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SBA’S Office of Government Contracting (GC) GC advocates on behalf of small business in the federal procurement world, and works to create an environment for maximum participation by small, disadvantaged, and woman-owned businesses in federal government contract awards and large prime subcontract awards. Online registration for SBA’s contracting program has been incorporated into the Department of Defense's Central Contractor Registration (CCR). www.ccr.gov
Note: A DUNS number, provided by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), is required for registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. As a result, D&B may include your basic information (i.e. company name, address) in some of their products, such as mailing lists. If at anytime you do not wish to be included in these D&B products or have questions please contact them at 1-866-705-5711, or go to https://eupdate.dnb.com/requestoptions/government/ccrreg
SBA’S HUBZone Program – The purpose of the HUBZone program is to provide federal contracting assistance for qualified small business concerns located in historically underutilized business zones. To be a qualified HUBZone small business concern, a company must be a small business, owned and controlled only by US citizens, have their main office located in a HUBZone, have at least 35% of the company's employees residing in a HUBZone (doesn't have to be the same HUBZone as the company's principal office), and be certified under the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program. www.sba.gov/hubzone To determine if your company is located in a HUBZone, log onto www.map.sba.gov/hubzone/init.asp#address
SBA’S 8(a) Business Development Program – The SBA's 8(a) BD Program, is a business development initiative that helps small disadvantaged business concerns compete in the American economy. As part of the business development of the 8(a) firms, SBA helps small disadvantaged businesses access the Federal contracting marketplace. Certification through the SBA 8 (a) program is required for participation in this program. www.sba.gov/8abd
Sub-Net Contracting Program – Prime contractors use SUB-Net to post subcontracting opportunities. These may or may not be reserved for small business, and they may include either solicitations or other notices of sources sought for teaming partners and subcontractors on future contracts. Small businesses can review this web site to identify opportunities in their areas of expertise. www.sba.gov/subnet/
FedBizOpps.gov – www.fedbizopps.gov/FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry for Federal government procurement opportunities more than $25,000. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet. Through one portal – FedBizOpps – commercial vendors seeking Federal markets for their products and services can search, monitor, and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire Federal contracting community. Once you are signed up with FedBizOpps, you will receive announcements by email.
Department of Housing and Urban Development – www.hud.gov/subscribe/index.cfmHUD provides a Contract Opportunities Mailing Notification List that provides information about the Department's current contracting opportunities. You will receive an email notification whenever new solicitations and amendments are posted to HUD’s Current Contracting Opportunities.
Texas Building and Procurement Commission – www.tbpc.state.tx.usThis site allows you to view postings by Texas state agencies for products/services or to browse and/or search for procurement opportunities. http://esbd.tbpc.state.tx.us/1380/sagency.cfm To identify your products/services classification numbers, go to www.tbpc.state.tx.us/com_book. The Centralized Master Bidders List (CMBL) also is available. Manufacturers, suppliers and other vendors wishing to furnish materials, equipment, supplies and services to the state should apply to be on the Centralized Master Bidders List to receive bidding opportunities. Registration on the Centralized Master Bidders List is an effective tool for businesses to use to market their products and services to state agencies and institutions of higher education. You can register for this service online or you may print an application and submit with the $70.00 annual registration fee through http://www.tbpc.state.tx.us/cmbl/index.html. A Vendor’s Guide, entitled “How to Do Business with the State of Texas” is available at www.tbpc.state.tx.us/vendorguide.pdfThe Coordinating and
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