Intelligent Partnerships, Inc. 10/23/2024

12 PLA Analysis and Assessment Intelligent Partnerships has previously worked on various projects conducting data analysis and translating data into comprehensive reporting. As third-party administrators across different Washington State DOT projects. IP provides data reports for the state and project stakeholders detailing DEIA goals and progress, certified payroll data, and project incident reporting. Most recently, IP’s team has previously led efforts to evaluate and update the Port of Seattle’s procurement strategies, including internal team surveys regarding current practices and opportunities, evaluation of forms and policies in comparison to other market participants to identify and adopt best practices modeling, stakeholder communication design to ensure engagement with key stakeholders and attract a broader base of suppliers to their agency, and the culmination of outcomes into a Board Level report for adoption and budgeting priorities. Intelligent Partnerships can support the PLA assessment of Port Gardner Storage Facility (PGSF) Conveyance Projects for the City of Everett by providing detailed insights, analysis, and recommendations to the City. Intelligent Partnerships can provide the City with the following support on the assessment: • Analyze current provisions related to public works contracts, including local hire, apprenticeship, and other relevant regulations. • Examine issues typically monitored by labor agreements, such as prevailing wage/benefits, worker classification, drug testing, pre-apprenticeship training, apprenticeships, hiring priorities, labor availability, and trends. • Identify potential barriers (e.g., access to capital, insurance, navigation of process, etc.) that businesses face when bidding on projects, securing contracts, and performing capital projects based on the findings from similar municipalities and existing case studies. • Investigate the feasibility and potential impact of labor agreements in Conveyance Projects on Key Issues identified, contract amount threshold considerations, and project hours/material cost ratio considerations. • Provide recommendations and resources to the City based on the assessment findings, as outlined in the City’s 2019 Project Labor Agreement (PLA) resolution.