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Local business first in line for local contracts
One business account that matches local firms to the opportunities that fit them.
Idea for assessment, not an approved project
The problem
What residents describe today.
Local firms miss municipal opportunities because of separate accounts, the wrong categories or notices sent to an old email.
In an emergency, the people who need equipment fast do not always know which local suppliers are ready.
Evidence
The problem comes from local firms that missed opportunities. It has not been measured yet. To test it: how many local firms are registered for notices, and why bids are missed.
The idea
An approach to assess.
- One business account linked to the licence the business already holds.
- Text alerts for opportunities that match the trade, with reminders before deadlines.
- Documents on file once, with expiry reminders.
- Local suppliers list their emergency rates and availability before the storm.
Before anything happens
What this idea still needs.
- Tarrabin Consulting's role
- Tarrabin Consulting wrote this idea and can advise on it. We do not run these services and we hold no approval to build them. Any decision belongs to the people and organizations responsible.
- Decisions needed
- Whether accounts can link to existing business licences, which alerts businesses want, and how emergency supplier lists are kept current.
- Next step to test it
- Survey local businesses on how they hear about opportunities today.
- Communities
- Where an idea touches First Nations or Métis communities, those communities decide. Nothing goes ahead without their written mandate, and the Crown's duty to consult stays with the Crown.
Video, 3 min 47 s
Video coming soon
Seven fictional local owners, and how one business account would change how they find and win work.
Demonstration. Screens show simulated data. People in the video are fictional unless named.
Coming to the Tarrabin Consulting YouTube channel.
Your opinion
Three questions. Under a minute.
Is this a problem for you, and would this idea help? Your answers are counted with everyone else's.
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