Voters have granted CalTrans $20 billion to improve its roads and bridges. The California Construction Contracting Program is a joint project between CalTrans and the Small Business Development Centers to train small businesses so that they can bid and obtain CalTrans contracts.

You can receive free one-on-one counseling and training on construction and business management.

Visit: http://www.buildcalifornia.org/

Receive free, personalized construction management counseling in a confidential, one-on-one setting that will increase your successful participation in the Federal-aid highway projects and other transportation related contracts.

Counseling is provided by experts in the transportation contracting and management field. Areas of counseling include:

• Cost estimating methodologies
• Cost proposals assistance
• Marketing to prime contractors
• Expectation from prime contractors
• Proposal development
• Researching the internet to identify projects available for bid or proposals
• Preparing bid and proposal documents for online submittal
• Architectural and engineering preparation and related technical requirements
• Next steps after receiving a contract award

Eligible:

All California businesses which have the capability and interest to bid (or sub-bid) on Caltrans road and bridge projects.

Contact:

Visit http://www.buildcalifornia.org/html/locations.html.