Report - RF Minority Business

Description

Purpose

The Research Foundation (RF) Minority Business report is used to monitor minority business activity.

Frequency

The RF Minority Business report can be run by award or for all minority expenditures at one operating location.

Setting Report Parameters

If this report is run by award, the result displays all minority expenditures for that award within the selected time parameters. If run for all minority expenditures, the report displays all minority expenditures for that operating location within the selected time parameters. The following table describes the required and optional parameters needed to run the reports:


Parameter	Description (click in the field to see the List of Values)
Required Parameters
Type		The kind of report to be run. Select All Minority Expenditures or Single Award.
Date Range From		The start date of total expenditures.
Date Range To		The end date of total expenditures.
Campus		The operating location.
Optional Parameters
Award No		Number of the award, if Single Award was selected in the Type parameter field.

Understanding the Output

The RF Minority Business report is sorted by supplier within a minority type. The supplier name and minority type of business information is stored in the Supplier File. The following table describes the report's output:

Column Heading	Description of Column
Supplier Name	The name of the minority supplier.
Minority Type	A value that indicates the type of minority that owns the business. Minority information is entered in the supplier file and cannot be entered at the transaction stage.
Expenditure Amount	The total dollar amount expended to the supplier within the report's date range, using the date the transaction was created.
Percentage of total Expenditures	The percent of the expenditure amount in relation to the total expenditures of the award or of the operating location, depending on which type of report is run.

Helpful Tips

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-110, section 44(b), states that "positive efforts shall be made by recipients to utilize small businesses, minority-owned firms, and women's business enterprises, whenever possible." The RF guidelines for selecting suppliers of goods or services (i.e., either a vendor providing goods or an independent contractor or subcontractor providing services) encourage operating locations to use small and minority-owned businesses. In addition, some sponsors require that you use a minimum percentage of small and minority-owned businesses. Operating locations should check the award notice or sponsor guidelines for specific sponsor requirements to ensure compliance.
For complete details on running Oracle reports, refer to the Run a Report help topic.
The report is available in PDF and ASCII (TEXT) format. PDF is a formatted, printable version. ASCII can be easily pulled into a spreadsheet or word processor.
Once you select a format and run the report, you cannot change the output format. You will need to run the report again and select the desired output format on the Submit Request form.

Effective Date: 5/31/2007 3:43:55 PM