Online Resources

  GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
SBA Portal - Government Contracting Opportunities
  http://www.sba.gov/GC/indexresources.html
  The Office of Government Contracting (GC) works to create an environment for maximum participation by small, disadvantaged, and woman-owned businesses in federal government contract awards and large prime subcontract awards. GC advocates on behalf of small business in the federal procurement world.
 
SBA's Surety Bond Program
  http://www.sba.gov/financing/bonds/whatis.html
  SBA's Homepage on Surety Bonding Program. By law, prime contractors to the federal government must post surety bonds on federal construction projects valued at $25,000 or more. The SBA can guarantee bid, performance and payment bonds for contracts up to $1.25 million for small businesses that cannot obtain bonds through regular commercial channels.
 
SBA's Pro-Net (PROCUREMENT MARKETING AND ACCESS NETWORK )
  http://pro-net.sba.gov/
  Pro-Net is an electronic gateway of procurement information -- for and about small businesses. It is a search engine for contracting officers, a marketing tool for small firms and a "link" to procurement opportunities and important information. It is designed to be a "virtual" one-stop-procurement-shop.
 
Federal Marketplace
  http://www.fedmarket.com/
  Fedmarket.com is an online community for government buyers and vendors. The site is owned and operated by Wood River Technologies, Inc., a private company located in Sun Valley, Idaho. a top government contracting resource by public and private organizations throughout North America. Free site content includes news, expert advice, "how to" articles, a highly focused bid search engine, and the world's largest database of U.S.-based government vendors.
 
Federal Acquisition Jump Station
  http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/fedproc/home.html
  Your link to federal acquisitions on the Internet. Procurement and Acquisition Sites by Contracting Activity.
 
Texas Business Advisor
  http://www.window.state.tx.us/tba/procure.html
  Links to Federal, State of Texas and local government procurement sites. Links to Windows on State Government and the Texas Comproller of Public Accounts. Two commercial sites with extensive free information on the subject are Government Contract and Business Resources and GovCon.
 
Texas Marketplace
  http://www.marketplace.state.tx.us/
  Texas Marketplace is a free online tool that the State of Texas uses to facilitate electronic commerce, including government procurement and private-sector opportunities.
 
Bidengine
  http://www.bidengine.com/
  Bidengine is a specialized bid opportunity search engine that scours thousands of procurement pages containing opportunities to sell products and services. Bidengine finds bid and proposal opportunities posted by international, federal, state, city and county governments, along with universities, school districts and public buying cooperatives.
 
Federal Government Procurement Opportunties
  http://federalcontract.about.com/cs/procurementscbd/
  2002 About, Inc.'s links to federal government procurement and subcontracting opportunities and procurement search engines. Information on federal industry, state industry, education industry, international industry, grants, contracts, legal resources, small businesss, e-commerce, business tools, and a subject library and more.
 
FedBizOpps
  http://www.fbo.gov/
  FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Through one portal - FedBizOpps (FBO) - commercial vendors seeking Federal markets for their products and services can search, monitor and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire Federal contracting community.
 
Doing Business with TXDOT
  http://www.dot.state.tx.us/txdot.htm
  Find the information you need for contracting with TxDOT (Texas Department of Transportation). See what is happening in the precertification area and find other useful links including Design Standards, Policy and Procedure Manuals, Business Opportunity Programs
 
Texas Building & Procurement Commission
  http://www.tbpc.state.tx.us
  Formerly the Texas General Services Commission, The Texas Building & Procurement Commission's website provides information on how to buy from and how to sell to the State of Texas, how to get on the State of Texas Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL), how to become a qualified informtion systems vendor, and how to become a Certified Historically Underutilized Businesss (HUB, and how to view bids and tabulations. Also includes business resources information.
 
City of El Paso Purchasing Department
  http://www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/purchasing/bnrfp.htm
  City of El Paso Purchasing Department's bid listing and contact information for doing business with the City of El Paso.
 
SBA HUBzone Empowerment Contracting Program
  https://eweb1.sba.gov/hubzone/internet/
  The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting program provides federal contracting opportunities for qualified small businesses located in distressed areas. Fostering the growth of these federal contractors as viable businesses, for the long term, helps to empower communities, create jobs, and attract private investment.
 
El Paso County Purchasing Department Bid Listing
  http://www.epcounty.com/purchasing/bidding.htm
  Current bid listing of El Paso County.
 
El Paso Contract Opportunities Center (COC)
  http://www.elpasococ.org
  The COC web site is a resource for businesses in El Paso County to find useful information about contract opportunities and what they can do to help your business grow. Bid opportunities, calendar of events, and links are featured as part COC's on-line resources and assistance.
 

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