COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
BRIEFING ITEM

Item No.
Date of Meeting

DATE:

March 21, 2025

TO:

Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director

FROM:

Mian Rice, Director, Diversity in Contracting
Vy Nguyen, Strategic Advisor, Commission Office

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May 27, 2025

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

Template revised April 12, 2018.