________
Authorized Representative Signature