Buchanan & Associates – The Small Business Paramedic

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Here is How We Can Help You!

Buchanan & Associates (B&A) is a multiple SBA award-winning Supplier Diversity firm that helps micro, small, and women-owned business enterprises become business-ready, contract-ready, and bank loan-ready. We even help non-profits set-up and manage their back-office, so that they remain compliant with government regulations.

CERTIFICATIONS

We provide hands-on assistance to businesses to ensure that they are properly prepared to obtain woman

CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

We help you find contracts in our proprietary database, once contract is awarded, we help you submit monthly

LABOR COMPLIANCE

We conduct audits, ensure prevailing wages are paid to workers, generate and submit weekly/monthly reports,

WORKSHOPS & TRAINING FACILITATION

We conduct high-level Business & Contract-readiness workshops, assessments, training, and webinars to

PAPERWORK, BACK-OFFICE & INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT

We help start-ups and existing businesses prepare and maintain the proper paperwork to keep their back

MENTORSHIP & COACHING PROGRAM

B&A’s mentorship program helps Protégés enhance their capabilities to successfully compete by teaming-up

Supplier Diversity Consulting and Coaching for Small Businesses.

Being a minority-owned, woman-owned, or veteran-owned small business opens a lot of doors for you with Local, County, State, or Federal contracting agencies. Let us help you walk through those doors.

“If you are starting out in business you need someone with the expertise to guide and help you to become successful.”

– Ellis Kyles [Small Business Owner ]

PROCUREMENT & PURCHASING VENDOR-READINESS

Here at Buchanan & Associates, we help guide you in starting a new business or develop and manage your existing business. We advise and guide you in the four (4) key areas of efficiently managing your infrastructure such as business planning, general operations management, business development & marketing, and cash flow management.

We help your business build its capacity and infrastructure so that your firm can become more competitive in the contracting process.
B&A helps women-owned and small business enterprises develop the nine (9) pillars of their Business Model, Capability Statements, Statement of Qualifications, Risk Management Plans, Exit Strategies, Safety Plans, Injury & Illness Prevention Plans, Business Continuity Plans, and Disaster Recovery Plans to ensure the success of your business in the marketplace.

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Some facts about what we do and how we help our customers

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Clients Serviced & Project Experience

Clients to Whom We Have Provided Professional Labor Compliance, Contract Compliance, Outreach, and Business Management Consulting Services

TESTIMONIALS

Mario Campirano

President : Metro Electric

Lenny Yu

Owner/Founder : eNergyCureUSA

Dorothy Latham

Owner/Founder : The Time of Your Life

Brenda Duarte

Co-Owner : Aura Toner Supplies

Michael Goldenberg

Owner : Mednet, Inc.

Denise Peal

Owner : Travel-A-Peal Group Getaways

Gilbert Dyer

CEO : Boemba

Javier Cardenas

President : JRDMMAC, Inc.

David Estrada

Owner : Fish Window Cleaning

Monica Blaisdell

Owner : Blaisdell Bonding & Insurance Services, Inc.

Brenda Dupree

Co-Owner : Executive Limousine & Towncar Svc., LLC

Multiple Testimonials

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About Buchanan

Buchanan & Associates is a multiple award winning supplier diversity firm that helps small businesses become contract-ready. So, if you want to win government contracts, then Buchanan & Associates is the way to go!

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Mentorship Program

We help socially and economically disadvantaged businesses gain access to economic and contracting opportunity.
As a mentor providing supportive services, Buchanan & Associates assists protégés in obtaining annual certifications to achieve favorable financial health and good character with the SBA.
We assist small businesses in achieving good-standing status with the SBA, County, State, and Municipal contracting agencies.
Protégés entering SBA 8(a) Business Development program as well as in other public works contracting programs, are provided special guidance and coaching to ensure that they are current with all reporting requirements and set-up to succeed on these projects..

Mentor: Bringing emerging talents together with specific firms, utilizing advanced experience and knowledge while demonstrating a commitment to providing upward mobility and support to a protégé.

Please Call us Today at (888)882-1168

Or Email us at SmallBusiness@TheBuchananGroup.net so we can develop a plan to suit your specific Mentorship needs.

Contract Compliance

Provide oversight and program monitoring; ensure that all paperwork is completed accurately and submitted on-time so that Prime and subcontractors are paid on-time.
Generate letters and Ad Hoc reports as requested by contract provider.
Assist with Close-out report and contract compliance to ensure Client meets close-out procedures.
Generate Small Business and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization Reports on public works projects and required contracts.
Conduct contract audits on projects to ensure all government contracting requirements are met.
Utilize industry expertise in 49 CFR part 26 and 13 CFR Part 121 to assist contract providers primes, or subcontractors (Client) with DBE/SBE utilization and compliance with public works contracting owners’ programs.
Ensure that the Prime prepares and submits subcontractor Utilization Form and Reports on a monthly basis as required by DBE/SBE program requirements.
Provide contract compliance support to your contracting managers and staff as needed on an on-going basis.
Monitor and ensure proper preparation of close-out documents at the completion of contracts.
and much more.

Labor Compliance

Serve as expert witness for prime contractor or contract provider if needed (as defendant) in state and federal labor compliance and prevailing wage violation cases.
Proactively conduct random audits, job-site inspections, and interview workers on the project to ensure labor compliance, prevailing wage, and apprenticeship ratios with DIR requirements.
Identify potential labor compliance claim issues before they arise and investigate probable violations and complaints of worker underpayment.
Conduct on-site investigations to resolve worker complaints and other identified prevailing wage violations as required.
Provide oversight and monitor certified payroll data received from all contract provider or prime’s project subcontractors and ensure that their submitted reports meet contract owner’s requirements.
Minimize prime contractor’s exposure to fines, issuance of non-compliance notices, prevent payment withholdings, and retention for delinquent and/or inadequate certified payroll records.
Review and monitor the accurate collection and confirm proof of payment from employer of training fund contributions.
Perform Federal Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and California Prevailing Wage Laws Labor Compliance oversight, monitoring, and reporting.
Generate and maintain job-site inspections/observations logs and worker interview files.
Identify potential labor compliance claims/issues and investigate alleged violations and complaints of underpayment to worker(s) as required by the California Prevailing Wage Laws and related Acts.
Research and maintain Labor Compliance Policy & Procedure Manual which will appropriately address alleged violations of Prevailing Wage requirements on all public works contracts.
Investigate Labor Compliance and Prevailing Wage Violations for underpayments to worker by contractor/subcontractors.
Generate assessment summary reports that address violations and findings pursuant to DIR Prevailing Wage guidelines and requirements on the projects.
Review Project Labor Agreement (PLA) guidelines to ascertain contractor’s adherence to established requirements (if necessary).
Review and advise prime contractor on Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) requirements (if necessary).
In conjunction with the monthly performance reports, draft and disseminate discrepancy notices to Contractors, include recommendations for penalties and payment withholding as appropriate by the program guidelines.

Call Us at (888)882-1168 so we can take care of your Labor Compliance needs. We will handle everything so that you can focus on performing the contract!

"The Small Business Paramedic"

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