Vendor Awards CATEGORIES
Legacy Award
This award celebrates a small business that represents progress, excellence, and advancement in today’s business landscape. The recipient has shown consistent growth, innovative practices, outstanding service, and a commitment to improving its industry or community.
Professional Services Excellence
This award honors a small business in the professional services sector, including architecture, engineering, consulting, or other service-based industries. The recipient shows exceptional expertise, strong client relationships, business growth, and a commitment to professional excellence.
Small Business Enterprise Of The Year
This award recognizes an outstanding small business with five or more years in operation. The recipient has shown strong growth, innovation, leadership, customer service, and a meaningful impact within its industry and community.
Pioneer Progress Award
This award honors a small business with at least three years in operation that continues to grow through revenue success and strategic expansion. The recipient demonstrates innovation, resilience, strong leadership, employee engagement, and positive community impact.
Excellence in Construction & Contracting
This award recognizes a small business in the construction or contracting industry that delivers high-quality work. The recipient demonstrates strong project execution, safety standards, innovation, reliability, client satisfaction, and ethical business practices.
Excellence in Goods & Product Supply
This award recognizes a small business that manufactures, distributes, or supplies high-quality goods. The recipient demonstrates reliability, innovation, customer satisfaction, efficient operations, and a commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices.
2026 Vendor Awards Nominees
LEGACY AWARD
- D Stephenson Construction
- Alfonso Hernandez Architect, LLC
- Current Connections, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXCELLENCE
- Jorge A. Gutierrez Architect LLC (JAGAIA)
- Kaliah Communications, Inc.
SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OF THE YEAR
- Pittman Law Group
- JIJ Construction
- Loren Jock Trucking, Inc.
PIONEER OF PROGRESS AWARD
- Designs To Go
- Integrity Construction Enterprise
EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION & CONTRACTING
- 4est Construction
- JIJ CONSTRUCTION CORP
EXCELLENCE IN GOODS & PRODUCT SUPPLY
- Proforma Direct Business Systems











