Welcome to
the Office of
Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization
(OSDBU)
USDA's Office
of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization
(OSDBU) was established
June 26, 1979
pursuant to Public
Law (P.L.) 95-507,
which assigned
it the task of
fostering the
use of small,
disadvantaged
and women-owned
businesses as
federal contractors.
The Mission:
to provide maximum
opportunities
for small businesses
to participate
in USDA contracting
activities.
The Vision:
to work proficiently
to ensure a dynamic,
diverse, and reliable
small vendor pool
for the Department.
August 18, 2008
- SBA
Further Increases
Small Business
Size Standards
Due to Inflation
- The
U.S. Small Business
Administration
has issued a final
rule that adjusts
monetary-based
small business
size standards
for inflation.
The rule finalizes
the Agency's December
6, 2005 interim
final rule that
also amended monetary-based
small business
size standards
for inflation.
However, this
rule adds an additional
8.7 percent to
the inflation-adjusted
size standards
of the December
2005 interim final
rule. This additional
8.7 percent accounts
for inflation
that has occurred
since then. This
rule also adopts
the interim final
rule's two-step
process for determining
eligibility for
SBA's Business
Loan and Economic
Injury Disaster
Loan (EIDL) Programs.
Furthermore, the
rule adopts the
revised date that
SBA uses to determine
size status for
purposes of EIDL
applications for
businesses located
in declared disaster
areas as a result
of Hurricanes
Katrina, Rita,
and Wilma.
April 1, 2008
- FedBizOpps
Simplified
- The web-based
portal allowing
vendors and purchases
to review Federal
Business Opportunities
has been reformatted
to make it more
user-friendly.
From the site’s
main navigation
page, any user
(not password
protected) can
utilize navigation
tools to review:
General Information,
News and Opportunities.
Vendors and Purchasers
with password
protected accounts
can take advantage
of the new functionality
features. Please
visit
the newly designed
page.
March 11, 2008
- Task Force for
Veterans’
Entrepreneurship
(VET-Force) Praises
USDA for its Service
Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business
Program. Read
letter
...
March 10, 2008
- SCORE
Adds New Online
Resources for
Manufacturers
- SCORE “Counselors
to America’s
Small Business”
announces a new
section specifically
for manufacturers
at the SCORE
Web site.
Manufacturers
can include businesses
that specialize
in transportation
equipment, computers
and electronics,
chemicals, machinery
and more. The
new content area
offers valuable
information, statistics
and mentoring
to help these
small business
owners succeed.
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