SMALL, MINORITY, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS CONFERENCE How to Get in the Game and Stay in the Game Bexar County and City of San Antonio SMALL BUSINESS GUIDE TO PROCUREMENT, FINANCING, AND SUPPORT SPONSORED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMAN BUSINESS OWNERS-SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER BEAR AUDIO/VIDEO
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Bexar County... Travis County... City of San Antonio... Edwards Aquifer Authority... Port of San Antonio... San Antonio Housing Authority... San Antonio River Authority... San Antonio Water System... Southwest Research... University Health System... VIA Metropolitan Transit... www.bexar.org www.co.travis.tx.us www.sanantonio.gov www.edwardsaquifer.org www.portsanantonio.us www.saha.org www.sara-tx.org www.saws.org www.swri.org www.universityhealthsystem.com www.viainfo.net STATE AGENCIES State of Texas Building and Procurement Commission... Commission on Environmental Quality... Comptroller of the State of Texas... Department of Criminal Justice... Department of Housing and Community Affairs.. Department of Public Safety... Guaranteed Student Loan Corp... General Land Office... Health and Human Services Commission... Lottery Commission... Office of Attorney General... School for the Deaf... Racing Commission... Youth Commission... Workforce Commission... www.tbpc.state.tx.us www.tceq.state.tx.us www.cpa.state.tx.us www.tdcj.state.tx.us www.tdhca.state.tx.us www.txdps.state.tx.us www.tgsic.org www.glo.state.tx.us www.hhsc.state.tx.us www.lottery.state.tx.us www.oag.state.tx.us www.tsd.state.tx.us www.txrc.state.tx.us www.tyc.state.tx.us www.twc.state.tx.us
FEDERAL AGENCIES Military Air Force... www.selltoairforce.org Army... www.army.mil Army... www.sellingtoarmy.com Navy... www.navy.mil Defense Logistics Agency... www.dla.mil Brooks City-Base... www.brooks.af.mil Lackland AFB... www.lackland.af.mil Randolph AFB... www.randolph.af.mil U.S Government Department of Energy... www.doe.gov Department of Health and Human Services... www.hhs.gov Department of Homeland Security... www.dhs.gov Department of Housing and Urban Development... www.hud.gov Department of the Interior... www.doi.gov Department of Transportation... www.ost.dot.gov Department of State... www.state.gov Environmental Protection Agency... www.epa.gov General Services Administration... www.gsa.gov National Aeronautics and Space Administration... www.nasa.gov National Science Foundation... www.nsf.gov Postal Service... www.usps.gov Veteran Administration... www.va.gov Small Business Administration... www.sba.gov Local... www.sba.gov/tx/sanantonio Small Disadvantaged Business Certification Program... www.sba.gov/sdb HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program... www.sba.gov/hubzone NAICS Standardized Codes... www.sba.gov/size CCR/Pro-Net... www.ccr.gov Fedbizopps... www.fedbizopps.gov Gateway for selling to the federal government... www.womenbiz.gov or www.business.gov SBA Office of International Trade... www.sba.gov/oit Veterans Business Development... www.sba.gov/vets
UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES Alamo Community College District... www.accd.edu Texas A&M University Prairie View A&M University... www.pvamu.edu Texas A&M Health Science Center... www.tamhsc.edu Texas A&M International University... www.tamiu.edu Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi... www.tamucc.edu Texas A&M University-Commerce... www.tamu-commerce.edu Texas A&M University-Kingsville... www.tamuk.edu Texas A&M University-Texarkana... www.tamut.edu West Texas A&M University... www.wtamu.edu Tarleton State University... www.tarleton.edu The University of Texas-Pan American... www.panam.edu University of Texas... www.utexas.edu University of Texas Health Science Center.. www.uthscsa.edu University of Texas at San Antonio... www.utsa.edu University of Texas System... www.utsystem.edu Wayland Baptist University... www.wbu.edu
CORPORATIONS Alpha Building Company... AT&T Center... Best Buy... Boeing... CPS Energy... Cendant... Centex,Inc... Clear Channel Communications... Dell... Earth Tech... H-E-B... Hertz... Humana... OfficeMax... S&B Infrastructure Services... Southwest Airlines... SpawGlass... The RK Group... Time Warner Cable... Toyota... Zachry... www.alphabuilding.com www.attcenter.net www.bestbuy.com www.boeing.com www.cpsenergy.com www.cendant.com www.centex.com www.clearchannel.com www.dell.com www.earthtech.com www.heb.com www.hertz.com www.humana.com www.officemax.com www.sbinfra.com www.swa.aecglobal.com www.spawglass.com www.therkgroup.com www.timewarner.com www.toyotasupplier.com www.zachry.com
FINANCING Small Business Administration... www.sba.gov Grant Information... www.grants.gov Small Business Innovative Research... www.sba.gov/sbir Small Business Investment Company Program... www.sba.gov/financing/capital/investment Surety Bond Program... www.sba.gov/financing/bonds Disaster Recovery... www.sba.gov/disaster_recov Franchise Opportunities... www.franchiseregistry.com ACCION... www.acciontexas.org Bank of America... www.bankofamerica.com Business Loan Express... www.bixonline.com Capital One... www.capitalone.com Community Development Loan Fund... www.cdlf.net Compass Bank... www.compassbank.com Frost Bank... www.frostbank.com Laredo National Bank... www.lnb.com Nationwide Insurance... www.nationwide.com South Texas Business Fund... www.sotexbizfund.com Washington Mutual... www.wamu.com Wells Fargo... www.wellsfargo.com TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers www.aptac-us.org City of San Antonio Public Library... www.sanantonio.gov/library San Antonio Business Journal... www.bizjournals.com Small Business Administration... www.sba.gov SBDCNet... www.sbdcnet.utsa.edu UTSA-Small Business Development Center... www.iedtexas.org/sasbdc Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)... www.sanantonioscore.org SBA's Online Women's Business Center... www.onlinewbc.gov U.S Business Advisory... www.business.gov SBA Office of Advocacy... www.sba.gov/advo Resources... www.women-21.gov and www.sba.gov/women
CERTIFICATION AGENCIES South Central Texas Regional Certification Agency... www.sctrca.org Central and South Texas Minority Business Council... www.cstmbc.org Women Business Enterprise Alliance... www.wbea-texas.org Texas Building & Procurement Commission... www.tbpc.state.tx.us CHAMBERS & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS National Association of Women Business Owners-San Antonio... Alamo City Chamber of Commerce... Associated General Contractors- San Antonio Chapter... Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce... Hispanic Contractors Association... North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce... San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce... San Antonio Women's Chamber... Surety Association of South Texas... West San Antonio Chamber of Commerce... www.nawbo-sa.org www.alamocitychamber.org www.sanantonioagc.org www.sachamber.org www.hca-sa.org www.northsachamber.com www.sahcc.org www.sawomenschamber.org www.suretystx.com www.westsachamber.org The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the voice of America's 10.6 million women-owned businesses. NAWBO is recognized as the only organization that represents exclusively the interests of women business owners worldwide. The San Antonio Chapter was formed in 1997 to serve the over 53,000 privately held women-owned businesses in the metropolitan area. These firms employ 128,397 people and generate nearly $15 billion in sales to the local economy. Since 1997, NAWBO-SA has helped women evolve their businesses by sharing resources and providing a single voice to shape economic and public policy. City of San Antonio Small Business Office www.sanantonio/gov/edd Bexar County Small, Minority, Women Owned Business Enterprise Program www.bexar.org/smwbe