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Panel on Inclusion Plans for Supplier Diversity

2013 DES Training Conference & Trade Show

Presented by

Seattle Public Utilities, OMWBE, DES, City of Seattle

October 30, 2013

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Ask prime contractors to propose how they will contribute to helping the agency to reach its supplier diversity goals

The awarded prime contractor’s proposal for supplier diversity goal contribution becomes part of the enforceable contract

INCLUSION PLAN THEORY

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Inclusion plans are a tool the private sector has been using for many years

Federal supplier diversity goals have been met using inclusion plans

City of Seattle has been developing and using inclusion plan methods for years

WHERE DO INCLUSION PLANS COME FROM?

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DES has started to experiment with inclusion plans– TLA Project– Job Order Contracting– Design Bid Build

HAVE THERE BEEN ANY STATE OF WASHINGTON INCLUSION PLANS?

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• Work before the solicitation• The solicitation forms• The evaluation• Incorporating inclusion plan into awarded

contract• Contract monitoring for inclusion plan

performance• Systems & accounting & support

CITY OF SEATTLE INCLUSION PLAN EXPERIENCE

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Thank you

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