The
Principle Partnering Group provides services in five major areas:
construction management, hospitality services,
small business development, strategic relationships,
and student internships.
The PPG begins with an assessment of the client's business needs
– identifying the areas of the business
that could benefit from external support.
Our client's business will become a part
of our growing,
living process in which healthy growth
is stimulated through solid strategic choices.
We
have a proven record of advocating for
our clients. The team’s Community Equity derived from its historical involvement,
allows The PPG access to community and
business decision-makers to benefit
our clients. The PPG’s multi-ethnic team
provides direct access to the Houston Gulf
Coast minority communities, as well as
to leading corporations, non-profit, institutions
and government entities.
The PPG’s Services:
-
Institutional Partnerships
- Contracting Support
- Client Data Management
- Client Relationship Management
- Procurement Support
- Human Resource Management
- Marketing and Sales Support
- Overall Project Management
- Performance Management
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Supplier Diversity Program Support
- SBE/DBE Program Management
- Program Advising
Looking for Collaborative Relationships
with Government, Corporations, Institutions
and Non-Profits?
In
today’s world, large and small businesses
are becoming aware of the need that they
must effectively leverage strategic relations
with partners, customers,
suppliers and even competitors in order
to maximize success. The PPG assists businesses
by establishing and maximizing the “relationship
infrastructure” necessary for these collaborations
to succeed.
The
PPG works with leading corporations, non-profit
organizations, institutions and government
entities including,
- Houston Community College Systems
- Turner, Collie & Braden
- ARUP
- Malcolm Pirnie
- Waistran
- Columbia
- Laguna
- Maya Cinemas
- Huitt-Zollars,
Inc.
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- HOK
(Hellmut, Obata & Kassabaum, LP)
- Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn Architects
- Weston
- Mustang Engineering
- Perspectiva
- Transwestern
- Parsons
- Bovay Engineers
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The
PPG’s Approach for Providing Client Support
The PPG serves its clients using a
unique, comprehensive project
administration system. These are some
of the areas where we can provide support:
Invoicing
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Management of subcontractor invoicing
- Invoice verification, editing, submission
and tracking
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Payment tracking and management
- Tracking of projected versus actual
expenses
- Current and cumulative
data for prime
contractors
- Tracking of contractor’s
certification
of payment receipt
-
Estimated at Completion (EAC)
audit and compliance data
-
Tracking of minority participation
goals
- Monitoring minority certification
- Project close-out
-
Vendor registration and
review
- Development of profiles
and sourcing
database
- Reporting and tracking
of
second tier vendors
- Certification monitoring
- Content management
- Spend reporting/analysis
-
Overall project management
support
- Project analysis,
scheduling, planning, compliance
and reporting
We
Help Our Small Business Clients
Meet Business Challenges Like These
“I like the concept of growing my business through alliances, but I don’t know
where to begin. . .”
“How will we successfully manage our business alliances?”
“How do we set up the infrastructure to
manage our new alliances?”
“We’ve had our MBE/WBE Certifications for
some time, but we haven’t seen the results.”
Click here to begin the process ...
Looking for Excellent Small Business Relationships?
The PPG has a proven record of supporting its corporate clients in meeting and
exceeding their small business participation
goals and an extensive history of working
with multiple contractors in the public
and private sectors. We develop marketing
strategies to meet the needs of small business
programs and have established a history
of building business and community relations
and outreach in the economic development
community.
The PPG’s focus for its corporate clients consists primarily of:
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Supplier Diversity Development
- SBE/DBE Program Managerment
- Program Advising
Supplier Diversity Development
- Establishment of realistic supplier diversity
goals
- Ensuring the effectiveness of the client’s
supplier diversity program
- Defining the roles and responsibilities
of the diversity program team, including
the SD Manager, MWBE Coordinator and
Contract Specialist
- Developing standards for supplier
requirements
- Defining metrics, monitoring and
measurement tools
- Establishing a procurement/vendor
management system
- Providing training resources
for the supplier diversity program
- Coordinating community outreach
programs
- Conducting internal audit
programs for supplier management
- Developing strategic
relationships
SBE/DBE Program Management
The PPG understands the complexity of major projects such as in the construction discipline.
While this highly involved process
brings challenges, The PPG ensures that in
spite of the complexity of a project, the
SBE/DBE program management functions smoothly. The
PPG’s role covers the following areas:
-
Construction administration services including
assisting the general contractor to acquire
SBE/DBE firms using The PPG’s extensive
database; helping SBE/DBE’s to obtain certifications;
subcontractor bid reviews; and SBE/DBE
selection
- Financial management including subcontractor financing and assistance in
obtaining bonding
- Contract review and compliance including general contractor - SBE/DBE
mediation and pre/post project contract review
- Vendor management including project milestone tracking; project schedule
management; capabilities assessment and procurement
opportunity outreach
Program
Advising
The PPG assists prime contractors to develop and implement programs that achieve
the goals and objectives of their corporate
client’s SDBE programs.
- Planning
- Assisting
primes in the identification and selection
of subcontractors
- Assisting prime contractors to prepare
a Utilization Plan in response to
RFP’s
- Facilitating the introduction of
SBE/DBE’s to potential prime contractors
- Coordinating and participating
in industry review meetings and
contractor
events
- Working with area chambers of
commerce and contractor associations
to apprise
members of upcoming subcontracting
opportunities
- Implementation
- Advising
prime contractors about initiatives
that support SBE/DBE
participation
- Supporting primes in using
SBE/DBE’s to fulfill contract
objectives
- Maintaining records and documentation
of specific reporting requirements
to identify and award subcontracts
to SBE/DBE’s
- Ensuring compliance and successful
participation of SBE/DBE’s
in client projects
- Support
-
Mentoring and developing outstanding
SBE/DBE subcontractors
- Conducting targeted community
outreach programs to bring visibility
to prime’s procurement opportunities
- Providing technical and financial
assistance to SBE/DBE’s
- Developing an availability/capability
template to evaluate SBE/DBE’s
- Identifying required skills
and areas of expertise
not currently available from
SBE/DBEs
- Identifying and recruiting
potential sources to
meet unfulfilled procurement
needs
Contact us now to learn how The PPG's Community Equity can help you expand or improve your small business participation goals.
Looking for a Qualified, Experienced Professional to Lobby on Your Behalf?
As
an extension to its “relationship infrastructure”
approach, The PPG offers selective lobbying
services to its clients. Lobbying is not
an end in itself but an additional tool
for dealing with complex situations.
The
PPG takes the following approach to lobbying:
It stays focused on the outcome, identifies
the decision makers early and brings back
the result. The PPG works well on behalf
of its clients because it is immersed in
its subject matter and highly connected
due to its broad network we call Community
Equity.
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