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Defining the Relevant Markets
Supplies, and Equipment, or in amounts less than $50,000 were not, due to the limited
opportunities for subcontracting in these areas. These contracts did, however, remain in the
overall study universe.
With the City’s support and assistance, of the 1,059 prime contracts for which we sought to
collect subcontract information, we were ultimately able to obtain the requested data for over 71
percent of the contracts and 85 percent of the contract dollars. These percentages are sufficiently
large to be considered representative for statistical purposes. In all, a total of 752 prime contracts
and 2,556 associated subcontracts were collected from prime contractors, with a total paid value
(as reported by prime contractors) of $650.2 million. Of this, Construction accounted for $383.8
million, or 59.0 percent of the total; AE-CRS accounted for $45.9 million, or 7.1 percent of the
total; Services accounted for $168.1 million, or 25.9 percent of the total, and Commodities
accounted for $52.3 million, or 8.0 percent of the total. 201
These 752 prime contracts and 2,556 associated subcontracts were then combined with the
23,122 prime contracts and purchases without significant subcontracting opportunities. Together,
as shown below in Tables 3.1A through 3.1C and Table 3.2, these prime contracts and
subcontracts comprise the Master Contract/Subcontract Database compiled for this Study.
Table 3.1A and 3.1B show the total number of prime contracts, subcontracts, dollars awarded,
and dollars paid, by major procurement category. Table 3.1A shows all contracts, while Table
3.1B shows federally-assisted Department of Port Control contracts. 202 Table 3.2 shows the total
number of prime contracts awarded during each year of the study period and total dollar awards
and payments associated with those contracts, by major procurement category. Table 3.3. shows
a similar distribution among major City departments during the study period.
201 See fn. 200.
202 The City of Cleveland Department of Port Control manages the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport as well
as the Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport. Federally-assisted contracts at the Department of Port Control are
subject to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program.
Regulations governing the DBE Program are at 49 C.F.R. §26. Of the 1,037 prime contracts in the Master
Contract/Subcontract Database belonging to the Department of Port Control, 151 had initial award amounts of
$50,000 or greater. These 151 contracts, while accounting for only 14.6 percent of all Port Control contracts,
accounted for 96.3% of all contract award dollars and 97.2 percent of all contract payments. Of these 151
contracts, 31 had federal-assistance. Although these federal-aid contracts represent only 20.5 percent of all
Department of Port Control contracts of $50,000 or more, they account for 48.3 percent of dollars awarded and
49.6 percent of dollars paid. Another 25 Port Control contracts valued at less than $50,000 also had federalassistance.
At various points throughout the Study, we will present statistical results that are restricted to
federally-assisted Department of Port Control contracts. This information is relevant to the City in meeting its
regulatory obligations under 49 C.F.R. §26.
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