WHO ARE WE?

A women and minority owned and certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Small Business Enterprise. The multi-disciplined management consulting firm possesses a wealth of experience and expertise in the construction and public works industry, assisting State, Federal and Local governments and private sector clients in development and implementation of their Small Business (SBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Title VI Programs on multi-billion-dollar transit projects. 

We specialize in assisting clients with development and implementation of their respective Small Business and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs, inclusive of developing targeted and strategic Small Business (SB) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) outreach campaigns, establishing Overall SB/DBE Goals, developing boiler plate solicitation and contract language, conducting Good Faith Effort responsiveness reviews, performing on-going compliance and enforcement, monitoring of contractors/consultants and streamlining client compliance reporting, including developing SB/DBE sub-recipient agreements and field monitoring instruments. This results-driven approach ensures that each client’s Program implementation measures are successful and well documented. 

Jaquith Consulting Group provides community liaison services and communication strategies for a myriad of public-oriented programs focused upon small neighborhoods to metropolitan regions. Jaquith Consulting Group’s approach works to bridge the gap between transit agencies and their affected publics utilizing all forms of cutting-edge and conventional communications methods. Our team provides a unique approach that combines community understanding, local experience, and relevant project experience working on some of California’s most high-profile transportation and infrastructure projects. Using innovative technology solutions, Jaquith Consulting Group assists clients to cast a wider net for meaningful diversity searches by accurately analyzing key data points from validated sources to execute campaigns solutions produce results. 

 Jaquith Consulting Group staff have extensive experience in providing Project Labor Agreement (PLA) development guidance to large-scale transit Agencies in California. The firm staff brings over forty (40) years’ experience advising public transportation sector clients in developing, administering, and operating standards which are compliant with federal and state laws. Past transportation sector clients that JCG staff served include the California Department of Transportation, the Orange County Transportation Authority, Southern California Regional Rail Authority, Gateway Development Center and California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) with the development and administration of their respective DBE and Labor Compliance Programs, and PLA’s. 

JCG staff assisted the CHSRA in the development and negotiation of its PLA. Our staff was with the CHSRA executive staff from the beginning: producing a White Paper, negotiating an agreement with the Building Trade partners that best addressed and met the CHSRA project needs, and developing an implementation plan that was in place by the time the first construction package was released for procurement. Notably, the CHSRA PLA was the first state-wide transportation PLA with multiple county-based labor unions which incorporated a federal and local hire and introduced a Construction Careers Policy. Its implementation also took existing CHSRA compliance department staff into consideration, ensuring their seamless integration and not disrupting the Agency operating procedures and obligations to Federal Davis-Bacon, State Prevailing Wage and other oversight requirements.

The CHSR PLA was a landmark policy in the transportation industry that set the roadmap for the Metropolitan Transportation Authorities (MTA), for which Jaquith staff was also consulted on.

The multi-disciplined consulting firm’s President possesses a wealth of experience and expertise in the construction and public works industry, assisting State, Federal and Local governments and private sector clients in the development and implementation of their Labor Compliance Programs on small to large scale multi-billion-dollar transit projects over the past two decades. Jaquith Consulting Group has successfully acclimated Contractors to ensure timely submittals, proper application of requirements and compliance. Jaquith Consulting Group's established solid working relationships with the California Department of Industrial Relations and the U.S. Department of Labor have assisted them in being sought after to handle and mitigate some of the most complex challenges in administering our client’s labor compliance requirements and obligations. 

Jaquith Consulting Group utilizes innovative software-based tracking systems to effectively manage Small Business, DBE, DVEBE, WBE, MBE and EEO Program compliance requirements, run targeted outreach campaigns and automate comprehensive reporting. These practitioner-designed systems have cut our client’s reporting to a fraction through application of eligibility standards, regulatory-smart formulas, and automated guidance allowing utilization data to be validated electronically with significantly reduced effort. Jaquith Consulting Group’s technology solutions seamlessly automate our client’s compliance activities with a centralized and controlled process that enables efficient decision making and ongoing compliance with regulations.