Natural Resources Assistance Program
The federal government sells large quantities of natural resources and surplus real and personal property authorized for sale in accordance with public law. SBA cooperates with other federal agencies to channel a fair share of this property and resources to small businesses.

Women's Procurement Program
Pursuant to Executive Order 13157 of May 23, 2000, the U.S. Small Business Administration established the position of Assistant Administrator for Women’s Procurement in the Office of Government Contracting. The purpose of this action was to increase federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small business (WOSB), and to increase the number of WOSB that successfully compete in the federal marketplace.

Certificate of Competency Program
The Certificate of Competency Program allows a small business to appeal a contracting officer's determination that it is unable to fulfill the requirements of a specific government contract on which it is the apparent low bidder.

Small Business Size Determination
The Office of Government Contracting determines whether a particular business qualifies as a small business under the existing size standards set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations "when an interested party protests the size status of a business responding to a government solicitation that is a small business set-aside."

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Program
This program implements the requirements of the Veteran's Benefit Act of 2003 establishing SBA's Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Program.

Bundling Report
The purpose of this page is to provide a system to alert SBA's Office of Government Contracting of contract bundling practices on the part of federal agencies that preclude a small business from successfully competing for a contract.

Non Set-Aside Report
The purpose of this page is to provide a system to alert SBA's Office of Government Contracting when Government Acquisition Offices do not set aside requirements for Small Business.

Waivers of the Nonmanufacturer Rule
Section 303 (h) of Public Law 100-656 and Section 210 of Public Law 101-574 incorporated into the Small Business Act requires that agency contracts be directed solely to small business manufacturers under set-aside provisions. This requirement is commonly referred to as the Nonmanufacturer Rule. The Small Business Act also contains provisions that allow the Administrator of the SBA to waive this requirement when there are no small business manufacturers or processors available to supply the product to the Federal Government. 

National Goaling Program
Each year, our government spends billions of dollars in goods and services purchases from private firms. To foster an equitable federal procurement policy, government-wide small business goals, in terms of a percentage of annual expenditure, are established for federal agencies. SBA negotiates the goals annually with each federal agency on an individual basis.