Template revised April 12, 2018.

COMMISSION

AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Item No. 11c-2

BRIEFING ITEM Date of Meeting May 27, 2025

DATE: March 21, 2025

TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director

FROM: Mian Rice, Director, Diversity in Contracting

Vy Nguyen, Strategic Advisor, Commission Office

SUBJECT: Resolution 3836, Updating the Diversity in Contracting Directive

BRIEFING SUMMARY

The resolution seeks to update and amend the Port of Seattle’s Diversity in Contracting

program to reflect growth of the program established by Resolution 3737, adopted by

the Port of Seattle Commission in January 2018.

The overall program goals remain the same: to increase women and minority business

enterprises (WMBE) participation and utilization in Port of Seattle contracting

opportunities through the Diversity in Contracting program of the Port. With the

proposed update to the directive, certified small business enterprises (SBEs) and

veteran business enterprises (VBEs) would qualify for participation in the Diversity in

Contracting program.

This resolution seeks to establish goals and objectives for the Diversity in Contracting

program; updated goals include: an increase of the percentage of dollars spent on

WMBE, SBE, and VBE contracts, increase in the utilization baseline of WMBE, SBE, and

VBE firms Portwide, and creates a new baseline for WMBE, SBE, and VBE utilization in

construction. There are additional programmatic shifts to increase knowledge and

transparency of payment timelines, project labor agreements and expectations and

requirements of firms that it applies to; strategies such as leveraging alternative

delivery methodologies or lowering risk to increase WMBE, SBE, and VBE participation,

and additional data collection in support of program evaluation. The proposed updates

would apply to the Diversity in Contracting program through 2030.

Attachments/References

(1) Draft Resolution No. 3836

(2) Resolution No. 3737