5696051 Public Roundtable on Review of the Department of Small and Local Business Development (“DSLBD”) Implementation of the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Amendment Act of 2013” and the “Small and Certified ...

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Notice of Public Roundtable

 

John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 119  Washington, DC 20004                                        

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chair

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Announces a Public Roundtable

 

Review of the Department of Small and Local Business Development (“DSLBD”) Implementation of the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Amendment Act of 2013” and the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Waiver Certification Amendment Act of 2014” 

 

Monday, November 2, 2015, 10:00 a.m.

John A. Wilson Building, Room 500

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public roundtable by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs to review DSLBD’s implementation of the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Amendment Act of 2013” and the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Waiver Certification Amendment Act of 2014”.  The public roundtable is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004.

 

The Committee will review DSLBD’s implementation of the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Amendment Act of 2013”. Specifically, the Committee is interested in how DSLBD is ensuring that all construction and non-construction contracts over $250,000 include a 35% CBE subcontracting requirement; second, DSLBD’s role in ensuring that developers and contractors are submitting subcontracting plans with a certified CBE included on the plan, as required by law; and third, DSLBD’s role in ensuring that all contracts under $250,000 are set-aside for SBE’s and CBE’s.

 

Second, the Committee will review DSLBD’s implementation of the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Waiver Certification Amendment Act of 2014.”  Specifically, the Committee will focus on the implementation of the FY16 District agencies’ expendable budget plans; second, DSLBD’s plan to require agencies that don’t expend 50% of its expendable budget with CBE’s to acquire a waiver from the Mayor; third, DSLBD’s process of notifying CBE’s when a waiver is requested by a District agency; fourth, DSLBD’s process in granting or denying waivers requested by a District agency; and fifth, DSLBD’s efforts to allow CBE’s to self-certify if no material change exists; and sixth, extend re-certification periods for CBE’s from 2 to 3 years.

 

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public roundtable are asked to contact Ms. Faye Caldwell, Special Assistant to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, at [phone], or via e-mail at [e-mail] and furnish their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business Friday, October 30, 2015. Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

 

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  The official record will remain open until close of business Monday, November 16, 2015.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 119 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.