SCOOP Training
Small Business Skills Training
Mentor Protégé Program
Small Business Skills Training
Are you looking to increase your business opportunities? Is your firm seeking
more useful information on contracting in the public works arena?
The small business skills training program offers
no-nonsense small business skills training sessions that focus on essential skills for doing business
in the public works arena. Through the program, the Water Authority
seeks to help small businesses grow by:
- Providing information critical to success in working with public agencies,
- Connecting you to larger prime contractors and consultants,
- Providing networking opportunities,
- And continuing to improve public agency communication and standardization
of procedures.
The program is designed to bring you:
- Courses based on research of industry needs
- Top trainers and industry professionals
- Real information that’s worth your time
Mentor
Protégé Program
Construction
The Mentor Protégé Program, in cooperation with the Associated General Contractors
of San Diego, is a community-based effort involving leaders of major prime and
subcontractor organizations, financial and bonding institutions, and several
public agencies. The program is in part, sponsored by the San Diego County
Water Authority. The Mentor Protégé Program is a deliberate effort to overcome
barriers that typically inhibit or restrict the success of emerging construction
companies and help these enterprises maximize their economic opportunities.
The program is designed to produce a broad base of high quality, competitive
and profitable construction companies through incremental improvement.
Construction Application
Selection is conducted through an application/interview process. The San Diego
County Water Authority's Small Contractor Outreach and Opportunities Program
(SCOOP) is a member of the Advisory Board responsible for selecting the participants.
Consultants
The San Diego Water Authority Mentor Protégé Program is a means for a Protégé to become a valued business partner, an innovator with a relationship that fosters progress. The program is designed to motivate and encourage large business prime consultant firms to provide mutually beneficial development assistance to small business.
The purpose of the Mentor Protégé Program is to enhance the capabilities of the protégé; and to improve their ability to successfully compete for SDCWA contracts. The Program’s objective is to increase the capabilities of local small businesses to participate as prime consultants, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers on SDCWA contracts, other local agency contracts, and commercial contracts. The Program is intended to establish long term business relationships between small businesses and larger consultant firms.
Mentor Protégé Agreement
Protégé Application
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