An addendum has been posted to the Buy Line:
Airport Way Center Janitorial Services; ITB #FA0-5164 (seattle.gov)
Category: TAS Seattle
U.S. Bank Paycheck Protection Program
The Paycheck Protection Program is available through U.S. Bank, a Preferred SBA Lender. Click on the link below to learn more.
Paycheck Protection Program Round 2
A second round of the Paycheck Protection Program reopened with revamped rules and guidelines. Below are key contacts to help you apply for the first or second time:
Bank of America
Chris Fox
Small Business Regional Executive
christopher.r.fox@bofa.com
Key Bank
Jimmy Ng
Sr. Business Banking Relationship Manager
Jimmy_Ng@KeyBank.com
Seattle Credit Union
Angelica Partida Doty
Small Business Development Manager
Angelica.Doty@seattlecu.com
Sound Community Bank
David Raney
EVP | Chief Banking Officer
David.Raney@soundcb.com
Zions Bank
Robert Rendon
(801)844-7917
COVID-19 Small Business and Nonprofit Legal Clinic
The Communities Rise COVID-19 legal clinics are an opportunity for Washington State entrepreneurs, small businesses, community organizations, and nonprofits who have suffered adversely from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and cannot afford legal services to receive free legal advice during a 60-minute remote consultation with a volunteer attorney. This clinic is intended for small businesses and nonprofits that cannot afford legal services. To be eligible for pro bono legal services through this clinic, businesses must have less than $2 million in annual revenues or have a significant reduction in revenue, and must have a compelling reason for why they cannot afford legal services.
Attachments:
Client COVID Clinic flyer
Chinese Client COVID Clinic flyer
SPANISH2 COVID- 19 Communities Rise Clinic
Somali Client COVID Clinic flyer
City of Seattle Opportunity: ITB # CLO -4907 | Power Line Clearance
Seattle City Light (SCL) is seeking vendor(s) to furnish labor, equipment, transportation and supervision to perform Power Line Clearance tree trimming and tree removal operations near or around energized high voltage circuits, secondary voltages, electrical equipment, street light and telecommunications cables in the entire City Light Distribution Area including Skagit Camps and Transmission tower right-of-way corridors.
City of Seattle Interdepartmental Meeting – TAS Updates
Fernando Martinez, President and CEO, and Zavere Weeks, Program Assistant of the Northwest Mountain MSDC met with the City of Seattle to discuss the Technical Assistance Program. Please find the presentation linked below.
City of Seattle Interdepartmental Meeting
Interested in joining TAS program? Contact Zavere Weeks at: (253) 243-6964 or email: TAS@nwmmsdc.org
NMSDC is Connecting MBEs with PPP Funding with Instructional Video
The NMSDC wants to ensure that no minority business owner “in need of PPP funding” is left behind! Please find the recently created and shared PPP Loan Application Instructional video featuring G. Winston Neal, President of BCF, and Ashley O’Neal, SVP with Midwest BankCentre below. To learn more about the NMSDC’s efforts to help MBEs access PPP funding, click on the links below.
NMSDC Press Release for providing PPP loans to MBEs
View the PPP Loan Application Instruction Video – BCF/Midwest BankCentre
Applications accepted through June 26, 2020.
Technical Assistance Services Workshops
The Northwest Mountain MSDC hosted a series of free online workshops for businesses interested in doing business with the City of Seattle as part of the Technical Assistance Services program. This series included insight from industry experts and open discussions on a number of topics. Missed these workshops? Click on the attachments below to review any or all of the presentations. This series will be repeated in the summer, so let Zavere Weeks, Program Assistant, know if you are interested in registering!
- How to register to do business with the City of Seattle? Firms learned how to properly register with the City of Seattle’s Online Business Directory. All firms seeking to do business with the City of Seattle must be registered as a Supplier. Registering here places your firm into a directory utilized by City of Seattle departments when searching for businesses to fulfill work orders. Firms engaged in the process of developing a capabilities statement. To learn more: TAS Workshop 1
- How to research the City of Seattle opportunities and contracts? Firms learned how to search and find City of Seattle solicitations and reviewed effective searching practices. After finding solicitations participants learned how to evaluate whether or not a particular solicitation is right for them (make go/no-go decisions). This training discussed choosing the opportunity that appropriately fits your business. To learn more: TAS Workshop 2
- How to read and respond to a City of Seattle Request for Proposal? In this workshop, firms gained an understanding of how to properly respond to the City of Seattle’s Request for Information, Request for Quote and Request for Proposal. Knowing how to respond and with what information, will help to gain further consideration from the City. To learn more: TAS Workshop 3
- How to design and develop your marketing collateral? Learn how to develop a complete marketing strategy to prepare your business to successfully engage with the City of Seattle for potential business opportunities. In this workshop, firms discussed creating marketing with purpose! To learn more: TAS Workshop 4
- What are the back office responsibilities you are accountable for? In this workshop, participants learned how to interpret the terms and conditions of a contract and translate that into actionables. This helps to create deliverable timelines to better manage back office responsibilities and comply with contract terms and conditions. To learn more: TAS Workshop 5
- Now that you have the business, how do you finance it for growth? In this final workshop, firms dove into a discussion around growing your business smart. Participants learned from subject matter experts in the following fields: Finance, Accounting Budgeting and Tax Planning. They also reviewed tips on how to best use and manage credit. To learn more: TAS Workshop 6
COVID-19 Response “New Normal” Planning
Have you started working on a plan on how to reopen your business in the midst of this COVID-19 Pandemic? The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Challenge Seattle, Boston Consulting Group, together in partnership with over 200 regional/national/international companies have created a plan to help you.
Washington State COVID-19 Response “New Normal” Planning
TAS Presentation at NAMCWA
Fernando Martinez, President and CEO of the Council, presented at the Washington Chapter of National Association of Minority Contractors on March 5, 2020 in Tukwila. He presented on the Technical Assistance Services program. To view the presentation, click here.
For more information on the Technical Assistance Services program, visit www.nwmmsdc.org/tas-seattle