Objectives

Chicago Public Schools' needs to deliver FMO services to Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to improve both the operations and management of CPS assets. CPS needs a FMO solution that helps meet local City of Chicago and Board diversity goals, improves facilities operations, and manages the effective tracking and reporting of new hire and incumbent staff.

Solutions

Eco-Alpha delivered on a variety of MBE/WBE engineer staffing and training services. First, transition incumbent workforce seamlessly. Next, Eco-Alpha shifts focus to assessing the skillset of 800+ Local 399 union engineers.

This model provides both Chicago Public Schools with the support needed to move forward in the next phase of program delivery and contract execution.

Benefits

1. For Chicago Public Schools, this successful vendor partner strategy has led to significant gains based on CPS reward criteria (SLAs and KPIs).

2. The MBE/WBE partnership enables Chicago Public Schools to meet contract specific requirements without compromising service.

3. Chicago Public Schools' partnership with Eco-Alpha delivered new service offerings to the client compared to its competitors.