New Five Capabilities framework and buyer’s checklist help procurement, EHS, and operational leaders evaluate safety and performance transformation partners beyond training volume, deliverables, and price.
Austin, TX – June 16, 2026 – Organizations invest significant time and resources in safety, culture, and performance initiatives. Yet many struggle to achieve the lasting change and sustained operational results.
According to JMJ, the challenge often begins long before implementation. Procurement processes frequently focus on factors that are easy to specify and compare, such as training volume, deliverables, staffing levels, and price. While these factors are important, they don’t always reflect the capabilities that drive meaningful operational change.
To help address this challenge, JMJ has launched a practical Buyer’s Guide designed for procurement, EHS, operational, and executive leaders involved in selecting and overseeing safety and performance transformation work.
The guide introduces a Five Capabilities framework to help buyers evaluate factors that consistently influence long-term safety and performance outcomes:
It also includes a practical buyer’s checklist to help organizations strengthen RFQs and RFPs, evaluate proposals, assess commercial models, and make more informed final selection decisions.
Over the years, we’ve seen organizations invest heavily in safety and performance initiatives that were well-designed, professionally delivered, and fully compliant, yet failed to create lasting change,” said Andre Limby, Senior Account Executive, JMJ. “In many cases, the issue wasn’t execution. It was that procurement processes were rewarding activity rather than the capabilities that influence how leaders make decisions, how risk is managed, and how organizations operate under pressure.”
The guide explores common procurement pitfalls, practical approaches to writing RFQs and RFPs, commercial considerations, and the questions buyers should ask before issuing a tender or selecting a partner.
The release comes at a time when organizations across construction, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, mining, and other high-risk industries face increasing pressure to strengthen safety performance while delivering complex projects and operational outcomes.
The Five Capabilities framework and buyer’s checklist are intended to give organizations a more practical way to evaluate what drives success,” Limby added. “Our goal is to help buyers move beyond comparing activity and begin evaluating the conditions that support lasting change.”
The Buyer’s Guide is intended for procurement professionals, EHS leaders, operations leaders, project executives, and others involved in selecting and overseeing safety and performance transformation initiatives. The Buyer’s Guide is available for immediate download. Download the Buyer’s Guide.
About JMJ
For almost 40 years, JMJ has helped organizations create breakthrough results in safety and business performance. Through consulting expertise and proprietary technologies, JMJ works with leaders and frontline teams to build stronger cultures and achieve sustainable business outcomes. www.jmj.com
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