FY2018 Supplier Diversity Office Annual Report
SERVING PUBLIC BUYERS AND VENDORS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Supplier Diversity Office Comprehensive Annual Report Fiscal Year 2018 To: Governor Baker, Lieutenant Governor Polito, Members of the General Court, Cabinet Secretaries, Agency Heads, Secretariat and Agency Supplier Diversity Officers From: William M. McAvoy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Supplier Diversity Date: February 1, 2019 I am pleased to present the Supplier Diversity Office’s (SDO) Comprehensive Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY2018). This is the seventh successive year that we have presented all SDO programs in one report, including: Certification Programs, Supplier Diversity Program (SDP) (Executive Order 565), Small Business Purchasing Program (SBPP) (Executive Order 523), and Municipal Construction Affirmative Marketing Program (MCAMP) (MGL c. 7, § 61 and MGL c. 7C, § 6). In addition, this report includes narrative descriptions of supplier diversity programs and/or results from 10 Commonwealth quasi-public organizations. Consistent with the directives in Executive Order 565, the SDO continues to provide certification, programs, training services, and access to business opportunities for Minority (MBE), Women (WBE), Veteran (VBE), Service-Disabled Veteran (SDVOBE), Disability (DOBE), and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTBE) owned businesses, as well as small businesses headquartered in Massachusetts. Diverse and Small Business Spending: The Commonwealth spent a total of more than $2.04 billion with diverse and small businesses in FY2018, a 4.6% increase compared to the prior year. This spending took place in two areas: Discretionary spending. The SDO’s programs focus on discretionary spending, such as spending on goods, services, construction, and design, which results from competitively-procured contracts. The SDO’s programs use policy, benchmark- setting, coordination, training, and recognition of excellence to ensure the participation of diverse and small businesses in this area of procurement.
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