WBEC-East Updates & Resources

Doing Business With Delaware River Port Authority

THIS WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2:00-3:00 pm

Are you interested in doing business with Delaware River Port Authority?

This Wednesday DRPA wants to engage with WBEs like you to discuss potential procurement opportunities. The Delaware River Port Authority is a regional transportation agency that serves as steward of four bridges that cross the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey: the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross Bridges.

Through its Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), the DRPA also operates a transit line between Camden County, New Jersey and Center City Philadelphia.

Our Presenters:

Erin Watterson

EEO Specialist

Office of Business Development

& Equal Opportunity

Mike Venuto

Chief Engineer

Engineering Department

Amy Ash

Manager

Contracts Administration Procurement

Rich Betts

Manager

Procurement & Storage Purchasing

requirements to be a supplier for DRPA! →

Recovery Stage Series Beginning Tomorrow!

May 4, 10-11 a.m.

Part One of the Work Safe Series will teach small business owners how to serve as an effective and compassionate leader during times of uncertainty.

May 11, 2-3 p.m.

Part Two will discuss decision-making information and reopening strategies for small businesses seeking to create a safe workspace.

May 18, 1-2 p.m.

Part Three will teach small business owners how to develop strategies and plans that support a conducive and compliant pandemic workplace.

SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund Application Portal Has Just Opened

The Restaurant Revitalization Fund provides a total of $28.6 billion in direct relief funds to restaurants and other hard-hit food establishments that have experienced economic distress and significant operational losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location.

Learn More

Historically Underutilized Business Zone Program

Thinking of applying to the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program? This program is the least-utilized set-aside program in the US Government, so if your company qualifies, this can be a great opportunity to break into the Federal marketplace! HUBZone is a special program in the federal government just to bring money into high unemployment areas, both inner cities and rural counties. Three percent (3%) of the total federal budget is automatically earmarked for qualifying HUBZone businesses.

HUBZone firms must be:

Small
Primary office must be located within a HUBZone
35% of the company’s employees must LIVE within a HUBZone

THAT’S IT!

To see if your office is located within a HUBZone, just enter your street address into our mapping system here.

If you have any questions contact your local SBA office here or email them via hubzone@sba.gov.

See Your Eligibility

National Black Business Pitch Competition

The National Black Business Pitch(NBBP) is a competition designed to connect Black-owned businesses to corporations who seek to expand and diversify their supply chain with new products and services.

Interested companies will complete an application and submit their capability statement and a three-minute video about their company. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges from the corporate supplier diversity community who will select thirty businesses to advance to the final competition.