SERVICES - Program Advisor
Our focus is assisting prime contractors to develop and implement a program that achieves the goals and objectives of their client’s Small Business/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise(SDBE) Program from project inception to project completion.
Planning
- Assist prime contractors identify and select subcontractors for client contracts
- Assist prime contractors prepare Utilization Plan for submission in response to Requests for Proposal
- Facilitate introduction of SDBE’s to potential prime contractors
- Coordinate and participate in industry review meetings and contractor mixers
- Work with community chambers of commerce and contractor associations to acquaint the appropriate parties with project opportunities
Implementation
- Advise primes on initiatives to support SDBE participation with client projects
- Support primes in good faith efforts to utilize SDBEs to meet contract objectives
- Maintain records, and documentation of specific reporting efforts to identify and award subcontracts to SDBEs
- Ensure successful compliance and participation of SBDEs in client’s projects
Support
- Mentor and develop outstanding contractors on the path to become primes
- Conduct targeted community outreach programs to bring visibility to client’s procurement opportunities
- Provide technical and financial assistance to SDBEs
- Develop an availability/capability matrix to assess the needs of SDBEs
- Identify needed skills and areas of expertise not currently available from SDBEs
- Identify and reach out to potential sources to meet unfilled procurement needs
