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Local Content Certification Standard

What it establishes

A uniform methodology for evaluating, scoring, and verifying local content practices across every sector with public contract, grant, or regulatory compliance obligations.

How it works

Once registered, firms complete a hundred-point assessment across all seven pillars. Each pillar is scored independently by an accredited assessor. Every pillar requires a minimum threshold. No single strong score carries a weak one.

Assessment Framework

Seven pillars.
Each independently scored.

Supply Chain

How your company sources work from local small businesses.

What this pillar assesses

Local supplier engagement. Documented evidence of active contracting relationships with local and regional vendors, verified against project spend and procurement records.
Sourcing documentation. Purchase records, vendor agreements, and origin documentation maintained at the evidentiary standard required by the applicable regulatory or funding program.
Content threshold capacity. Demonstrated and repeatable ability to meet local content percentage requirements across project types, sectors, and jurisdictions.

Scoring basis

Documentation quality, verifiability of supplier relationships, demonstrated compliance history across prior engagements, and alignment of procurement systems with applicable regulatory frameworks.

Workforce

How your company hires and trains local workers over time.

What this pillar assesses

Local hiring records. Employment documentation showing the origin and classification of workers hired, maintained by project, period, and applicable program requirement.
Skills training and development. Documented investment in workforce training, apprenticeship participation, and skills certification by worker and project engagement.
Wage and labor compliance. Payroll records, wage rate documentation, and labor compliance files maintained at the standard required for audit and program reporting.

Scoring basis

Completeness of payroll and hiring records, depth of apprenticeship documentation, demonstrated longitudinal local hiring patterns, and training investment per worker relative to applicable program thresholds.

Community

How your company invests in communities where you operate.

What this pillar assesses

Direct benefit delivery. Documented investment in community facilities, services, or programs tied directly to project activity and verifiable against committed outcomes.
Social outcome alignment. Records demonstrating contribution to education, health, housing, mobility, or infrastructure goals relevant to the host community.
Economic impact documentation. Measurable evidence of job creation, local payroll contribution, and business activity generated within the project community.

Scoring basis

Specificity and verifiability of benefit delivery records, alignment with committed program outcomes, and measurability of claimed community impact.

Stakeholders

How your company engages local groups in project planning.

What this pillar assesses

Engagement records. Documented participation of local residents, organizations, and partners across planning, design, and oversight phases of each project.
Feedback and response documentation. Written records of community input received and responses provided, maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
Inclusive participation practices. Evidence that engagement activities are accessible, culturally appropriate, and conducted in the languages and formats used by the affected community.

Scoring basis

Consistency of engagement across project stages, completeness of participation documentation, and quality of response to community input.

Measurement

How your company tracks and reports on its local activity.

What this pillar assesses

Standardized metrics. Consistent definitions and measures applied uniformly across all projects and reporting periods, not adjusted to meet individual program thresholds.
Complete and current records. Documentation maintained without gaps, reconciled at each reporting period, and accessible for review at any stage of the project lifecycle.
Program reporting alignment. Internal systems calibrated to meet the reporting frequency and format requirements of each applicable funding or regulatory program.

Scoring basis

Systemic quality of measurement infrastructure, consistency of metric application, documentation completeness, and capacity to manage concurrent program obligations.

Communications

How your company shares its local commitments and results.

What this pillar assesses

Commitment transparency. Published documentation of local content commitments made at project initiation, accessible to affected communities and oversight bodies.
Performance reporting. Periodic public updates on local content delivery maintained throughout the project period and reconciled against original commitments at close.
Culturally appropriate outreach. Evidence that communication formats, languages, and channels are adapted to the norms and accessibility needs of the communities served.

Scoring basis

Completeness of public disclosure records, consistency of communication cadence, and accessibility of materials to affected community members.

Risk

How your company stays qualified for contracts and grants.

What this pillar assesses

Compliance history. Documented record of adherence to local content requirements across prior engagements, including any corrective actions taken and their resolution.
Eligibility maintenance. Active program registrations, certifications, and qualification records kept current across all applicable contracts, grants, and approval programs.
Internal governance. Defined accountability structures assigning responsibility for local content compliance, with documented processes for identifying and resolving risk.

Scoring basis

Compliance history quality, completeness of eligibility maintenance records, robustness of internal governance, and capacity to respond to regulatory inquiries without program disruption.

Scoring and Maintenance

How certification is maintained.

100pts

Composite Maximum

Each pillar must independently meet its minimum threshold. A high composite does not compensate for a deficient pillar.

12mo

Validity Period

Annual re-assessment against current performance data. Prior certification does not guarantee renewal.

3rd

Party Verified

All scoring by accredited independent assessors. Status publicly verifiable through the Local Content Certification Registry.

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How Local Content Works

Local Content is the infrastructure compliance, risk, and trust intelligence platform that powers supplier, workforce, and community benefit investment performance data. The exact metrics governments require of developers, primes, contractors, suppliers, nonprofits, and institutional investors to approve contracts, grants, and incentives that create tangible local economic development.

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