City of St. Petersburg Disparity Study Anecdotal eSurvey
In 2018, the City commissioned a Disparity Study to determine how successful the City has been in achieving its goals of equity and inclusion in awarding contracts to local businesses owned by people of color and women. The City of St. Petersburg has a commitment to provide economic opportunity for City residents and businesses.
This survey is designed to gather in-depth information from local businesses about their experiences making bids and proposals to, and working on projects for, the City of St. Petersburg. Please provide detailed written responses with as much length as is necessary to convey your answer to each question.
For additional information about Mason Tillman or the study, we can be reached
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727-490-7474.
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Please complete the following information:
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First Name of Owner:
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2. What type of services or products do you provide?
Construction
Architecture, Engineering, Landscaping, and Surveying Services
Other Professional Services
involving the delivery of a specific products other than reports
Goods and supplies
3. What is the gender of the majority owner of your business?
Male
Female
Not applicable (publicly traded, nonprofit, employee-owned, partnership, etc.)
4. What is the ethnicity of the majority owner of your business?
African American
Asian American
Caucasian American
Hispanic American
Native American
Not Applicable (publicly traded, nonprofit, employee-owned, partnership, etc.)
Other
Please specify the majority owner's ethnicity.
5. What certifications does your business have?
None
Small Business Enterprise (SBE)
Minority and Woman Business Enterprise (M/WBE)
Other
Please specify your businesses' other certifications.
6. How long has your business been in operation?
Less than 2 years
2 - 5 years
6 - 10 years
11 - 20 years
21 - 30 years
31 - 50 years
51 years or longer
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7. How many bids, quotes, or proposals has your business submitted for a City prime or subcontract since 2014?
Prime Contractor
None
1-4
5-9
10-14
15+
Subcontractor
None
1-4
5-9
10-14
15+
8. How many City prime or subcontracts has your business had since 2014?
Prime Contractor
None
1-4
5-9
10-14
15+
Subcontractor
None
1-4
5-9
10-14
15+
9. Have you experienced any of the following when pursuing a City contract since 2014?
Prime contractor asked your business to lower the price of a bid, quote, or proposal.
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
Given insufficient time by the prime contractor to prepare a bid, quote, or proposal.
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
Prime contractor listed your firm as a subcontractor and won the contract, but your services were not used.
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
The City required your company to meet higher performance requirements than were needed to perform the contract.
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
The City cancelled a contract when your company was the lowest bidder.
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
The prime contractor reduced your scope of work without consulting your company.
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
The prime contractor would not pay an invoice for work performed.
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
The City paid your invoice 60 or more days late
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
The City would not pay an invoice for work you provided.
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
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10. Have you ever requested a debriefing with the City when you were an unsuccessful bidder?
Yes
No
11. How many weeks after submitting the request was the debriefing scheduled?
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks or longer
Never received debriefing
12. How helpful was the information provided in the debriefing for preparing a response to a future City solicitation?
Very helpful
Somewhat helpful
Not helpful
Not applicable
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Multi-Year Agreements
13. Has your company been awarded a multi-year agreement in which multiple City departments utilize the contract to purchase goods or services?
Yes
No
14. How many multi-year agreements has your company been awarded since 2014?
1
2-5
6-10
11 or more
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Highly Used Contractors
15. Do you think that there are highly used prime contractors that the City prefers to use?
Yes
No
I do not know
16. Please specify the type of special treatment that highly used contractors receive (check all that apply):
Advanced bid or proposal notification
Bid or proposal qualification requirements favoring large businesses (eg: years in business, prior experience with the City)
Approval of multiple change orders/amendments
Waived project requirements (eg: bonding, insurance, etc)
Other
Please specify other kinds of special treatment:
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Bonding
17. Have you ever applied for a bond waiver from the City?
Yes
No
18. Since October 1, 2014, have you received a bond waiver from the City on a construction contract valued under $100,000?
Yes
No
I don't know what a bond waiver is
19. On how many construction contracts have you received a bond waiver?
0
1
2-5
6-10
11 or more
20. If your bond waiver request was denied, what reason was given for the denial?
Are the City's prime contract bonding requirements reasonable based on the project size and scope of work?
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
How often have the City’s bonding requirements prohibited you from bidding as a prime contractor?
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
How often have you been required to bond your subcontracts?
Frequently
Sometimes
Never
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Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA)
21. Is your business CCNA certified with the State of Florida?
Yes
No
22. Since October 1, 2014, has the City denied your business a CCNA certification?
Yes
No
I do not know what a CCNA certification is
What reason was given for the denial?
23. For what type of work was your business' CCNA certification denied?
24. Were you given instructions on how to appeal the denial?
Yes
No
25. Since Oct 1, 2014, have you bid on a CCNA contract?
Yes
No
26. How many CCNA contracts has your business bid on since October 1, 2014?
1
2-5
6-10
11 or more
27. Since October 1, 2014, have you been awarded a CCNA contract?
Yes
No
28. How many CCNA contracts has your business been awarded since October 1, 2014?
1
2-5
6-10
11 or more
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Small Business Enterprise Program
29. Are you currently certified as an SBE?
Yes
No
30. When were you certified as an SBE?
YYYY
31. Has your company benefited from the City’s SBE Program?
Yes
No
32. On how many contracts has your company been used to meet a SBE goal?
0
1
2-5
6-10
11 or more
33. Is there an expedited certification process available to respond to the City proposal?
Yes
No
34. Was your certification application expedited?
Yes
No
35.What reason was given for not expediting your certification application?
36. Do you think there is a need for the City to implement a Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise Program?
Yes
No
37. Why?