Central
Contractor Registration (CCR)
Contractors currently doing business
with USDA and potential vendors,
are encouraged to register in the
Central Contractor Registration
(CCR). Effective October 1, 2003,
the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR), requires that contractors
be registered in the CCR database
before they can be awarded contracts.
Existing contracts which will be
in effect beyond December 31, 2003,
will be modified to include the
requirement that contractors be
registered in CCR by December 31,
2003
FedBizOpps
- Vendors Federal Business Opportunities
SubNet
- U.S. Small Business Administration
Subcontracting Network
Subcontracting
can provide small businesses with
opportunities to participate in
USDA contracting opportunities by
participating in contracts that
they cannot win on their own. The
Department awards billions of dollars
annually to prime contractors. Requirements
over the simplified acquisition
threshold must agree in the contract
that small businesses (including
veteran-owned, service-disabled
veteran-owned, HUBZone, disadvantaged,
and women-owned businesses), will
have the maximum practicable opportunity
to participate in the contract consistent
with it's efficient performance.
Furthermore, large prime contractors
receiving a Federal contract exceeding
$500,000 ($1 million in the case
of construction), and which offers
subcontracting opportunities, must
establish subcontracting plans with
goals that provide maximum opportunities
to these small businesses.