Office of Small Business Utilization
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Office of Small Business Utilization Overview
GSA’s Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBU) advocates for small, minority, veteran, HUBZone, and women business owners. Its mission is to promote increased access to GSA’s nationwide procurement opportunities.
OSBU monitors and implements small business policies and manages a range of programs required by law. GSA’s small business programs nurture entrepreneurial opportunities, open doors to new business horizons, and enhance technological capabilities.
OSBU’s outreach activities make it possible for the small business community to meet key contracting experts and be counseled on the procurement process. These activities include:
- Procurement networking sessions;
- Marketing strategies and techniques workshops;
- Electronic commerce/electronic data interchange training sessions;
- Interagency networking breakfasts;
- Trade missions;
- Roundtables; and
- Procurement conferences.
Business activities are supported by program experts at GSA headquarters, through Small Business Utilization Centers in 11 Regional Offices, and by small business technical advisors in the GSA National Office. GSA Regional Offices are located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City, Fort Worth, Denver, San Francisco, Auburn (Washington), Washington, DC.
OSBU is responsible for the scope of small business programs mandated by law. Every federal agency is required by the Small Business Act of 1953, as amended by Public Law 95-507, to establish an office that reports to and advises the head of the agency on the implementation functions and duties under this act.
The shortcut to this page is www.gsa.gov/sbu.
Last Reviewed 9/2/2008