Contract Compliance at the Port of Oakland
The Contract Compliance Department encourages the participation of small and local contractors, consultants and vendor businesses by ensuring non-discrimination through outreach, monitoring, education and technical assistance. As a means to achieving this goal, it has developed and is implementing the Port's Non Discrimination Small and Local Business Utilization Policy, its Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) Program, its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program, its Certification Program, and the administration and monitoring of the Port's Living Wage Ordinance and Federal/State prevailing wage requirements as well as wage monitoring of and small business access to opportunities in the Maritime Aviation Project Labor Agreement (MAPLA).

Local Business Utilization Policies

1. Non-Discrimination and Small Local Business Utilization Policy (NDSLBU) covers design-bid-build projects. The Port also supports local consultants on its contracts.
2. Alternative Project Deliver Approaches (ADPA) covers design-build, the Terminal Expansion (TEx) and other non-typical projects.

Certification of local businesses for applying preference points and goals for Local Business Utilization Policies.

• Streamlined certification process.
• More than 600 local businesses in SRD's database.
• Web-based access.

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program

• Covers federally funded construction projects and airport concessions.
• Sets goals for small minority-owned, women-owned, other disadvantaged businesses.
• SRD's DBE Program supported over $11.5 million in federal funding for fiscal year 2008-2009.

Sustainable Wage Programs

1. Living Wage Program
• Covers Port assisted businesses with more that 20 employees working on Port related contracts.
• Covered businesses are required to pay at least $10.83 with credit for health benefits and $12.45 without health benefits, as of July 1, 2009.
2. Prevailing Wage Program
• Guarantees standard wages for construction projects.
• State sets prevailing wage levels for public works construction.

Maritime and Aviation Project Labor Agreement (MAPLA) Social Justice Program

Local Hiring Goals

• 50% of the total hours to be worked by residents of LIA (Oakland, Alameda, San Leandro and Emeryville).
• 20% of apprentice hours worked by LIA residents.
• LBA residents (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) to work when LIA resident are not available.

The Social Justice Trust Fund makes grants to programs to reduce barriers for local residents working in construction.

Flexibility for small and non-union contractors. Core employee provisions for non-union contractors to use up to 10 of their regular employees.

Small Business Exemption Program. Small businesses work on designated MAPLA projects without having to meet workforce and other MAPLA requirements.

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MAPLA Progress Report (July 2008 - December 2008)

MAPLA Progress Report (January 1, 2008 - June 30, 2008)

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