Overview
MassDOT is committed to working with diverse vendors in service of its mission—to deliver excellent customer service to people traveling in the Commonwealth by providing transportation infrastructure which is safe, reliable, robust and resilient. Below is an introduction to MassDOT's diversity spend benchmark goals and its historical performance on these goals.
The dashboards currently only represent direct MassDOT spending with diverse vendors, and does not yet include reporting on indirect spend commitments with subcontractors.
Diverse Spend Dashboards
This dashboard represents what MassDOT has spent with vendors who meet our diversity, equity and inclusion requirements. You can view the fiscal year overview or breakdowns by category. Do so by using the tabs at the top of the dashboard or by scrolling through the pages below.
Programs and Benchmarks
The MassDOT Office of Diversity & Civil Rights (ODCR) and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office (SDO) have set the following benchmarks for business with diverse vendors.
SDO Benchmarks for State Spending as a percent of eligible spend (established 2021):
- Massachusetts-based Small Business: 3 percent
- Minority Business Enterprise (MBE): 8 percent
- Woman Business Enterprise (WBE): 14 percent
- Veteran Business, including Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise (SDVOBE): 3 percent
- Disability-owned Business Enterprise (DOBE): No benchmark
- LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE): No benchmark
MassDOT Highway Division Benchmarks for Federal Construction Spending (established FY2022):
- Disadvantaged Business Entity: 14.4 percent
MassDOT Rail & Transit Division Benchmarks for Federal Construction Spending (established FY2022):
- Disadvantaged Business Entity: 5.4 percent
Data Dictionary
An explanation of the terms and abbreviations for the dashboards above:
- FY23 (YTD) Total Spend: Total MassDOT Spend for the current Fiscal Year
- FY23 (YTD) % Spend with Diverse Vendors: % of total MassDOT Spend with Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities
- Diverse Vendor Spend: Diverse Spend represents spend with registered Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities. Sup Spend Commitments represents spend commitments by Primary contractors with registered subcontractors. Percentages are a subset of total MassDOT Spend
- Benchmark (FY19-22 Avg) Diverse Vendor Spend: Numbers are based on the average annual spend for the last four years. Diverse Spend represents spend with registered Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities. Percentages are a subset of total MassDOT Spend
- (YTD) Diverse Vendor Spend: Numbers are based on the spend for the current fiscal year. Diverse Spend represents spend with registered Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities. Percentages are a subset of total MassDOT Spend
- FY23 (YTD) Diverse Vendors: Total number of unique Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities receiving MassDOT payment in current Fiscal Year
- FY23 (YTD) % Diverse Vendors: % of FY23 unique MassDOT contractors who are Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities
- # Diverse Vendors Used: Total unique vendors paid by MassDOT that are registered Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities. Percentages are a subset of total MassDOT Vendors paid in a given year
- Benchmark (FY19-22 Avg) Diverse Vendor Count: Numbers represent the average total vendors and diverse vendors for the last four years. Diverse Spend represents spend with registered Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities. Percentages are a subset of total MassDOT Spend
- FY23 (YTD) Diverse Vendor Count: Numbers represent vendors paid for the current fiscal year. Diverse vendors are registered Minority-owned, Women-owned, or other designated business entities
- Average Spend Opportunity less Construction: Total Spend by Category, excluding Highway Horizontal/ Lateral Construction (Object Code N21)
- Avg Diverse Spend Opportunity by Category: Total Diverse and % Diverse Spend by Spend Category
- Average Spend by Diverse Business Category
- MBE: % of total MassDOT spend with registered Minority-owned business entities
- WBE: % of total MassDOT spend with registered Women-owned business entities
- SDVOBE: % of total MassDOT spend with registered Service-disabled Veteran-owned business entities
- SBPP: % of total MassDOT spend with registered Small Business entities
- VBE: % of total MassDOT spend with registered Veteran-owned business entities