Most public contracts require use of DBE/SBE/MBE suppliers and subcontractors to achieve a certain % goal of the contract amount. We need to track the dollar amount of invoices and payments to these vendors and subs and submit monthly reports to the governmental agencies. This is a very common requirement.
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precon doesn’t work anymore. Vista deleted the MWBE field. We were tracking by PreCon but can’t anymore. It would be nice to get it back.
On many of our projects, we have hired people dedicated to this very function. Monitoring and submitting these reports goes on for the entire project / program, not just in Pre-Con.
This is a significant amount of work as most construction projects at this point require contractors and subcontractors to report and support the MBE/WBE participation.
I came here to make the same suggestion. We are tracking via Excel at the moment, but it's a cumbersome process.
Gary, and if we don't use/have the preconstruction portion of the software? It is the AP function - what we have paid SBE/DBE/MBEvendors/subs that we have to report and track
We are required to submit DBE participation to the state monthly based on what the DBE contractor has earned (been paid). The state tracks our progress on our commitment from the bid. Reporting options/details including pay period dates, check amount, check number are necessary. Total commitment (current subcontract value) would also be helpful.
I agree with AP. Perhaps in the vendor master? In theory, that would allow users to report on the count of vendors and subcontracts with those types of suppliers. Plus, you could leverage dollar amounts (i.e. $ amount under open subcontract with SBE, or $ amount remaining on open subcontracts with MBE).
It would be extremely helpful in the AP module to track actual participation as the project progresses. This is how we must report it per project on a monthly basis.
We do not use the Pre-Construction module as all of that is done in a different system for us. So if there was a way to run a report out of AP that gives invoice number and check numbers and Amounts paid that would be perfect for us also.
Ummm... AP, like I���m the title of the suggestion.
This already exists under Pre-Construction module - where specifically would you use this outside of PC?