Write Up:

Ensuring that MoDOT spending is equitable across all Missouri communities helps advance economic development for all business enterprises. By reviewing historical data, opportunities for improvement are identified. These improvement efforts include training staff who have procurement authority and extending support to minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprises (MWDBE) to encourage them to become certified, along with prioritizing inclusion efforts.

The results from the third quarter FY 2024 show an increase of $700,000 in disbursements to minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprises, in comparison to the third quarter of FY 2023. Additionally, the percentage of MWDBE expenditures to total expenditures increased by 0.2% - from 7.8% to 8.0%.

This measure tracks the department’s efforts to ensure that the vendor pool is representative of the business community, including MWDBE firms.

Purpose of the Measure:

This measure tracks the department’s non-program spending with certified minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprises.

Measurement and Data Collection:

Data is obtained from the statewide financial accounting system expenditure reports and United Missouri Bank purchasing card reports. Certified vendors are maintained in a statewide procurement vendor database. Vendors may be certified through the Office of Administration or the Missouri Regional Certification Committee. Included in these expenditures are items such as materials, equipment, tools and supplies. Program spending, including construction, design consultants, local agencies, highway safety and multimodal programs and exempted activities such as utilities, postage, organizational memberships, conferences and travel are excluded from total dollars spent.

The target for this measure is to achieve an average of the availability percentage of minority-owned and women-owned businesses and MoDOT’s most recent 5-year average utilization. This target will be updated annually in October.