A staff member for the Tollway said in a meeting update that participants in the agency’s Partnering for Growth small‑business and workforce programs have been awarded more than $15 million in tollway contracts this year and have earned about $1.2 million in bid credits in the past five months. No formal action was taken; the figures were presented as an informational update.

The update said the agency executed 11 new Partnering for Growth (P4G) agreements, including two reverse P4G agreements, and that the construction P4G program has reached 34 total agreements since launch. The presenter reported more than $1.2 million in bid credits earned by program participants in the first five months and said clients have been awarded over $15 million in tollway contracts so far this year.

On technical assistance, the presenter said the TA program helped clients secure more than 100 new certifications, including Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and veteran certifications, and obtain new commodity codes to expand scopes of work. The update noted more than 70 bids were submitted by participants as primes or subs exclusively on tollway construction and professional services contracts.

Workforce figures were included in the update: more than 100 people enrolled in construction workforce and related credit programs, about 40 completed training and more than 30 participants were placed into apprenticeships. The presenter also said contractors earned over $200,000 in bid credits for hiring or retaining program participants.

The presentation mentioned outreach and information efforts: eight “Building for Success” webinars were held in the first half of the year on topics such as cybersecurity for small businesses. The presenter cited a graduate of an SBI program and a small business, Martinez Frogs, as participants in partnership activities.

The information supplied was presented as program performance metrics; no votes or policy changes were recorded during the update. Staff did not propose formal new actions during the report and no deadlines or regulatory changes were announced in the remarks.