Resources

U.S. Small Business Administration guidance for veteran entrepreneurs, including training, counseling, financing orientation, and federal contracting resources.

Official U.S. Small Business Administration veterans resource page. SBA is the source authority for the federal guidance linked here.

Official federal registration path for organizations that need an active federal entity registration to bid directly on certain contracts or apply directly for federal awards.

Official U.S. Government System for Award Management registration resource. TVEN does not register entities or issue UEIs.

Official SBA certification pathway for eligible veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses pursuing federal contracting opportunities.

Official SBA certification program. TVEN never infers or displays VetCert status without separate evidence from the issuing authority.

Official orientation for businesses that want to sell to the State of Texas, including commodity codes, bid searches, vendor registration, and qualification checks.

Official Texas Comptroller Statewide Procurement Division vendor guidance for doing business with the State of Texas.

Texas bidder and vendor registration system used by state purchasing entities to identify vendors for bid opportunities based on the goods and services they provide.

Official Texas Comptroller bidder-list resource. TVEN does not hard-code the current annual fee because the state controls pricing and program terms.

Current Texas Comptroller certification program focused on eligible service-disabled-veteran-owned small businesses seeking greater participation in Texas contracts and subcontracts.

Official Texas Comptroller VetHUB certification resource. VetHUB eligibility and certification are separate from SBA VetCert and must be verified by the respective issuing authority.

University-hosted small-business development network providing advising, training, research, contracting, trade, and technology-commercialization support across its Texas service area.

Community/university resource funded in part by Texas and an SBA cooperative agreement. It is not itself a Texas or federal government agency.

Government-contracting assistance network helping businesses understand and participate in federal, state, and local public-sector supply chains.

Community program-network resource for public-sector contracting assistance. TVEN does not classify the network website itself as a government agency resource.