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Minority Business Development Agency
Dallas/Fort Worth Business Center
Ray Cervantes The Minority Business
Development Agency is an
Program Director agency of the U.S.
Department of Commerce
established in 1969. It’s the
only federal agency that was
specifically set up to
advocate on behalf of
minority-owned businesses
to expand their capabilities
and build capacity, so we can
elevate their capabilities to
grow from a local business to
regional, national or
international level.
We deliver services including procurement assistance,
access to capital and strategic business consulting.
We can help a company look for other markets that
are outside their usual expertise. If they have a sense
that they want to grow in that particular market, we
can go in and help search for opportunities, not only
on a local level, but also regionally, nationally and
internationally. We assist with access to capital, as
well. We have a unique skill set with staff able to
identify and evaluate prospective loan proposals and
to approach our strategic network of financial lenders.
MBDA is a program for minority businesses to achieve
a certain amount of traction in their business. We take
businesses that have some traction. We can
implement and utilize our resources to get them to the
next level.
Performance at a Glance
$401,184,327 Dollar Value of
Awarded Contracts
Take Your Business to the Next Level$41,632,273 Value of Financial
Transactions
293 Jobs Created &Retained
Ranked as an Outstanding MBDA
Business Center in 2012, 2013, 2014,
2015 & 2016
Helping Businesses Grow Nationally and Internationally
Dallas/Fort Worth
MBDA Business Center
The MBDA mission is to assist
minority owned businesses by
providing them with business
tools to promote growth.
The Minority Business Development Agency –
Dallas/Fort Worth Business Center delivers a variety
of services for minority-owned businesses. These
services include:
Client Services
Ÿ Facilitating federal, state and local government
procurement opportunities
Ÿ Offering specialized professional assistance to
source financing needs
Ÿ Providing strategic business counsel
Ÿ Pipeline enhancement
Ÿ Ongoing Web series
Ÿ Business outreach opportunities
Ÿ National Procurement Center
Outreach Opportunities
Ÿ Monthly Lunch and Learn Sessions
Ÿ International Trade Consulting
Access to Markets/Contracts
The MBDA Business Center aligns its clients with federal,
state, and local purchasing organizations and assists in
bringing transactions to closure. The Center has several
national database systems that provide vital information
for the success of MBE businesses.
Access to Capital
The MBDA assists clients by packaging financial documents
for Commercial/SBA loan programs, bonding assistance
and factoring. The Center maintains strategic alliances with
conventional and non-conventional financial institutions
and identifies their target markets.
Strategic Business Consulting
Consulting includes Teaming Arrangements,
Mentor/Protégé Agreements and Mergers and
Acquisitions.
The Global Business Center
The MBDA provides international trade assistance.