Business Opportunities
Small and Disadvantaged Business
Small and Disadvantaged Programs
The Aviation Small Business office (ASBO) manages and monitors the administration and compliance of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program, Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) Program, Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA)Program and the Title VI Nondiscrimination Compliance Program for the Aviation Department.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) Program
ASBO administers the City of San Antonio’s DBE and ACDBE Programs in accordance with U.S. Department of Transportation regulations 49 CFR Parts 26 and 23. These programs promote fair competition and ensure that small and economically disadvantaged businesses have equitable access to airport contracting and concession opportunities.
Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) Program
The SBEDA Program uses the Airport’s purchasing power to build the capacity of small businesses by assigning participation goals to Airport contracts and eliminating barriers to competition.
View the SBEDA Program
Proposed DBE and ACDBE Goals
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued and Interim Final Rule (effective October 3, 2025) that temporarily sets DBE and ACDBE participation goals to 0% while certified firms are re-evaluated under new federal standards. The City of San Antonio Aviation Department will post updated goals once the Texas Unified Certification Program (TUCP) completes its re-evaluation and implements the new DBE and ACDBE certification procedures.
Prompt Payment Complaints
The City requires that all subcontractors performing work on DOT-assisted contracts shall be promptly paid for work performed pursuant to their agreements, in accordance with all relevant federal, state, and local law.
For procedures on complaints by subcontractors regarding the prompt payment requirements, please click on the link below:
Prompt Payment Complaints
Small Business Element
The City has created a Small Business element to structure contracting requirements to facilitate competition by small business concerns, taking all reasonable steps to eliminate obstacles to their participation, including unnecessary and unjustified bundling of contract requirements that may preclude small business participation in procurements as prime contractors or subcontractors. The City will actively implement the program elements to foster small business participation; doing so is a requirement of good faith implementation of our DBE program.
Small Business Element
Airport Nondiscrimination Compliance Program
We operate our small business programs and services without regard to race, color, and national origin, religion, sex, disability or age in accordance with Title VI Civil Rights Acts (49 CFR Part 21). For information on the Title VI Nondiscrimination Program and complaints, please click on the link below:
Title IV
For DBE /ACDBE Program Complaints contact:
Barbara Patton
DBELO/ACDBELO
City of San Antonio Aviation Department – Airport Center
10100 Reunion Place, Suite 300, San Antonio, TX 78216
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 210.207.SAIA (7242)
Fax: 210.207.3500