Specifications include, but are not limited to: On behalf of the Gulf Coast Workforce Board, the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) solicits organizations to provide lay-off aversion service that will help keep existing employers and jobs in the region. Successful bidders will: · Develop and operate an early warning system that will gather intelligence and alert us when businesses are in distress; and · Develop a portfolio of services, and a network of service providers, that can be rapidly deployed to help distressed businesses; and · Provide service to businesses in our region. Through this project, we hope to better connect stakeholders – local elected officials, unions, the public workforce system, local economic development groups, chambers of commerce, industry groups and employers – to identify troubled businesses, and provide support and service to retain jobs and avert layoffs.
