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Marketing your business to Federal, Corporate or State Customers


There are organizations whose mission is to help small businesses market their services and products to the Federal government.

  • Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)
    Small Business Development Centers provide management advice and assistance to small businesses. They can help you incorporate, setup your accounting system, write a business plan, etc., but most of them do not know much about Federal contracting. You can locate an SBDC near you on the Association of Small Business Development Centers Web site.
  • Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) Procurement Technical Assistance Centers teach small businesses how to sell to Federal government customers. You can locate a PTAC near you on the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers Web site. Many PTACs sponsor small business conferences and matchmaking events.
  • Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Each Federal agency has a small business office that is the advocate for all small businesses selling to that Federal agency. The first point of contact for a small business selling to a Federal agency is the small business specialist. The headquarters small business offices are typically called the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) or the Office of Small Business Programs or something similar. The majority of field contracting activities have small business specialists to help small businesses selling to that contracting activity.

The Federal agency OSDBU directors have a Web site at www.osdbu.gov with more information.

  • National Veterans Small Business Conference
    Each year, Federal agencies join together at the National Veterans Small Business Conference. This conference offers training and networking opportunities to veterans at a reasonable cost.

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Business Opportunities covers four main areas that you may want to explore in targeting your marketing:

  • Locate or register a veteran owned business
  • The Vendor Information Pages Database is the only Federally controlled database in which a legal verification process is used to determine service disabled or veteran status of a small business. All companies participating in the Veterans First program under PL 109-461 are required to submit evidence of ownership / control and veteran status before being awarded a VA contract under the set-aside authority.

 

 
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