Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council

Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council, doing business as Strac, is a non-profit healthcare coalition based in San Antonio, Texas, that serves as a key regional partner for emergency preparedness and healthcare coordination across 22 South Texas counties. Established as a tax-exempt corporate entity and registered in SAM.gov since April 2008, STRAC specializes in providing federal agencies with trauma registry services, digital health solutions, and regional emergency management support. The organization has positioned itself as a trusted partner to the Defense Health Agency and various state and local government entities, delivering integrated solutions that enhance interoperable communications, trauma data collection, and emergency response capabilities across the Alamo Area region.

STRAC's federal contract work has been exclusively centered on trauma registry services and related digital health infrastructure delivered to the Defense Health Agency through firm fixed-price purchase orders. The organization has received three recent contract awards totaling approximately $204,000, including a $52,331.80 purchase order awarded October 1, 2025, for Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council Trauma Registry integration, membership dues, and online subscription services with completion targeted for September 30, 2026; a $96,170.00 purchase order awarded January 1, 2025, for similar trauma registry services; and a $55,500.00 purchase order awarded October 1, 2023, for Digital Innovations Collector Trauma V5 software licenses, subscriptions, maintenance, and support services. All three contracts were non-competitive awards with no set-aside designations utilized, and all were performed in San Antonio, Texas. These contracts demonstrate STRAC's established role as a specialized vendor supporting military medical programs through trauma data collection and reporting capabilities essential to the Defense Health Agency's operational requirements.

STRAC has received multiple federal grant sub-awards demonstrating its engagement across diverse emergency management and public health initiatives. The organization has been a sub-grantee under the Texas Office of the Governor for several multi-year projects focused on regional interoperable communications, including funding for a Regional Interoperable Communications Coordinator position (awarded October 2021 and October 2022), a WebEOC Training and Administration Specialist role (awarded October 2021 and November 2023), a Regional Interoperable Communications Center (RICC) and WAVE Network Engineer project (awarded November 2023), and a WAVE Network Upgrade project (awarded October 2022 and October 2021) that provided encryption software, encryption key management upgrades, and mobile communications equipment. Additionally, STRAC has received sub-grant funding from Bexar County (June 2025) to expand the SMART program for individuals experiencing mental health crises; from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (November 2024) to strengthen local interoperable partnerships for combat casualty care through the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Pilot; from the City of San Antonio (October 2024) to establish treatment linkages and reduce barriers to opioid overdose treatment entry in collaboration with the San Antonio Fire Department, UT Health Be Well, the Center for Health Care Services, and the San Antonio Council on Alcohol and Drug Awareness; and from the Department of State Health Services (May 2023) for child protective services and hospital coordination efforts. These grants collectively reflect STRAC's role as a critical regional partner in emergency preparedness, interoperable communications infrastructure, and public health crisis response.