Subcontractor_Utilization_Plan.docx

This is a Subcontractor Utilization Plan form for the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, related to a wheelchair lift installation project for the President Barack Obama Main Library auditorium stage. The project requires qualified vendors to provide and assemble an electric wheelchair lift with platform and landing gates that is fully user-operated. The form requires proposers to outline their intent and efforts in engaging small business enterprises (SBEs), women business enterprises (WBEs), veteran-owned businesses, and minority business enterprises (MBEs) within the Tampa Bay Region.

The Subcontractor Utilization Plan establishes voluntary participation goals for small, veteran, minority, and women-owned business enterprises. Proposers must describe their outreach, education, mentorship, and process improvement efforts designed to reduce barriers to participation and increase diverse business involvement. Notably, there is no minimum level of diverse business participation required, and proposers will not be considered non-responsive if they submit a plan with zero small/veteran/diverse business participation. However, the City encourages proactive engagement with small, veteran, minority, and women-owned business enterprises. Proposers are required to identify the anticipated percentage of contract amount for each business category (SBE, WBE, Veteran-Owned, and MBE) and list all anticipated subcontractors in the applicable sections of the plan.