| Program | Description |
(8a) Business Development
Phone: 803-765-5377
www.sba.gov/8abd | SBA's business assistance program Certification (SBA) for socially and economically disadvantaged businesses. To apply, contact SBA District Office. |
Governor's Office of Small & Minority Business Assistance (OSMBA)
Phone: 803-734-0657
www.govoepp.state.sc.us/osmba | Certifies socially and economically disadvantaged minority and women businesses in accordance with Article 21 of the State Procurement Code. |
HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program
Contact SBA to determine elegibility.
Phone: 803-765-5377
http://www.sba.gov/hubzone | Provides federal contracting opportunities for qualified small businesses located in distressed areas. |
ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001, and ISO 18001
Phone: 803-252-6976 X229
www.scmep.org
Or, contact Vivian Harper | Establish and update your management systems to meet the guidelines of ISO 9001:2001, ISO 14001, and ISO 18001. |
PHOENIX (MBDA)
Phone: 404-730-3300
http://www.mbda.gov | National minority contract matching database. Majority companies may enter available contracts through MBDA website. |
PRO-NET (SBA)
Phone: 803-765-5377
www.sba.gov | SBA's Pro-Net is a one-stop procurement shop for users and an Internet-based database of information on more than 171,000 small, disadvantaged, 8(a) and women-owned businesses. |
S.C. Department of Transportation
Phone: 803-737-1318
http://www.dot.state.sc.us | Certifies minority businesses specifically seeking contracts with the state dealing with transportation. |
SCMinorityBusiness.net
www.scminoritybusiness.net | Database of minority and women owned businesses statewide. |
Small Disadvantaged Business Program (SBA)
Phone: 803-256-3212
www.desainc.com | |
Women's Business Enterprise National Council
Phone: 202-872-5515
www.wbenc.org | National certification of women's business enterprises. |
Certification 
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The SC Women's Business Center is a program of the SC Manufacturing Extension Partnership, with management, oversight and support provided by SCMEP and its resources.