HUB Search Instructions

Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Search

As the City is in two different counties, the PL shall do 2 HUB searches, one for Tarrant County and one for Denton County Complete the following steps to obtain the list of applicable HUBs for each county: 1 Go to the State Comptroller’s website, https://mycpa cpa state tx us/tpasscmblsearch 2 Select HUBs Only under the SEARCH FOR section

3 Under the MULTIPLE VENDOR SEARCH section, enter commodity class code in the NIGP Class Code column and the item code under the Items column (The commodity codes can be found by clicking on the NIGP

CLASS CODE link or at https://mycpa cpa state tx us/ commbook Select either the Class Code or Description link to drill down to the item codes under the selected class code Choose the code which most closely matches your requirements ) Leave Highway District(s) blank

4 Under the BUSINESS CATEGORY / VENDOR LOCATION SEARCH section, select Tarrant or Denton under

County Location

5 Under the SELECT FIELDS FOR OUTPUT section, select Click here for more options for a dropdown menu

Select the following: a Vendor ID b Company Name c Contact Person d Mailing Address e City f State g Zip h County i Email j Phone k HUB Eligibility 6 Under the OUTPUT OPTIONS section, select Excel Spreadsheet from the dropdown menu for the Output as and Vendor Name for the Sort by

7 Select SEARCH (It creates an Excel Spreadsheet of vendors based on criteria selected ) 8 Copy the email addresses into an email and send the request for a quote/bid/proposal to all HUB vendors located in Tarrant and Denton counties Add request read receipt on the email to document that is delivered