2025 Vendor Opportunity Fair 

Our 3nd Annual Vendor Opportunity Fair was held at the Tohopekaliga High School on July 16, 2025. The purpose of this event was to allow small and veteran-owned businesses the opportunity to meet and network with construction managers, general contractors, and architectural and engineering firms looking for subcontractors for current and future jobs with the Osceola School District, as well as officials from several community advocacy and support groups.

The networking portion of the event included booths hosted by: 

• Balfour Beatty
• National Association of Minority Contractors Central Florida
• A&P International, Inc.
• BRPH
• Bishop Construction Group
• ABC of Central Florida
• Charles Perry Partners, Inc.
• SkyBuilders USA
• Addition Financial
• City of Kissimmee
• Larson Design Group
• CORE
• Chase
• DACG, Inc.
• City of St. Cloud
• Florida Association of Veteran Owned Businesses
• PBK
• Gilbane Building Company
• Florida APEX Accelerator at UCF
• Florida SBDC at UCF
• Schenkel & Schutlz, Inc.
• Lego Construction
• Ford Financial Wellness, LLC
• Pirtle Construction Company
• Guignard Company
• Song + Associates, Inc.
• SEMCO Construction, Inc.
• Lake County Schools
• Siwel Inc.
• NAWIC Greater Orlando
• Spiezle Architectural group, Inc.
• Skanska USA Building Inc.
• New York Life Insurance Company
• T&G Constructors
• Osceola County
• The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
• Votum Construction
• Prospera
• Zyscovich, LLC, a Stratus Team Company
• WELBRO Building Corporation
• Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida
• Wharton-Smith, Inc.
• The Osceola Chamber
• Williams Company

We hosted over 200 attendees from varying businesses looking for future opportunities to do work with the Osceola School District, which surpassed our expectations. I’d like to thank all of our booth hosts, attendees, school board members, district leadership, and district staff for their assistance and support in making this event such a success!

We here at the Small Business and Veteran Programs office, couldn't have done it without you!