Washington, D.C.
St. Elizabeth’s West Campus
St. Elizabeth's West Campus
Location
Owner/Client
Washington Gas Energy Systems
Participation Goals
Contracting Goals
3% Small Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SDB)
3% Woman Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
1% Service-Disadvantage Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
0.5% Historically Underutilized Business Zones Small Business (HUB Zone SB)
0.5% Service-Disadvantage Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
Achievement
All goals were met
Washington Gas Energy Systems was tasked with the renovation and expansion of the existing Central Utility Plant (CUP) at St. Elizabeth’s West Campus. Tasks included an on-site Combined Heating and Power (CHP) Plant component capable of Cogeneration supporting Homeland Security’s Headquarters (DHS), including the headquarters for all DHS satellite agencies.
L. S. Caldwell & Associates, Inc. (LSC) was responsible for implementation, documentation of efforts tracking; and monitoring goal achievements.
- Coordinate efforts of Prime Contractors and various construction associations and organizations toward DBE identification and development of successful DBE relations.
- Arranging and conducting pre-bid [construction] conferences (with special emphasis given to those contracts containing DBE goals) to clarify requirements for Condition of Award to DBE contractors and answer questions concerning the DBE programs and services.
- Developing information regarding the project for public dissemination and interested individuals, organizations and trade associations by way of the Outreach and Public Information Program, including Project Orientation Seminars, Project Newsletter and Pre-Bid Notifications.
- Worked with local community organizations and business associations to ensure specific commitment and economic development benefits occur within the local community.
- Analyzed eligible contracts/dollars to assist in contract sizing, packaging, and subcontractor responsibility and subcontractor availability.
- Provided instruction to the developer and all project contractors regarding tracking and reporting efforts to reach employment and contracting goals.
In addition, together with Washington Gas Energy Systems (WGES) and US General Services Administration (GSA), LSC established nontraditional strategies and implemented the following:
- Presented and received approval from GSA to set-aside a significant segment of the Project for local small business.
- Planned and implemented outreach events specifically directed towards the local Ward 7 and 8 small businesses to bid on constructing CUP Project’s Electrical Vault.
- Assisted three (3) local companies, 1 from Ward 7 and 2 from Ward 8 to compete in the final presentation to build the CUP Project’s Electrical Vault.
- The successful Ward 8 construction company for the Vault construction award went on to receive a second contract to perform additional work at the CUP from WGES.
- Part of the contract awards criteria for non-small business 1st tier contractors was the number of pre-committed small businesses who were awarded subcontracts.
- A total of thirty-one (31) small businesses participated in the construction of the CUP Project.
- Small Business Participation on the project far exceeded the eight (8) percent goal, providing thirty-five percent (35%) of the Project value approaching Fourteen Million Dollars ($14,000,000).
