Business Affairs
Business Services
The College manages initiatives which promote globally competitive innovation, support entrepreneurship and small business growth and advance international trade.
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
The SBDC serves to foster small business success through providing the following services:
- No cost one-on-one and confidential business advising from Certified Business Advisors
- Over 100 small business seminars a year
- Free online training workshops
- Assistance with writing business plans
- Providing permit and licensing information
- Resources and much more for entrepreneurs
- We serve a 9 county radius
- We are there for the life of the business from start, expansions, and exits
For more information, please visit the Small Business Development Center website (https://www.delmar.edu/sbdc).
Contractor Resource Center (CRC)
The CRC advises one-on-one to prepare and connect areal small businesses with large, multi-year projects, which will assist local businesses to expand their capabilities to compete in the commercial arena for current and future projects. Challenging areas of assistance include, but are not limited to:
- Services provided at no cost
- Quality Management System
- Standards/Certifications
- Health and Safety Education
- Insurance/Bonding
- Human Resources Management
- Financial Management
- Contractor Qualifications/Scopes of Work
- Marketing to Industry
- Guidance to Joint Ventures
- Training seminars that meet the needs of business in commercial contracting areas
- Access to be listed in the Contractor Ready List to be shared with CCREDC plus large industry partners
- Access to Plan Room with bids and specs for local commercial contracts and ConstructConnect Program
Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
The PTAC can help any business interested in federal, state or local contracting opportunities through the following services:
- Confidential Procurement Advising at No Charge
- State of the Art Plan Room Services
- Electronic Bid Matching
- Seminars on Procurement Topics
- Networking Opportunities with Government Agencies
- Government Required Contractor Registrations
- Business Development Certification Programs