The Greater Southwest Regional Office of Small Business Utilization (ROSBU) is your first point of contact for information on how to do business or how to obtain a contract with the federal government. We serve businesses, federally recognized tribes, and tribal organizations in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Americas. For further information about GSA’s small business programs please contact us.

Located in Fort Worth, Texas, ROSBU provides support to businesses that want to understand the process involved in doing business with GSA, information about various government contracts and procurement opportunities, and planning, implementing and coordinating programs to help GSA meet its socio-economic contracting goals.

ROSBU is proactive in ensuring that small businesses have the maximum practicable opportunity to compete for and receive government contracts, and advocates for: small, small disadvantaged, Section 8(a), woman-owned small, HUBZone small, veteran-owned small, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses as well as federally recognized Native American tribes and tribal organizations.

The Greater Southwest ROSBU’s mission is to promote increased access to GSA’s national procurement opportunities. To ensure inclusion of regional small businesses, ROSBU:

• Develops and administers small business programs designed to nurture business opportunities and promote business growth;
• Provides information on the agency’s procurement opportunities;
• Implements small business policies and manages programs as required by public law in order to nurture entrepreneurial opportunities;
• Monitors regional small business goals to ensure that small businesses are included in prime contract awards and subcontracting;
• Maintains a proactive outreach program which makes it possible for the small business community to network with key contracting experts and receive training on federal contracting and procurement processes through new vendor orientations, matchmaking sessions, conferences, seminars and other events;
• Provides information about various government contracts and the Small Business Goals Program, general business counseling and marketing advice concerning current bidding opportunities with GSA and how to access and navigate Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) and other e-Tools; and
• Partners with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to conduct Compliance Reviews to ensure prime contractors are complying with the small business policies as outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

The ROSBU is responsible for the scope of small business programs mandated by law. GSA, like 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.

DISASTER SUPPORT

GSA Greater Southwest Region deploys regional resources and services to provide onsite support to the Federal Emergency and Management Agency (FEMA) and other response agencies, in all activities related to emergency response operations, including natural disasters, technological emergencies, terrorism consequences, resource shortages, and other disasters.

For your small business to be considered as a potential provider during these situations, we suggest you complete a Disaster and Emergency Operations Vendor Profile form (GSA Form 3685). The Disaster and Emergency Operations Vendor Profile form will assist appropriate federal contracting officers in locating businesses to provide products and/or services in support of federal disaster and emergency relief efforts. To access the form, visit http://www.gsa.gov/disastersupportform. Please email or fax the completed form to the appropriate GSA Small Business Utilization Center(s) where the recovery efforts exists.

You may also register on the U.S. Small Business Administration's Hurricane Contracting Information Center (HCIC) which provides a central point of reference for businesses to register for and become aware of federal contracting opportunities in the Gulf Coast. Please visit the HCIC website for further information.

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