# Engineering and Construction Teaming Partner **URL:** https://draftech.com/partners **Canonical:** https://draftech.com/partners **Updated:** 2026-10-07 **Description:** Draftech is an engineering and construction teaming partner for telecom, power distribution and wireless bids and MSAs. Close your scope gap before award. **Visible word count:** 1233 **Source:** derived from partners.html by projects/content-pipeline/src/sync_blog_ai_mirrors.py - do not hand-edit --- PARTNER ON THE NEXT BID Last reviewed: October 2026 Pursuing a bid that needs engineering your construction firm cannot cover, or construction your engineering firm does not perform? Team with Draftech and bid it as one engineering and construction team. [Get Your First 20,000 LF Free](https://draftech.com/free-design) 44K+ Miles of OSP Designed 2.6M+ Addresses Passed 24 Active States 600+ Engineers Nationwide ## Why bid with an engineering and construction teaming partner Your construction company has the field capability, but the bid also requires engineering capacity you do not have. Or your engineering firm has the design capability, but the opportunity includes a build you do not perform. Draftech International joins as your engineering and construction teaming partner and brings the missing half to a joint proposal, with scope, responsibilities and schedule agreed before award. Without the right partner, a firm either passes on work it could win, or bids with an untested partner and finds the gaps after award: scope nobody priced, permits nobody owns, schedules that do not line up. Teaming starts by resolving those gaps while the proposal can still address them. ## For construction firms that need engineering capacity When a utility, carrier or BEAD master service agreement (MSA) requires survey, design, permit packages and final records along with the build, your firm needs engineers who can deliver them release after release. Draftech is the engineering half of that team. Draftech's engineering is 100% in-house. We bring field survey, route design, high-level design (HLD), low-level design (LLD), pole loading and make-ready engineering, permit packages, construction drawings and as-builts. Your project managers work with one Draftech engineering team from the bid onward; the [OSP engineering](https://draftech.com/services/osp-engineering) page covers the full scope. Before pricing, we walk your estimators through the field verification the design needs and the deliverables the client expects, so your field scope starts exactly where our engineering ends. Your crews know the ground. Access constraints, work methods and sequencing go into the design before the joint proposal is submitted, so the estimate and the delivery plan describe the same job. ## For engineering firms that need a construction partner Your firm can design the project, but the solicitation asks for a team that can also build it. Draftech brings full turnkey construction delivered by Draftech-managed crews under Draftech's QA/QC and safety program, with a single point of accountability for its scope. Before the bid, we settle with your engineers what a drawing package needs before crews are released, who answers design questions from the field and how field changes come back to your team. Your firm keeps its agreed engineering role. Our [utility construction services](https://draftech.com/services/utility-construction/) describe that capability in depth. The teaming discussion connects it to the particular award: boundaries, dependencies, acceptance requirements and the records your team needs to complete its work. For your firm, the payoff is a proposal that shows the client how your approved drawings become a finished build. ## Team across telecom, power distribution and wireless Teaming covers all three markets. The opportunity determines which capabilities belong in the proposal and how the partners divide the work. - **Telecom and wireline fiber:** Two teaming partners can bid the job the way a fiber optic design build firm would: survey, route design, make-ready and permit packages sequenced with the field build, in one joint proposal. - **Power distribution:** Distribution, make-ready and substation work. Draftech's [electric utility engineering](https://draftech.com/services/electric-utility-engineering/) covers the design deliverables, and the joint proposal names which firm responds to the utility's design reviews. - **Wireless:** Draftech brings [wireless engineering](https://draftech.com/services/wireless-engineering/) on the design side, and full turnkey construction of small cell nodes, macro site modifications and new towers, delivered by Draftech-managed crews under Draftech's QA/QC and safety program. As a design-build teaming partner for fiber and utility bids, Draftech can also team on work that crosses markets, such as a fiber route on electric distribution poles, where our in-house engineering covers both the telecom design and the power-side make-ready. ## How we develop the joint proposal ### 1. Qualify the opportunity together We start from the solicitation: the requested work, the project information available, delivery expectations and each firm's role with the client. Missing inputs become questions for the buyer before anyone prices the job. Both sides need a clear reason to pursue it together. ### 2. Assign scope and roles We decide together who primes and which firm carries survey, design, permit coordination, field execution and closeout. We also agree who speaks to the client and who approves changes. A scope boundary needs an owner on both sides, especially where one deliverable releases the next activity. ### 3. Price the shared scope Together we review the combined estimate against the responsibility split, looking for work counted twice, work omitted and assumptions that differ between the partners. Permit revisions, field questions and final documentation need the same attention as the main production scope. We record exclusions and unresolved inputs so the proposal makes the basis of pricing clear. ### 4. Write the joint proposal The joint proposal names both firms and what each one brings. It presents the delivery sequence, responsibilities and scope assumptions as one coordinated plan. The buyer should be able to understand who leads the contract, who delivers each part and how the team handles issues that cross the boundary between firms. ### 5. Onboard after award After award, both firms set up for the client's MSA or contract: its standards, release-order intake, reporting and deliverable review. On recurring work, we agree what a release must contain before anyone starts it and send incomplete requests back to the client for clarification. The teams running the work keep the scope split the proposal promised. ## Keep the client relationship and make handoffs accountable Draftech does not go around you to your client. Your client relationship stays yours, during the bid and after award. We agree on client communications and proposal leadership as part of the teaming arrangement. Each firm also keeps responsibility for its agreed scope. A shared schedule makes the dependencies visible: a permit package needs design inputs, a field release needs the relevant approvals, and final records need verified field information. When those dependencies have named owners, the team can address an issue before it becomes an argument over whose estimate included it. That is how an engineering-plus-construction team lowers delivery risk on an award. A change to a route or release can be assessed for its effect on both scopes before either team proceeds on an outdated basis. ## Capacity and credentials behind the proposal Behind Draftech's half of the proposal: 44,000+ route miles designed, 2.6M+ addresses engineered and 600+ engineers. Active in 24 states. Available across all 50 U.S. states. Draftech is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (Florida Office of Supplier Development, since 2024). Clients across the country count their work with Draftech toward their supplier-diversity goals. When your firm is the prime, that certification is backed by real work: Draftech carries its agreed scope and answers for it. Get Started ## Bring the opportunity, the bid date and the scope gap [Talk with Draftech about teaming](https://draftech.com/contact) before you commit to the bid. Tell us the work you want to pursue and the half your firm is missing. We will review the fit, decide who carries which scope and build the joint proposal around those responsibilities. [info@draftech.com](mailto:info@draftech.com) | [305-306-7407](tel:3053067407) | Miami Lakes, FL ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can Draftech be the prime, or can our firm lead? Draftech can be the prime with your firm on its team, or join your team as a teaming partner. The right structure depends on the solicitation's requirements and how much of the scope each firm carries. ### Should we bring a single bid or an MSA opportunity? Bring either. A single bid needs defined deliverables and a coordinated sequence; an MSA also needs a way to handle every release the client issues over the term of the agreement. ### When should we bring Draftech into a bid? Contact Draftech as soon as your firm decides to pursue the opportunity, before either firm prices its scope. An early start also gives both firms time to line up the people each scope needs before the bid is due. ### Does Draftech have bonding capacity? Draftech has bonding capacity for its scope. Raise the bid's bonding requirements during qualification so the joint proposal accounts for them. ### What should we send for the first discussion? The solicitation and any scope documents you have, the bid date, the role you want your firm to play and the scope you need Draftech to carry. List any requirements still open; those are the first decisions for the joint proposal.