A US Small Business Administration HUBZone Certified Company

Sherman Consulting’s expertise in administrative services is our ability to work effectively with our client’s project estimators. Our professional consultants provide accurate and detailed information to estimators, which translates into the preparation of a bid proposal that will save our client’s time and money. Sherman Consulting provides a full range of estimator assistance to include but is not limited to the following:

Work with your estimators to find potential subcontracting partners:

• Hold public contractor outreach sessions on Guam or the CNMI to explain and
  present the needs of our clients from potential subcontractors

• ​Work with the Guam Contractor’s Association to investigate the work history of potential subcontractor partners

• Work with the Guam Contractor’s Board to verify the status of subcontractors with licensures and investigations

• Work with the Guam Department of Labor to verify the status of employee
  complaints against the subcontractor

 

Work with the estimators to research materials pricing on Guam and the CNMI

• Verify types of materials related to the project that is sold on Guam or the CNMI Verify quantity of materials inventory

• Verify time required to replace inventory to Guam or the CNMI

• Verify material suppliers’ credit terms available to large contractors
  with the estimators to research equipment leasing or rentals on Guam or the CNMI

• Verify types of equipment available on Guam or the CNMI

• Verify cost of lease and rental of equipment on Guam or the CNMI

• Verify shipping time to bring in new equipment required for job
  with estimators to research the cost of warehousing and lay down yard area on Guam or the CNMI

• Work with local realtors to find land/warehousing near the project site

• Work with local realtors to negotiate price for lease/rental/purchase of necessary land/warehousing

• Work with estimators to research the cost of labor housing costs

• Work with local realtors to find suitable housing for management and regular lower level staff

• Work with local realtors to negotiate a price for the lease/rental/purchase

 

Work with estimators to identify service providers for workforce logistics

• Food service for labor

• Transportation for labor

• Morale and Welfare for labor

 

Work with our clients’ Accounting department to establish how payroll and tax liabilities work on Guam or the CNMI

• Assign Sherman Consulting staff member to work directly with our clients’ Attorney staff to establish costs for tax liabilities for doing business on Guam or the CNMI

• Assign Sherman Consulting staff to work directly with our clients’ Accounting staff to establish payroll requirements and other local with holding requirements for labor

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LOCAL LIASION / PUBLIC RELATIONS REPRESENTATION
Conducting business in a foreign country is difficult. Guam and the Pacific Region for all intents
and purposes, is like a foreign country due to its remoteness and unique regulatory environments.
Finding dependable, knowledgeable and effective local personnel to work with other locals in the
foreign country is imperative. Sherman Consulting offers clients professional local representation
which includes the following:

• Coordination of logistics for visits by our clients’ staff
• Booking of Hotels (at local discounted rates)
• Booking of vehicles (at local discounted rates)
• Creation of daily agenda and meeting schedule for our clients’ staff
• Arrangements and confirmations for meetings with Government Officials, Regulatory agencies, materials, suppliers, subcontractors, etc
• Escorting, Driving and attending meetings with our clients’ staff
• Handling interaction with local and state regulatory agencies in order to ensure smooth
compliance with local regulations
• Liaison work with the state legislature and municipal governments to monitor local
legislation and laws which affect our clients’ business
• Management of local media and the press to maintain a favorable media presence

• Liaison work with local grass roots organizations which may not be in support of the
proposed project
• Management and organization of culturally sensitive customs on project sites
• Management of community interaction and community event sponsorships

 

LOCAL LABOR RECRUITMENT
Local Recruitment is a necessary (DOD Required) component for any firm entering the Guam
market. Sherman Consulting’s principles have a history in the Marianas that goes back 500
years, so our team members are well known and are respected members of the community. As
part of our basic service to our clients, we offer Human Resource vetting in which we would
conduct background checks on our client’s local applicants. This includes interviews with past
employers, criminal background checks, court proceedings research and community interviews
regarding reputations. Sherman Consulting also offers a unique political background check to
verify political affiliations. This is important for clients as Guam is a very small community and
often an employee’s political affiliations transfer to the employer through association and that
association can be detrimental to a client’s needs in the future. Sherman also has experience in
organizing and managing local labor job fairs on behalf of clients. At these job fairs, Sherman
Consulting’s staff collect and mine resume data on behalf of our client. This data mining provides
a quick snap shot of available labor pool on Guam, which can then drive human resource
management decisions regarding local recruitment on Guam.

 

FOREIGN LABOR RECRUITMENT*(separate fee structure)*
Alien Labor Processing and Certification is a very detailed and time consuming effort. The
process is so loaded with bureaucracy, that it seems done purposely in order to discourage alien
labor hiring. With that said, however Sherman Consulting has dedicated full time staff on Guam
and in the Philippines who, process alien labor documents on behalf of our client. The difference
between our service and the service of others is that Sherman Consulting integrates risk
management capabilities in order to provide clients with the best labor force available with the
lowest risk of potential liability. We also have skin in the game as we have gone through the
process ourselves for employees. This means we understand the challenges and issues that
come up during the processing, interviewing, verification of documents, arrival on Guam, social
and religions implications as well as injury and illnesses which happen during the course of hiring
foreign labor. Our partners in the Philippines also understand this and we have partnered with
them to conduct extensive review of applicants to ensure that the “challenges and issues” are
nearly nonexistent with our recruits. Because of this, Sherman Consulting offers a 100%
guarantee on our recruits. If a recruit fails to meet the standards of our clients or if fraud is
identified, crime is committed or sickness occurs unrelated to his/her work, then Sherman
Consulting will replace the recruit free of charge to the client. This service is not included in our
basic representative services but can be quoted separately based on a per recruit fee. Previous
clients include Forest Wheeler, Loyds, Citi Construction, RPR Enterprises, Bridge Investment
Group and some defense projects in Australia.