Multnomah County RFPQ-183-2019

CDEF - Technical Assistance, Mentoring, & Training for COBID Certified Firms

The buyer is Multnomah County, Oregon, specifically its Central Purchasing Department, which is managing a programmatic qualification process for suppliers to provide technical assistance, mentoring, and training services to COBID (Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity) certified firms. The vendors mentioned as qualified suppliers include A. Ontiveros & Associates, LLC, Professional Business Development Group (Lois D Cohen), Metropolitan Contracting Improvement Partnership, and Irish Enterprises LLC. The awarded services focus on supporting COBID certified firms with business training, mentoring, technology selection and training, business/growth planning, networking, and related services. The contract is structured as a pool of qualified suppliers eligible for potential contract awards through an allocation process, with no guaranteed funding or volume of work. Funding is derived from a dedicated Construction Diversity and Equity Fund (CDEF), which allocates one percent of construction costs on qualifying county projects. The contract term is one year with possible renewals up to five years. Unique contract requirements include annual reporting on persons served, services provided, outcomes, demographics, and program success, as well as compliance with insurance and legal entity registration in Oregon. The solicitation includes a pre-proposal conference held in Portland, Oregon, and emphasizes scalability, administrative efficiency, alignment with other programs, and innovation in service delivery. The place of performance is Multnomah County, Oregon, with the solicitation and pre-proposal conference held at 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR.

Description

The county is seeking to qualify suppliers to contract with and/or sponsor with firms providing technical assistance mentoring and training for COBID certified firms.

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