Cooperative Inclusion Plan
CIP Highway Partners
Resource archive: the 2020 CIP Resource Guide and the plan’s purpose, goals and components.
Cooperative Inclusion Plan
$15 billionof highway projects under construction or in development in Dallas-Fort Worth over the next 10 years
With nearly $15 billion worth of highway projects under construction or in development in the Dallas-Fort Worth area over the next 10 years, the ability to align contractors with regional highway transportation providers is critical.
The Cooperative Inclusion Plan (CIP) was developed to provide a consolidated structure for area disadvantaged, minority, women, and small businesses and historically underutilized businesses (D/M/W/SBEs and HUBs) to take full advantage of the contracting opportunities in the highly competitive highway construction industry.
Purpose
The Cooperative Inclusion Plan builds a bridge between the key highway players in the region and the contractor associations to collectively address the lack of disadvantaged, minority, woman-owned, and small businesses and historically underutilized businesses (D/M/W/SBEs and HUBs) participating in highway contracting.
Goals
Four goals for D/M/W/SBEs and HUBs in highway work.
- Expand
the pool of qualified D/M/W/SBEs and HUBs certified to perform highway construction.
- Increase
dollars spent with local D/M/W/SBEs and HUBs in highway construction.
- Grow
bonding capacity of D/M/W/SBEs and HUBs.
- Increase
the number of D/M/W/SBEs and HUBs capable of serving in prime roles.
Components
Five components connect contractors with the region’s highway owners and primes.
- 1
Education
Develop a greater understanding of key requirements for the highway industry.
- 2
Access
Provide D/M/W/SBE and HUB firms with greater access to key industry decision-makers. Connect current and potential highway contractors to qualified subcontractors.
- 3
Availability
Expand the pool of firms ready, willing, and able to perform highway construction work.
- 4
Capacity
Help strengthen the skill set and business acumen of interested firms.
- 5
Utilization
Expand the participation of firms in North Texas Tollway Authority and Texas Department of Transportation procurements to increase the potential use of these firms to perform highway work.
Partners
- Associated General Contractors of Texas
- Asian American Contractors Association of Texas
- Regional Hispanic Contractors Association
- Texas Department of Transportation
- North Texas Tollway Authority
