New Business Diversity Policy Adopted

The NTTA Board of Directors approved a new Diversity Policy at its January meeting that outlines the specific programs and goals to ensure participation of disadvantaged, minority, women-owned and small business enterprises in all NTTA contracting opportunities. 

“By implementing industry best practices as well as recommendations from the 2008 Availability and Disparity Study (A&D Study), we have created an effective Diversity Policy that will assist the NTTA in achieving more diverse participation,” said NTTA Assistant Executive Director of Administrative Services Kim Tolbert. “I am pleased we were able to align our policy with the current needs and objectives of the organization.  I anticipate more diverse participation moving forward.”

The new policy confirms NTTA’s commitment to diversity in contracting and procurement opportunities by:

• Recognizing the application of the Diversity Policy to both prime contracting and sub-contracting opportunities;
• Assisting implementation of recommendations from the 2008  (A&D Study);
• Recognizing the importance of partnerships and teaming opportunities;
• Recognizing participation of disadvantaged, minority, women-owned and small businesses within and outside the relevant market area;
• Establishing a business diversity overall goal, and industry-specific and project-specific goals for related projects;
• Helping to  improve current business diversity efforts;
• Enhancing communication regarding the developing new diversity programs;

The NTTA Business Diversity Department has already implemented several initiatives aimed at diversifying participation in contracting opportunities including Vendor Outreach Symposiums, which are road shows informing interested contractors about upcoming business opportunities at the NTTA, Wednesday chats, an enhanced Business Diversity Web page, the launch of the Relationships and Opportunities Advancing Diversity Program (ROAD), which pairs prime contractors with consultants to enhance the capabilities of the participants and an aggressive outreach plan.

NTTA’s Business Diversity Policy can be viewed online at www.ntta.org.