# Presentation: 765885

## JSC NASA Round Table

February 21

Carey Joan White
Procurement Technical Assistance Center

***February 21***
***Carey Joan White***
***Procurement Technical Assistance Center***

## Two Programs:

SBDC – 
Small Business Development Center
PTAC – 
	 Procurement Technical Assistance Center

Both part of the University of Houston Small Business Development Center Network

***SBDC – ***
***Small Business Development Center***
***PTAC – ***
***	****** ******Procurement Technical Assistance Center***
***Both part of the University of Houston Small Business Development Center Network***

***About the UH SBDC Network:***
***Originated in 1984***
***Economic Development for UH and Bauer College of Business***
***Resource partners of SBA and DoD***
***Responsible for serving businesses in lower Gulf Coast area ***
***Fifteen full time service centers in partnership with universities, colleges, and EDCs***

## What we do....

Help small to mid-size 
businesses start, grow, 
survive and succeed.  

***Help small to mid-size ***
***businesses start, grow, ***
***survive and succeed.  ***

***Three core services....***
***Consulting***
***Training***
***Research***

## Economic Impact:

3,996 new jobs
3,732 jobs saved
$251.5 million in new sales
$32.5 million in additional 
    taxes
$150 million in start-up and
  	      expansion capital

$6.38 return on taxpayer investment for every $1 spent

***3,996 new jobs***
***3,732 jobs saved***
***$251.5 million in new sales***
***$32.5 million in additional ***
***    ******taxes***
***$150 million in start-up and***
***  ******	******      ******expansion capital***
***$6.38 return on taxpayer investment for every $1 spent***

***Consulting Services***
***Free one-on-one consulting ***
***to help business owners improve management skills.***

***We take the headache out of the loan packaging process!***

***Trend Analysis***
***Assistance in Understanding***
***Revenue and Expense Trends***
***Over Three Year Period***

***Interpretation of financial ratios***
***What they are***
***How to calculate***
***What they mean***

***Training Programs***
***Low-cost workshops and seminars on a wide range of business topics.***

***Business Library***
***A print, video and ***
***electronic resource ***
***containing entrepreneurial, ***
***economic and demographic ***
***materials.*****  **

***Direct Business Assistance (DBA)***
***A referral service to ***
***provide small businesses ***
***with affordable access***
***to professional services.***

***UH PTAC – ***
***A specialty center of the SBDC***
***A program to assist small businesses with winning federal, state and local government contracts.***
***We’ll help you take the next step!***

***UH PTAC offers....***
***Free****** experienced consultants***
***Government contracting workshops and seminars***
***Tools to help you locate leads***

***Free****** Experienced Consultants ***
***to assist with....***
***Registering your firm***
***Reviewing your certification applications***

***Free****** Experienced Consultants ***
***to assist with....***
***Teaming arrangements***
***Subcontracting***
***Statement of qualification***

***Free ******Experienced Consultants ***
***to assist with....***
***Construction bonding***
***An accounting system that supports a Government bid***
***GSA Schedules***

***Teaming arrangements***
***Locating complimentary firms to ***
***    ******join your team***
***Subcontracting opportunities ***
***    ******with Prime contractors***

***Tools to help you locate leads....***
***Six months ******free ******bid-matching***
***service locates opportunities ***
***specific to your product or service.***

***To access UH PTAC ******Free***
***consulting services....***
- _[sbdcptac@uh.edu](mailto:sbdcptac@uh.edu)_
***www.sbdc.uh.edu/ptac***

***Contact us:***
***UH SBDC/PTAC***
***2302 Fannin, Suite 200***
***Houston, TX 77002***
- _[www.sbdc.uh.edu](http://www.sbdc.uh.edu/)_
- _[www.sbdc.uh.edu/ptac](http://www.sbdc.uh.edu/ptac)_
***713-752-8444***