New Carrollton, MD
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Headquarters Building
Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building
Location
Owner/Client
General Services Administration/Bechtel Park Towers Metro View Associates, L.L.P
Participation:
40.8% Small Business Enterprise (SBE)
22.1% Small Disadvantaged Enterprise (SDBE)
Women-Owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE)
Turner Construction Company (Turner), saw a need to utilize L. S. Caldwell & Associates, Inc. (LSC) when confronted with the necessity to expand their Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program on the construction of the new $121 million dollar Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Building in Lanham, Maryland. LSC was brought in to review Turner’s existing program, develop outreach mechanisms to assist in identifying disadvantaged firms for targeted contract opportunities, develop economic development programs, in this case a Contractor’s College, and assist in overall implementation of their contracted DBE Plan. The programs and methods developed and implemented by LSC on the IRS project led to the achievement of the highest S/SD/SWOB participation level in GSA history. LSC’s contributions to the Internal Revenue Service National Headquarters Building Project included:
- Planning and implementing a Procurement Information Trade Fair in a three (3) week period; targeted to potential M/WBE contractors and well attended by over three hundred (300) contractors.
- Coordinating the efforts of Prime Contractors and various construction associations and organizations toward DBE identification and development of successful DBE relationships.
- Attending pre-construction conferences to clarify requirements for Condition of Award to DBE contractors and respond to questions concerning the DBE programs and services.
- Providing instruction on monitoring DBE performance and compliance with local, state and federally mandated guidelines as a Commercially Useful Function on projects.
- Counseling DBE firms on specific training and workshop programs available through the Turner Construction Company and project related assistance programs.
- Developing and implemented the Technical Assistance Program to inform small, minority and women-owned construction firms of the services available to them.
- Developing the first Contractors College for Turner’s Mid-Atlantic Territory, inviting area business organizations and associations to serve as co-sponsors.
- Creating and implementing the Executive Breakfast for the introduction of Turner to area small businesses and to conduct “nuts and bolts” discussions with firms as potential subcontractors for the IRS project.
