Business and Workforce Development Coaching Services

The Los Angeles government authority is seeking a vendor to provide business and workforce development coaching services. The agency needs a program that delivers tools and information regarding commercial cannabis licensing, regulation, and business permitting education. This initiative aims to solve challenges in general business development, cannabis-specific business development, and workforce development, including job outreach and job placement services. The scope of work covers management, recruitment, employee development, and employee retention. The selected vendor must assist with the preparation of business plans, operational development, and business formation, including operating documents, corporate structures, and corporate governance. Additionally, the agency requires coaching on predatory practices, partnership issues, partner vetting, landlord issues, and general business planning. For cannabis-specific development, the requested services include training on financial planning, fiscal management, raising capital, and identifying funds. The vendor must also cover the identification and acquisition of compliant real estate, navigating investor opportunities, cannabis tax prediction and compliance, marketing, and cannabis company valuation. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency requires the performance of all work to be conducted offsite. The agency has not disclosed a set budget and is looking for proposals to determine the cost of the project. No key dates are provided in the source material.