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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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