6.35.090 Aggressive outreach.
WSSC shall engage in outreach measures to assist SLBEs, including the following:
(a) Implement information and communication programs on contracting procedures and specific contract opportunities;
(b) Provide services to help SLBEs improve long-term development, increase opportunities to participate in a variety of kinds of work and handle increasingly significant projects;
(c) Implement a supportive services program to develop and improve immediate and long-term business management, record-keeping, financial and accounting capability;
(d) Establish a program to assist new start-up firms, particularly in fields in which small business participation has historically been low;
(e) Ensure distribution of a SLBE Directory, through print and electronic means;
(f) Provide technical assistance and other services including developing SLBE capability to utilize emerging technology and conduct business through electronic media;
(g) Provide directions to online bid documents available for download via WSSC’s Supplier Portal System; and
(h) Develop procedures to notify SLBEs of bid opportunities, including sending notices regarding bid opportunities to various organizations and other agencies. (REG-PROC-SD-2017-005 § V(D))