HopkinsLocal

 

 

In 2015, Johns Hopkins launched HopkinsLocal to support economic growth, employment, and investment in Baltimore. We held ourselves accountable by setting measurable three-year goals in construction, hiring, and purchasing, and we were proud to surpass our original expectations.

Under HopkinsLocal, the Design & Construction departments for the Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System partnered to do the following:

  • To encourage participation opportunities for small, minority-owned, women-owned, disadvantaged, and/or local businesses.
  • To foster the capabilities, capacity, and skill level of small, minority-owned, women-owned, disadvantaged, and/or local businesses.
  • To expand opportunities for the residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the Johns Hopkins campuses.
Learn more about HopkinsLocal

Joint Vendor Review Committee

The Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System have established a Joint Vendor Review Committee (JVRC) and interview process for design and construction companies that have an interest in participating in projects managed by Johns Hopkins. The JVRC includes Design & Construction (D&C) leaders from Johns Hopkins Facilities & Real Estate, Johns Hopkins Health System Facilities Design + Construction, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The JVRC holds regularly scheduled meetings where companies can present their experience and qualifications, and learn more about the respective Johns Hopkins D&C groups.

If your company is interested in being considered for a JVRC meeting, please complete the online application below. You will be redirected to the Johns Hopkins University & Health System Contract Management System homepage. Once there, scroll down to “Vendor Registration,” click on “Apply for Registration,” and follow the instructions provided to complete and submit your company’s online application. All information entered into the system is kept strictly confidential.

If you have any questions, or need help while completing the application, please send an email to [email protected]. Technical support is also available.

Submit the JVRC Online Application

BLocal BUILD College

Apply to participate in the BLocal BUILD College

Developed by BLocal partner companies and industry experts, the BLocal BUILD College provides training for small, local, minority-owned, woman-owned, and disadvantaged businesses in the design and construction industries.

The training sessions are developed to foster key competencies and network relationships necessary for navigating the design and construction industries. The training sessions focus on design, construction, and business topics such as strategic planning, business development, reading architectural drawings and specifications, bidding to contracting, legal and contracting considerations, change order management, project management, financial management/banking, human resources, bonding/surety, insurance, and safety.

The training sessions are led by executives from the BLocal partners, as well as national and regional law, design, construction, and risk management/insurance firms with extensive knowledge of their respective fields, such as:

  • Ayers Saint Gross
  • Baker Donelson
  • Clark Construction Group
  • Design Collective, Inc.
  • Mahogany, Inc.
  • RCM&D
  • The Poole and Kent Corporation
  • The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
  • Turner Construction

Applying companies must have been in business for at least two years with a minimum gross revenue of $250,000. Applicants must have the ability and willingness to participate in Wednesday evening classes, which will be held once a week over a four-month time frame.

If your company is interested in being considered for an upcoming cohort of the BLocal BUILD, complete the online application below.

You will be redirected to the Johns Hopkins University & Health System Contract Management System homepage. Once there, scroll down to “Vendor Registration,” click on “Apply for Registration,” and follow the instructions provided to complete and submit your company’s online application. All information entered into the system is kept strictly confidential.

If you have any questions, or need help while completing the application, please send an email to [email protected]. Technical support is also available.

Submit the BLocal BUILD College Application

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