GSA's Regional Office of Small Business Utilization (ROSBU) advocates for small businesses in eight southeastern states. Its mission is to promote and increase access to regional contracting and procurement opportunities. GSA has procurement preference goals for contracting and subcontracting with businesses that are (links to Small Business Association Pages): small, small disadvantaged and Section 8(a), woman-owned small, HUBZone small, veteran-owned small and service-disabled veteran owned small businesses. These goals are a performance measure that GSA strives to achieve through its various programs.

• implements small business policies and manages programs as required by public law in order to nuture entrepreneurial opportunities;
• monitors regional small business goals to ensure that small businesses are included in prime contract awards and subcontracting;
• holds numerous events enabling 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; and
• provides information about various government contract and procurement preference programs, general business counseling and marketing advice concerning current bidding opportunities with GSA and how to access and navigate Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps, an electronic posting system).

GSA's Disaster Support

GSA Southeast Sunbelt Region deploys regional resources and services to provide onsite support to the Department of Homeland Security 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 Support Vendor Profile form. The Disaster Support Vendor Profile form will assist appropriate federal contracting officers in locating businesses to provide products and/or services in support of federal disaster relief efforts. You may select the form from the "Related GSA Topics" menu at the far right column. Please email or fax the completed form to the appropriate GSA Small Business Utilization Center(s) where disaster recovery efforts exists. We also suggest that you complete a profile on the Centralized Contractor Registration and a profile at the Online Registration and Certification Application. Both can be selected from the "Government Links" menu in the right column.

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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