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January 6, 2010
The terminal at Portland International Airport. The airport is part of the Port of Portland, a local government agency recognized for support of minority business.
Port Named Agency of the Year
For supporting minority contractors
The National A ssociation o f
Minority Contractors-Oregon has
named the Port o f Portland Agency
o f the Year for its support of minor
ity businesses.
The Port was recognized along
with Legacy Health System, Private
Project o f the Year; Hamilton Con
struction, Contractor o f the Year;
and Pacificmark Construction, Mi
nority Contractor o f the Year.
“Our members felt that the Port
had tremendous growth working
with minority businesses over the
past few years with the headquar
ters and parking garage, the bag
gage screening system and other
projects,” said Faye Burch, NAMC
Oregon Vice President. “ We are
pleased that our members are shar
ing in that growth.”
The Port is currently in the midst
o f one o f the largest capital expen
diture programs o f its history with
more than $500 million in construc
tion projects underway. Projects
include an expansion o f the north
runway, a new baggage screening
system an expansion of the airfield
de-icing system and a new long term
parking garage and headquarters
building.
A key focus for the Port during
the construction has been to in
crease opportunity for small and
minority businesses to work on the
projects. To date all projects have
either met or exceeded their goals.
With 98 percent o f the work bid to
date on the parking garage and head
quarters, overall small business uti
lization has been 23.2 percent with
contracts totaling more than $44.3
million let with small businesses.
The utilization goal set at the outset
o f the project was 8.9 percent.
The north runway expansion
project had a goal o f nine percent
small business participation at the
outset o f the project and the accom
plishment to date is 17.92 percent or
$8.1 million in contracts. With all of
the work bid to date on the baggage
screening system, overall small busi
ness utilization has been 7.3 percent
and contracts totaling $8.1 million,
significantly higher than the 4.6
percent goal. On the de-icing project
more than $2.8 million in contracts
has been awarded to small busi
nesses or about 5.75 percent.
NAMC Oregon award recipient
Mark Mathews of Pacificmark Con
struction was a graduate of the Port’s
Mentor Protege Program which helps
bui Id effective working relationships
between leaders of mature, estab
lished companies and emerging mi
nority- and women-owned compa
nies in order for the latter to benefit
from the knowledge and experience
o f the established firms.
Minority Input Mandated
The Portland City Council has
voted to mandate that a person of
color be included on evaluation
panels that offer public contracts.
Prominent African Americans
testified in support o f the resolu
tion, calling it historic, the first o f its
kind in the country and years over
due.
The minority representative will
be vetted by the Alliance o f Minor
ity Chambers who will provide regu
lar updates to the council on its
meetings and selection process.
. The program was recently ex-
panded beyond construction and
professional services to include
communications, diversity outreach
and lan d scap e a rc h ite c tu re
protégés.
To find out more about the Port’s
small business development pro
grams go to portofportland.com.
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