Experienced contract administration and project support for the firms delivering public work and the agencies serving our communities.
“I want to be part of your team!”
— Rich Mutterback
Support for contractors, design-builders, and A/E firms navigating pursuits, contracts, changes, payments, and closeout.
From pursuit to final payment.
Explore contractor & consultant supportAdditional capacity for public teams managing procurement, contract administration, capital projects, and closeout.
From planning to final payment.
Explore municipal & agency supportRich Mutterback is the former Director of Contract Administration for the City of Tampa with more than 22 years of experience in contract administration, civil engineering, utilities, construction project management, and organizational leadership.
Contact Rich“I want to be part of your team!”
— Rich Mutterback
From project pursuit and award through final payment, MLG Consulting provides dedicated contract administration support and strategic advisory services.
We work alongside your existing project managers and executives to navigate owner requirements, manage contractual and administrative responsibilities, and keep project issues moving so your team can focus on successful project delivery.
Providing your team with consistent access to experienced contract administration and advisory support at an agreed upon monthly retainer.
Retainers can be customized based on the number of active projects, anticipated workload, and level of support needed.
Support across pursuits, active contracts, and closeout activities based on the workload your team needs help managing.
Hands-on assistance with documentation, changes, payments, owner correspondence, and reporting, paired with experienced strategic advice.
An agreed scope, support capacity, and monthly fee give your team a clear plan for ongoing help without adding permanent staff.
Monthly retainers are tailored to your project workload and support needs. Covered projects and services are defined together; additional work may be separately scoped depending on complexity.
Public projects operate differently. Procurement rules, documentation expectations, and government decision-making influence how projects move forward and when firms get paid.
MLG helps your team understand how government owners administer contracts, evaluate requests, document decisions, manage changes, and resolve project issues.
Experienced advisory and hands-on support for firms with the expertise to perform public work and limited internal resources for contract administration.
Dedicated contract administration capacity alongside existing project managers and executives managing multiple projects, changes, payments, and owner requirements.
Support for smaller SLBE and minority-owned firms through national A/E organizations, from CCNA pursuits and scope negotiations to contract closeout.
Hands-on contract administration and experienced guidance to support your team throughout the project lifecycle.
Support your pursuit, coordinate proposal requirements, and identify scope and contract risks before committing resources.
Help your team organize owner requirements, documentation procedures, and contract startup activities.
Work alongside your project managers on documentation, owner communication, changes, and payments while keeping executives informed.
Help your team track remaining deliverables, work through outstanding changes, and keep administrative closeout and final payment moving.
Reduce the administrative workload on your project managers and executives, freeing them to focus on delivering the work.
Strengthen change documentation and help advance payments and closeout so completed work can move toward final payment.
Dedicated support at a known monthly fee without the expense and commitment of adding permanent staff.
A letter, email, change request, notice, or claim can have lasting consequences. MLG reviews important correspondence through the eyes of the public owner before you send it.
Discuss a correspondence reviewRich is the former Director of Contract Administration for the City of Tampa with more than 22 years of experience in contract administration, civil engineering, utilities, construction project management, and organizational leadership. His experience includes procurement coordination, professional services selection under Florida’s CCNA, scope and fee negotiations, and design and construction contract administration.
He brings the perspective of someone who has carried the owner’s responsibility: coordinating departments, evaluating requests, documenting decisions, managing public funds, and keeping projects moving.
Through MLG Consulting, LLC, Rich helps project teams identify issues earlier, communicate more effectively, and make better-informed decisions while continuing to serve the community.
Email Rich to discuss where dedicated monthly support could save your team time and keep contract administration moving.
rich@mlgconsultingfl.com(813) 205-4410Capital programs require more than funding and design. They require staff time, coordination, documentation, and consistent follow-through.
MLG works alongside your public works, utilities, engineering, procurement, and project management teams to help administer contracts, address outstanding issues, and keep projects moving.
“I want to be part of your team!”
— Rich Mutterback
A growing capital program, staff vacancy, or backlog of contract actions can stretch even an experienced department.
MLG provides focused support for individual assignments or ongoing assistance across your project portfolio. We help your team manage the administrative demands of public projects while your staff maintains responsibility for agency decisions and approvals.
Scheduled assistance for recurring contract administration and capital program needs.
Focused help with a specific project, contract action, administrative backlog, or closeout effort.
Continuity and additional capacity during vacancies, workload peaks, and organizational changes.
Engagements can be tailored to your agency’s workload, priorities, and procurement requirements.
Prepare projects for a successful start.
Establish clear expectations and workable procedures.
Keep contract actions and project decisions moving.
Help completed projects become completed contracts.
Disaster recovery projects bring urgent community needs and added administrative demands. MLG works alongside your staff on projects funded or reimbursed through FEMA and other federal and state programs, helping coordinate contract administration, project records, and reimbursement documentation.
Help compile scopes, contracts, procurement records, change documentation, invoices, and payment records into a clear, organized project file.
Track outstanding contract actions, costs, documentation requests, and follow-up among agency staff, consultants, contractors, and program representatives.
Assist with assembling supporting documentation, responding to information requests, and tracking unresolved items through reimbursement review and project closeout.
Support can be tailored to a specific recovery project, a backlog of documentation, or ongoing coordination across your recovery portfolio.
Add experienced capacity during vacancies and workload peaks, with focused review of contract actions and project issues.
Improve coordination among departments, consultants, contractors, and other project participants.
Maintain consistent follow-through on documentation, decisions, outstanding items, and closeout.
Rich is the former Director of Contract Administration for the City of Tampa with more than 22 years of experience in contract administration, civil engineering, utilities, construction project management, and organizational leadership. His experience includes procurement coordination, professional services selection under Florida’s CCNA, scope and fee negotiations, and design and construction contract administration.
He brings the perspective of someone who has carried the owner’s responsibility: coordinating departments, evaluating requests, documenting decisions, managing public funds, and keeping projects moving.
Rich understands the responsibility of managing public funds, documenting decisions, supporting staff, and delivering projects that serve the community.
Let’s discuss your capital program, current workload, or an assignment that needs additional attention.
rich@mlgconsultingfl.com(813) 205-4410Consulting and administrative support. Agency decisions and approvals remain with authorized personnel. Services requiring legal, engineering, or accounting licensure remain with the appropriate licensed professionals.