Name: City of Austin Small Business Contracting Forum
Start: 30/03/2022 01:00 PM +00:00
End: 30/03/2022 10:00 PM +00:00

The mission of the Texas Department of Information Resources (TXDIR)&nbsp; is to serve the Texas government by leading the state's technology strategy, protecting state technology infrastructure, and offering innovative and cost-effective solutions for all levels of government.

Texas Department of Information Resources (TXDIR)

The Human Resources Department works to position the City of Austin as an employer of choice through balanced, efficient, and collaborative strategic partnerships. We support and develop a high performing and diverse workforce that fosters a healthy, safe, respectful, and productive work environment for employees and their families, City departments, and the community. The City of Austin has a workforce of approximately 13,500 in more than 40 departments that offer a range of services. &nbsp;HR helps define competitive benefits and compensation.
To learn more watch the video below. To apply for a job, visit the E-Career site. https://www.austincityjobs.org/

Human Resources Department

CapMetro&rsquo;s mission is to provide quality public transportation choices for our community that meet the needs of our growing region. With the highest per capita ridership in Texas, CapMetro serves almost 3,000 bus stops with metro, flyer and express routes and UT Shuttle service.&nbsp;
CapMetro provides MetroAccess service for passengers with disabilities, plus van and carpool coordination. MetroRail is a regional rail system offering service to communities between the City of Leander and the Convention Center in Downtown Austin.&nbsp;
MetroBike is a bike rental service with most locations located in the city's urban core.&nbsp;
For more information including an online trip planner, visit www.capmetro.org or call (512) 474-1200.
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Capital Metro

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department has been the steward of the City of Austin&rsquo;s public lands since 1928. &nbsp;As such, we protect and maintain parkland and our urban forest. We preserve trails, and offer a variety of sports, recreation, educational enrichment, arts programs, cultural opportunities, nature and aquatic activities.
Our Department is as diverse as the community we serve. As in so many aspects of life, the key to running a successful organization is having the ability to strike a balance between young and old, tradition and innovation, and the needs of one versus the needs of many. Keeping this in mind, our employees continually strive to honor the past while embracing the challenges of the future, and to serve an entire community while maintaining meaningful connections with individual participants.

PARKS AND RECREATION

Austin&rsquo;s Fleet Mobility Service department proudly supports the many departments providing City services to America&rsquo;s 11th largest city.
Established as its own department in the late 1960s with just a few hundred vehicles, it now manages 7,000+ fleet assets across 25 departments. Departments include public works and emergency services, such as Fire, Police and EMS, as well as Austin&rsquo;s owned utilities &mdash; Austin Energy, Austin Water, and Austin Resource Recovery.
Fleet Mobility Services manages a comprehensive full life cycle management program. These services include budget, acquisition, make ready, repair and maintenance, accident management and disposal including maintaining 42 City owned fuel sites.

City of Austin Fleet Mobility Services

The Austin Public Library system is part of the City of Austin and includes:
Central Library 20 Library Branches Recycled Reads Austin History Center Books and Beyond The Austin Public Library provides knowledge, technology and inspiration to the Austin community. The Library is a hub of books and education, a meeting place of minds and an incubator of ideas.
Intellectual Freedom We work hard to engage residents from all walks of life in a safe and respectful environment &ndash; free and open to all in accordance with the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights.
Library Priorities
Our efforts and resources and the programs, services, and materials we offer are tied to these priorities:
Literacy Advancement Workforce and Economic Development Digital Inclusion, STEM and Computer Training Outreach and Community Engagement Staff Development Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Austin Public Library

A responsible steward of the lower Colorado River, LCRA provides energy services and water to more than a million people in Central Texas.&nbsp;
Created by the Texas Legislature in 1934, LCRA manages the river and six dams that form the Highland Lakes to help protect downstream communities from floods and provides a water supply.
LCRA generates electricity at a network of power plants, and builds and maintains a transmission system that helps move power across Texas. LCRA's power portfolio includes coal, gas, hydro and wind.&nbsp;
LCRA operates 42 parks and natural science centers from San Saba to Matagorda Bay. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of the Texans we serve through water stewardship, energy and community service.
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LCRA - Lower Colorado River Authority (Supply Management)

How to do Business with Travis County and HUB Outreach.&nbsp; The HUB Program objective is to ensure minority and Woman-owned businesses receive fair and equal opportunity to participate in the county&#39;s procurement process.&nbsp; Please feel free to download any documents you need from my booth.&nbsp; I am here to answer any questions you may have regarding Travis County and how we conduct business.&nbsp; 
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Travis County Purchasing - HUB Office

We are working to achieve Zero Waste, which means reducing the amount of valuable discards (recyclable/compostable/reusable materials) being sent to area landfills by 90 percent by 2040.

Austin Resource Recovery

Financial Services&nbsp;
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDKZTUlNzz3rw9QrKtAmZG6aID6j9QSrP 
Budget Budget is responsible for monitoring the financial performance for all City departments.
Contact: 512-974-2610 | 301 West Second Street, Third Floor, Austin, TX 78701
Capital Contracting Capital Contracting mission is to procure and manage contracts supporting capital project delivery.
Contact: 512-974-7181 | One Texas Center 505 Barton Springs Road, 3rd Floor, Austin, TX 78704
The City Controller The Controller provides financial information and support to employees and vendors for services provided.
Contact: 512-974-2600 | 124 West Eighth Street, Suite 140, Austin, TX 78701
Public Private Partnership Program The Public Private Partnership Program is implementing a new facilities acquisition approach to meet the City&rsquo;s current and future administrative office needs.
Contact:512-974-7604
Purchasing Purchasing is responsible for managing the procurement of goods and services for the entire City.
Contact: 512-974-2500 | 124 West Eighth Street, Suite 308, Austin, TX 78701 &nbsp;
Telecommunications &amp; Regulatory Affairs (TARA) Telecommunications &amp; Regulatory Affairs (TARA) provides consumer protection, access to information and communications technology resources and infrastructure, and generates revenue to support City services.
Contact: 512-974-2999 | 811 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas 78704
Treasury Treasury is responsible for managing the City&rsquo;s cash resources, investments and debt.
Contact: 512-974-7890 | &nbsp;919 Congress Ave, Suite 1250, Austin, Texas 78701
Unclaimed Property Every year, various departments of the City of Austin report unclaimed cash and valuables, from un-cashed checks, deposits, refunds, over payments or any other transactions creating a credit balance valued at $100 or less.
Contact: 512-974-7890 Austin Finance Online The City's Finance Department provides an online resource for all its financial documents and procedures. Visit Austin Finance Online to access these resources.

Financial Services Department - Purchasing 

The Small Business Division provides business training, educational events, and coaching to empower entrepreneurs. Our mission is to foster job creation and support the growth of new and existing businesses by providing capacity-building information, tools, and resources.

Economic Development Department

Capital Contracting's vision is to be a valuable Business Partner Capital Project delivery.&nbsp;
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Our mission is to procure and manage contracts supporting capital project delivery resulting in an improved quality of life for all which we do through procuring Construction and Professional Services contracts for the City of Austin. Are you interested in working on City projects?
Stop by our room under the rooms button and&nbsp;say hi we'd love to chat with you!

Financial Services - Capital Contracting

Communications and Technology Management (CTM) is the City of Austin&#39;s information technology (IT) services department, delivering innovative solutions and operational expertise to both City of Austin staff and residents. From desktops to cloud solutions, we provide direct IT support to many City of Austin staffers. Additionally, we partner with IT teams across the City to provide our expertise and advance operational efficiencies. Our mission is &quot;to innovate and enable services for our community that will make Austin more livable.&quot;

Communications and Technology Management

Owned and operated by the City of Austin, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is the second-fastest growing, mid-sized airport in the United States. Austin-Bergstrom is also an economic engine in Central Texas, supplying over 74,000 direct and indirect jobs in the Central Texas region.&nbsp;
Its reflection of local food, music, art, and customer service has earned Austin-Bergstrom recognition&mdash;including Runner-Up for Best U.S. Airport in Fodor&rsquo;s 2019 Travel Awards.

City of Austin Aviation Department

The Austin Police Department serves the residents of Austin through neighborhood-based patrol, investigating crimes, providing traffic control, and answering in excess of 1.15 million emergency and non-emergency calls for service annually.
Patrol officers are dispatched to over 350,000 of these calls and work an additional 162,000 self-initiated calls.&nbsp;The Austin Police Department strives to keep Austin one of the safest large cities in the nation with a violent crime rate among the lowest for peer cities.

Austin Police Department 

The Small &amp; Minority Business Resources Department (SMBR) administers the Minority- Owned, Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Procurement Programs for the City of Austin.
Our mission is to promote access and equity on City of Austin contracts, providing economic opportunity to small, minority-owned, women-owned, and disadvantaged businesses.
The City&rsquo;s MBE/WBE/DBE department:
<ul>
<li>Promotes and encourages minority, women, and disadvantaged business owners to participate in business opportunities with the City of Austin;</li>
<li>Assist certified businesses and businesses seeking certification with learning about opportunities available on the 2016 Corridor Mobility Bond Divisions of SMBR: Certification, Compliance, and Resources.</li>
<li>Divisions of SMBR:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.austintexas.gov/department/certification">Certification</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.austintexas.gov/department/contract-compliance">Compliance</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.austintexas.gov/department/resources-0">Resources</a>.</li>
<li>SMBR's Certification team can also review State of Texas Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) applications when submitted with a Minority- and/or Women-Owned Business certification application. If approved, the State will issue the HUB certification.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Is in the process of conducting a Disparity Study.&nbsp; For more information, visit http://austin.disparity-study.com&nbsp;</li>
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Small and Minority Business Resources

The Building Services Department (BSD) manages and supports over 330 City buildings and facilities including Austin City Hall, the Austin Animal Center and Public Health complex, Police and Fire Academies, Fire, EMS, and Police stations, One Texas Center, 311 operations center, the Permitting and Development Center (PDC), and the historic City Municipal Building.
BSD helps support the Government That Works for All strategic outcome within the City and is responsible for facilities planning, roofing, flooring, fencing, building remodels, custodial, carpentry, plumbing, elevators, pest control, automatic doors and gates, HVAC, asbestos and lead abatement, electrical, security, locksmith, property management, safety, project management, and mail services for City facilities.

City of Austin Building Services Department

Texas Veterans Commission, Veteran Entrepreneur Program

Thank you for joining us, please use this time to take a look at the Hublio platform and explore all that we have to offer you today.&nbsp; We're excited about our programming and our breakout sessions.&nbsp; Please remember to review your commodity codes with one of our procurement staff members, to network with one another virtually and to visit the virtual exhibit hall later today.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Jenni Knetl

2022 SBCF Networking and Platform Exploration

Join us for Welcoming Remarks from City Manager Spencer Cronk. We want to do business with you.&nbsp;

Spencer Cronk

Alena Newberry

Welcome Remarks

Attendees will learn more about City of Austin day-to-day operations during the 2022 SBCF Opening Session with James Scarboro, Chief Procurement Officer; Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Economic Development Director, and Rolando Fernandez, Capital Contracting Officer from the Procurement Office. We will discuss COVID enhancements to the way that the City of Austin conducts business.&nbsp;
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Sylnovia Holt-Rabb

Rolando Fernandez,

James Scarboro

Alicia Dean

Eddie Bynog

Opening Session

Join us as we talk about the technology industry in and around Austin. We will discuss the technology based opportunities within the City and learn more about the needs of other organizations. This session is not just for tech folks.&nbsp; We are finding that the industry also has a need for busines owners with expertise in project management and strategic communications.&nbsp;

Chris Stewart

Melvin White

Al Sarria

Tom Hay

Tom O'Neil

Blender Hill

Kerrica Laake

Tech Talk: A Discussion for Businesses Looking for Technology Opportunities

This session is designed to help small business owners learn about the various financing and small business loan programs from the City of Austin and local Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs).&nbsp;

Raquel Valdez Sanchez

Alma Valdez Brown

Alejandro Guajardo

Sheyenne Alvarez

Casey Ubias

Small Business Financing

Is your business new to the City?&nbsp;
This session will help attendees get started with the City's Vendor Database Austin Finance Online.&nbsp;
We will show you how to navigate the database to find out how to register and where to local current and closed solicitations (goods or services that the City purchases).&nbsp;

Reve Crayton

How to Register your Business for City of Austin Opportunities

Runway to Opportunities 2022 - Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) is growing. This session is designed to highlight the Airport&rsquo;s Expansion &amp; Development Program and the opportunities available for small and local businesses in relation to the 2040 Master Plan.

Lyn Estabrook

Valerie Slaughter

Runway to Opportunities at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (2022)

Business Aid Orientation provides an overview of the nonprofit and government resources available to help you start or grow your small business.
This session covers everything from having a business idea up to opening two or three business locations.&nbsp;

Danny Brewer

Business Aid Orientation

This session is a "how-to" guide on what to take into consideration when submitting a proposal to the City.&nbsp; The presenter reviews the types of solicitations and offers tips and advice on what to include in your proposal.&nbsp;

Liz Lock

Creating Responsive Offers

Austin Public Library's Small Business Toolkit: Learn how to access business publications, do market research, and find resources for Spanish speakers.&nbsp;
Jennifer Connor is a native Austinite and longtime Adult Services Librarian at the Austin Public Library. She is a member of APL&rsquo;s Job Coaching Team, cohosts the True Crime Book Club, and will give it to you straight every single time.
Meski Goshime has Bachelor and Master&rsquo;s degrees in Library and Information Science. She is an Adult Services Librarian at the Austin Central Library. Her favorite job duties are helping library users with their research questions and navigating library databases.
Jesus Hernandez has a Master's degree from the University of Texas and is a Marine Corps Veteran. He is currently an Adult Services Librarian for the Austin Public Library.
APL Small Business Toolkit: Learn how to access business publications, do market research, and find resources for Spanish speakers through Austin Public Library.&nbsp;
Our Adult Services Librarians will be available to demo resources, share information on getting a Library Card, and answer any questions you may have.

Meski Goshime

Jennifer Connor

Jesus Hernandez

Meskerem Goshime

APL's Small Business Toolkit 

This session will provide an overview of how to become a vendor and how to do business with the Texas Department of Information Resources (TxDIR). Tx DIR delivers technology solutions to state and local government entities.&nbsp;

How to Become a Tx Department of Information Resources (TXDIR) Vendor

Certification 101 will inform business owners about the City's certification process, explain the various types of certifications available, the benefits, eligibility, requirements and how to get started.&nbsp;
The City of Austin offers Minority-Owned Business Enterprise, Women-Owned Business Enterprise, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Small Business Enterprise (MBE, WBE, DBE, ACDBE, SBE) to qualified for-profit businesses owned, managed and controlled by a minority and/or a woman. The City of Austin can also make a recommendation to the State for Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) certification.&nbsp;

Mariza Casales Aldrete

Certification 101: An Overview of Minority -and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Certifications

You are invited to meet the City's new Chief Financial Officer, Ed Van Eenoo.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Mr. Van Eenoo has developed and led many inclusive and innovative community engagement campaigns to include the highly successful Budget-in-a-Box.
He is responsible for the development, presentation, and subsequent monitoring of the City&rsquo;s annual operating and capital budgets.

Ed Van Eenoo

Meet our Chief Financial Officer 

Daron K. Roberts is a former NFL coach and author of, Call an Audible and A Kids Book About Empathy.
Call an Audible was named a #1 New Release and Best Seller by Amazon and Sports Illustrated selected the book as one of its &ldquo;Best Sports Business Books of 2017.&rdquo; Roberts serves as founding director of the Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation (CSLi) at the University of Texas.
He created CSLi in the fall of 2014. The Center is the first university-based institute dedicated to developing leadership and character curricula for high school,&nbsp; collegiate and professional athletes.
Daron has moderated discussions with Mia Hamm, Lance Armstrong, Shaun White, Aly Raisman, Kevin Durant and Bren&eacute; Brown.
Roberts is also a lecturer in the Liberal Arts Honors Program and his research focuses on issues of resilience, rejection, failure management and leadership. He developed a course &ndash; A Gameplan for Winning at Life &ndash; that he teaches to incoming freshmen student-athletes at the University of Texas. During the course of each academic year, Roberts teaches nearly 400 students.
After graduating from Harvard Law School (2007), Roberts served coaching stints with the Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, West Virginia Mountaineers and Cleveland Browns.
He holds a B.A. in Plan II Honors and Government from the University of Texas (2001) and an M.P.P. from Harvard&rsquo;s Kennedy School (2004).
In 2010, he launched a nonprofit football camp &ndash; 4th and 1, Inc. 4th and 1 has provided free SAT prep, life skills development and football training to over 500 at-risk youth in Michigan,Texas and Florida.
The Presidential Leadership Foundation &ndash; a joint venture between Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush &ndash; tabbed Roberts as a Presidential Leadership Scholar in the inaugural class.
Roberts has been featured in ESPN the Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek and Sports Illustrated and is a contributor to Forbes.com. His op-eds have appeared in Fortune, CNN and Time.
Roberts serves on the SXSW Sports Advisory Commission and Coca-Cola Foundation Board.
He and his wife have five children and reside in Austin, TX.

Daron K. Roberts

"Stay in the Deep End" Keynote by Daron K. Roberts, J.D. 

This session will provide an overview of the commerical development process.&nbsp;
https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Development_Services/COM_GuideToTheCommercialBuildingApplication.pdf
<ul>
<li>Zoning</li>
<li>Subdivisions</li>
<li>Site Plan &amp; Site Plan Exemptions</li>
<li>Commercial Building Review</li>
<li>Permitting&nbsp;</li>
<li>Inspections</li>
<li>Certificate of Occupancy&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Cole Hubbard

Development Process from Start to Finish

The City of Austin&rsquo;s Wage Compliance Program is responsible for monitoring the compliance of City-contracted construction projects with prevailing wage requirements consistent with Federal, State, and local laws through Section 00830, &ldquo;Wage Rates and Payroll Reporting&rdquo; of the contract. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
The City of Austin&rsquo;s Construction Training Program (CTP) was developed in response to Council Resolution 20180628-061 with the intent of training and developing a pool of qualified and ready to work, skilled and semi-skilled laborers on City construction projects and to promote local economic opportunities by building a pipeline of construction workers. Since 2019, the requirements to participate in the CTP have been outlined in Section 00840 of construction contracts for projects with a $500K or more budget. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Michelle Pierre

Baldemar Maldonado

Wage Compliance & Construction Training Program (CTP)

Navigating Austin Finance Online provides a deep dive into the City's Procurement or "purchasing" database. We will show you how to find solicitations, current contracts, and other useful items that will help you with your research as you prepare to do business with the City.

Sai Xoomsai

Erin DVincent

Navigating Austin Finance Online (Marketing Intelligence Resources) 

Market Research &ndash; Local no-cost research tools that can help entrepreneurs make more informed business decisions. Danny will introduce attendees to very informative tools that can also help with reports on your industry, demographic information.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Market Research

How to avoid payment delays when contracting with the City of Austin. Attendees will hear tips on the types of information that must be found on an invoice in order for it to be paid.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Did you know that each invoice must have a unique number? Yes, that means that I can't submit invoice number 100 every month and expect that the City will be able to pay me.&nbsp; Learn how to get set up for Electronic Funds Transfer (Direct Deposit) and other useful information.
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City of Austin Small Business Contracting Forum

Event Agenda

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