GDOT's State Supported Funding Program Hosts Maintenance Outreach Event in Macon
Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO
Friday, May 18th, 2018
Do you own a small business? Do you want to do business with the Georgia Department of Transportation? GDOT has opportunities across the state for service providers of all sizes to participate in a variety of transportation-related routine maintenance projects.
“Georgia DOT wants to do business with small businesses,” said Georgia DOT Director of Equal Employment Opportunity Kimberly King. “That’s why we’re traveling across Georgia to reach out to small business owners and disadvantaged business enterprises about the routine maintenance projects planned in their districts. We will discuss the projects, how to become qualified to participate as a vendor, how to register for notifications about opportunities and a lot more.”
STATE SUPPORTED FUNDING PROGRAM (SSFP) ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OUTREACH EVENT
WHEN: Wednesday, May 23, 10 a.m. to noon
WHERE: GDOT Macon Area Office
4499 Riverside Drive, Macon, GA 31210
COST: FREE for DBEs, Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
CONTACT: Anthony Miles, [email protected], 678-420-5500
Qualifying for Routine Maintenance opportunities requires registering with the Georgia Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) as a Sourcing Bidder. At this session you’ll learn about available projects; meet the GDOT District 3 Engineer and District EEO Review Officer; find out about the process to become eligible to apply for Routine Maintenance Projects with GDOT; and learn about supportive services available to DBEs, Small Businesses and Veteran-owned Small Businesses.
The Georgia DOT State Supported Funding Program has a Business Resource Help Center in Decatur to assist eligible DBEs, and registered Small and Veteran-owned Small Businesses in identifying and responding to business opportunities funded by the Transportation Funding Act (TFA) of 2015. The primary focus for the sustained funds resulting from the TFA is to ensure that Georgia’s roadways, roadsides and bridges are in a state of good repair. This means that preventative pavement treatments and other routine maintenance activities like concrete repair, landscaping, vegetation removal, tree trimming, sound wall repair, pothole repair, and striping and bridge repair are being conducted statewide. These activities offer DBEs and small and medium-sized businesses the opportunity to establish themselves as a qualified contractor to bid on projects.