¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX Accelerator

¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX Accelerator

Our goal is to assist any business interested in pursuing Federal, State, or Local government contracts through the following services:

  • Confidential Advising at No Charge
  • Federal, State and Local Registrations and Certifications
  • Plan Room for Area Government Construction Projects
  • Electronic Bid Match System at No Charge
  • Proposal Review & Bid Document Assistance
  • Assistance with System for Award Management Registration (SAM.gov)
  • Network Opportunities with Area Governmental Agencies
  • Seminars and Workshops on a Variety of Procurement Topics
  • Vendor Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment - PIEE (formerly Wide Area Workflow WAWF)

The ¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX Accelerator serves the following counties throughout the Coastal Bend:

Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio and Victoria. 

APEX Accelerator Plan Room

Our Plan Room hours are: Monday thru Thursday 8:30am – 5:00pm and Friday 8:30am - Noon.

Please email APEXAccelerator@delmar.edu to order plans. Call 361-698-1020 for details.

APEX ACCELERATOR CLIENTS

Have you been awarded a contract recently that you can attribute to some type of assistance from ¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX Accelerator? If so, let us hear from you.  We are here to assist you in any way we can!

If you are a client of ¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX Accelerator, please provide your feedback here about the assistance you received.

You’re encouraged to send us an email by clicking on our names or by using this address: APEXAccelerator@delmar.edu.

 

  • Local Agency Bid Posting Sites

    •  - Requests for Qualifications/Bids/Sealed Quotes 
    •  - View vendor registry and current RFQ/RFP’s. 
    • - Bid Notices and Results 
    • View current RFP’s and RFQ’s in Beeville.

    • Learn about the City’s construction vendor requirements and opportunities.

    • The City of Corpus Christi site for information on the purchase of all equipment, materials and supplies.
    • View current RFP/Bid openings by clicking the RFB tab on the left.

    • Learn how to view bids and become a vendor with the City of Victoria.

    • The Corpus Christi Independent School District Purchasing department’s home page.

    • View the CCRTA Current Procurement Schedule
    • ¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ Purchasing and Business Services
      ¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ Purchasing website.

    • Certification program information.
    • Education Service Center Region 2 
    • - Requests for Bidding/RFP/RFQs
    • - Bids and Proposals Advertisements 
    • - Bid Notices 

    • Purchasing Department site with bid notices.

    • To learn about becoming a vendor with the Port, select the Business tab from the main website.
    • - Refugio County bids 
    • - Public Notices 

    • This is the website for the purchasing department at TAMUCC.

    • Procurement and HUB program link for TAMU Kingsville.
  • State of Texas Procurement Links


    • Search site for state of Texas commodity codes.

    • This site lists hyperlinks to all state purchasing websites in the U.S. and provinces in Canada.

    • Your first and best source for State of Texas procurement information.

    • The CMBL is a master database used by State of Texas purchasing entities to develop a mailing list for vendors to receive bids based on the products or services they can provide to the State of Texas.

    • Learn about doing business with TxDOT
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    • The go to website for the state of Texas emergency preparedness.  

    • This link is a search engine for State of Texas Procurement Opportunities.

    • The State of Texas program website for Historically Underutilized Businesses.

    • Data entry and report submission features for state agencies.

    • Business and public filings, Texas business law.
  • Federal Registrations


    • Database of small businesses’ certifications and performance history.

    • Website where businesses may obtain an Employer’s Identification Number.

    • Database of basic business information from contractors that want to do business with the Federal Government.
  • Federal Certifications

    Assistance is available at ¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX Accelerator! Call for guidance before attempting!


    • Instructions for verification as Veteran Owned or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business.

    • The HUBZone program helps qualifying small businesses gain access to federal procurement opportunities.

    • Learn about the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program.

    • Expanding Federal contracting opportunities for woman-owned small businesses.
  • Federal Resources


    • Fostering Success in Government Contracting.
    • - Where public innovators are inspired to meet challenges big and small. Challenge is a leading program that supports federal agencies to mature and scale the use of prize competitions in order to advance their missions.   

    • Through its contracting offices, DLA buys more than four million different items for Department of Defense (DoD) activities.
    • The Department's technological advantage depends on a healthy and secure national security innovation base that includes both traditional and nontraditional defense partners and small businesses are a critical team member and a key catalyst to accelerate innovation.

    • A web-based application that provides the capability to search for, view, and submit secure quotes for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).
    • Provides the direction and resources needed to achieve DoD small business procurement objectives while managing differing perspectives, change, challenges and opportunities.

    • Research FAR clauses included in federal solicitations.

    • How to do business with FAA and contracting opportunities.
    • How to do business with FEMA and the Stafford Act.

    • Next generation in government procurement.

    • Four digit codes used to group products into logical families for supply management purposes.
    •  - Is a key facet in a broader economic strategy to increase U.S. productivity and global competitiveness as well as the resiliency of our manufacturing base to market volatility and manipulation.
    • This site is your link to the world of Navy Electronic Business Opportunities.

    • Commodity Code Search site for federal contracting.

    • This is the official site for federal vendors to submit invoices.

    • Used by the U.S. government to describe the products, services, and research and development purchased by the government.
    •  Their mission is to improve cybersecurity readiness, resiliency, and compliance for small/medium size businesses and the federal manufacturing supply chain. 

    • The official federal government solicitation posting site for federal buys over $25k.
    • Online Tutorials.  Learn more about SBIR/STTR programs.

    • A dynamic reverse-auction marketplace.

    • Official website of the U.S. government to track awards and research agency buying trends.
    •  Forecast of contract opportunities of anticipated contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold that small businesses may be able to perform under direct contracts or subcontracting opportunities
    •  Official Website of the Acquisition Opportunities with the Department of Veterans Affairs

¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX ACCelerator Economic Impact

Indicator 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023  2024
Total Clients (active) 253 329 316 323 389 336 424
Total Advising Hours 1,660 2,104 2,082 2,194 2,356 2,063 2,188
Total Value of Contracts (in millions) $48.4 $58.6 $86.9 $132.9 $256.9 $338.5 $254
Job Creation - full time* 969 1,173 1,738 2,658 5,138 6,771 5,085
Total Training Events 46 54 59 58 52 57 75
Total Attendees 1,168 1,091 974 810 1,679 1,430 930

*Job creation computation is 50k per full-time position.

¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX Accelerator - Growing your Business One Contract at a Time!


This APEX Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. ¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ APEX Accelerator is also in partnership with the Corpus Christi B Corporation (Type B) who help support our program.

Page last updated July 2, 2025.

¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ Apex Accelerator Staff



Angie Britton
Procurement Specialist
(361) 698-2187

Angie Britton

Robert Marraro
Procurement Specialist
Certified Purchasing Manager
(361) 698-1025

Robert Marraro

Nancy A. Phillips
Procurement Specialist
(361) 698-1180

Nancy Phillips

Michelle Alviso
Procurement Specialist
(361)698-2186

michelle

Susie Hargress
Plan Room
(361)698-1020

Susie Hargress

Stephanie Nyberg
Program Coordinator
(361) 698-1034

Stephanie Nyberg

Robert Mirabal
Program Director
Certified Procurement Professional
(361) 698-2221

Robert Mirabal