How we put purpose into practice
- Engage with, and utilize, the disadvantaged business associations within the local community for outreach planning.
- Meet with disadvantaged businesses and get to know their staff, culture, and capabilities, creating open lines of communication with JTM.
- Utilize Building Connected (trade partner and supplier outreach database) and personal outreach to disadvantaged businesses to describe the project opportunity and encourage their participation.
- Identify scopes of work or bid packages that can be broken down into smaller bid packages, which may be more manageable for smaller firms.
- Distribute trade partner and supplier Invitations-to-Bid documents to plan centers. This option is typically only used on public sector projects.
- Encourage our larger trade partners and suppliers to conduct outreach to disadvantaged and sub-tier businesses.
- Ensure a thoughtful inclusion of disadvantaged businesses are included in all Invitations-to-Bid.