Section 3: DBE Supportive Services Program
Anchor: #i999305DBE Supportive Services (SS)
The primary purpose of the DBE/SS is to provide training, assistance, and services to DBEs certified in the DBE program to increase their activity in the program, and to facilitate the firms' development into viable, self-sufficient organizations capable of competing for, and performing on Federally-assisted highway projects.
TxDOT is committed to assisting DBEs in their efforts to work with TxDOT and other state agencies. To this end, the Department provides a variety of training programs and technical assistance provided by the Supportive Services program staff to assist DBEs in meeting these goals.
Anchor: #i999320Texas Business Opportunity and Development (TBOD) Program
TxDOT’s TBOD Program works to increase disadvantaged-owned business participation in the highway construction industry. The Program provides DBE’s with firm specific training and guidance to help them become competitive within the heavy highway or construction marketplace. TxDOT’s TBOD programs prepare DBE’s to move into non-traditional areas of work and to compete in the marketplace outside the DBE program. The TBOD Program provides networking opportunities, project matching assistance between subcontractors and primes, and access to training in the areas of business development, business management, and construction management.
Events and workshops - various vendor fairs, spot bid fairs, conventions, conferences, workshops, and seminars held throughout the state.
If you have any questions or would like more information, contact supportive services at (512) 416-4700.