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M/WBE Utilization and Disparity in City of Cleveland Contracting Activity
D. Current Availability versus Expected Availability
Finally, Tables 7.31 and 7.32, for all contracting and federally-assisted contracting subject to the
USDOT DBE Program, respectively, provide a comparison between current levels of M/W/DBE
availability for the City of Cleveland and levels that we would expect to observe in a race- and
gender-neutral market area. The latter, referred to as “expected availability,” is derived by
dividing the current availability figures, as documented in Tables 4.21 and 4.22, by the disparity
ratios documented in column (3) of Table 5.12. If no disparity is present in the relevant market
area, the disparity ratio will be equal to 100 and expected availability will be equivalent to
current availability. In cases where adverse disparities are present in the relevant market area, the
disparity ratio will be less than 100 and, consequently, expected availability will exceed current
availability.
With the exception of firms owned by Asians/Pacific Islanders and Native Americans, expected
M/W/DBE availability in the City of Cleveland’s market area exceeds current M/W/DBE
availability by substantial margins.
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