THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMHEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

HUB Operations & Procurement ServicesOffice of the Vice President for Finance,

Administration and Institutional Advancement

LOCATING HUB VENDORS FOR

PROCUREMENTS

• Texas Government Code 2161.181 & 2161.182

Historically Underutilized Business (HUB ) Program

Texas State Capitol

• 76th Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 178

• 1994, Texas Legislature, Disparity Study

• Good faith effort

Disparity Study

In 1994, and again in 2009, the Texas Legislature commissioned a Disparity Study

to determine past and current disparity among woman and minority-owned businesses in the State of Texas.

76th Texas LegislatureSenate Bill 178

Legislators of the 76th Legislature enacted Senate Bill 178, which encourages the use of historically underutilized businesses (HUBs)

in service and commodity purchases.

Texas Government Code

Texas Government Code Sections 2161.181 and 2161.182 mandate that State of Texas

agencies and institutions of higher education shall make a good faith effort to utilize HUB

vendors, directly or indirectly, to achieve annual procurement goals.

• 11.9% Heavy Construction

• 26.1% Building Construction

• 57.2% Special Trade Construction

• 20.0% Professional Services

• 33.0% Other Services

• 12.6% Commodities

Annual State Procurement Goals

HSC HUB PEFORMANCE2004-2006

HUB Percent

Fiscal Year

HSC HUB PERFORMANCE

FY 2003 thru 2010

What is a HUB Vendor?

• Corporation

• Sole proprietorship

• Partnership or joint venture

• Principal place of business is in the State of Texas

Sole Proprietorship

Who can be a HUB Vendor?

[ 51% of business must be owned by person (s) who are U.S. citizen and member (s) of the following groups…and State of Texas HUB certified. ]

Native American

Black

Hispanic

Asian Pacific

Women

HUBProgramObjective

# 1

[ Create an inclusive environment that will ensure full and equal procurement

opportunities.]

Highest Return

Real value

[ Promote the development of relationships between

HUB vendors and the TAMHSC community

through economic opportunity forums, training workshops, networking and

other sound business practices. ]

It’s Who You Know!

Look to Network

HUBProgramObjective

# 2

• TAMHSC Diversity Supplier Match Program

• Texas A&M University Electronic HUB Directory

• Texas Comptroller – Centralized Masters Bidders List (CMBL) Electronic HUB Directory

Locating HUB Vendors

Surf the Internet

To use this directory go to the link below and search by the name of the vendor. Vendors listed have a track record of

doing business with an HSC component.

http://www.tamhsc.edu/departments/finance-admin/hub/match.html

HSC Diversity Supplier Match Program

To use this directory go to the link below and search by the appropriate field and submit.

http://finance.tamu.edu/hub/directory/public/

Texas A&M University Electronic HUB Directory

To use this directory (CMBL) go to the link below. You will need to know either the vendor ID, vendor number, or vendor name.

http://www.window.state.tx.us/procurement/cmbl/hubonly.html

Texas Building & Procurement CommissionCentralized Master Bidders List

For further assistance please call:

HUB Operations & Procurement Services

979-458-7276

Thomas Bosquez

bosquez@tamhsc.edu

Robby Bounds

bounds@tamhsc.edu