MWBE Statistics: NYC Contract Goals

Local Law 129 of 2005 and Local Law 12 of 2006 establish citywide goals for New York City's Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise and Emerging Business Enterprise programs. The dataset likely contains annual goals for prime contracts and subcontracts under $1 million across construction, goods, and professional services. Columns suggest a breakdown by MWBE type, allowing for analysis of program targets for different business categories.

Use Cases

• Analyzing citywide goals for construction subcontracts awarded to MWBE firms using 'Subcontracts - Construction' and 'MWBE Type'.
• Comparing procurement targets for goods versus professional services using 'Prime Contracts - Goods' and 'Prime Contracts - Professional Services'.
• Tracking program performance across different MWBE categories (e.g., minority-owned, women-owned) using the 'MWBE Type' column.
• Evaluating the distribution of goals between prime contracts and subcontracts using the respective prime and subcontract columns.

Strengths

• The dataset is grounded in specific legislation (Local Law 129 of 2005 and Local Law 12 of 2006), providing a clear legal context.
• It appears on multiple government data platforms (Socrata and Data.gov), indicating official status and cross-platform validation.
• The column set from Socrata provides a detailed breakdown of contract types (Construction, Goods, Professional Services, Standard Services) and contract levels (Prime, Subcontract).

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, dataset size, license, and author are missing or conflicting across sources (listed as 'None' or 'unknown').
• The last updated date conflicts between sources, with one showing 2018-09-10 and another showing 2023-09-02, raising questions about current maintenance.
• The description is identical across platforms but lacks specifics on the actual data values, time coverage, or methodology for calculating the goals.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Likely compiled from city agency reports mandated by Local Law 129 and Local Law 12.

Freshness

2023-09-02 10:21:15.012110

Geography

New York City