Federal Government Marketing Assistance for Small Businesses

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 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.

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.

Links to small business resources in the various Federal agencies are listed below by agency.

Department of Agriculture

Department of Commerce

United States Congress

Department of Defense

Department of Education

Department of Energy

Environmental Protection Agency

General Services Administration

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of the Interior

Department of Justice

Department of Labor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Small Business Administration

Department of Transportation

Department of Treasury

United States Postal Service

Department of Veterans Affairs

Office of Management and Budget

 

 

Department of Agriculture

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• USDA Procurement
• Veteran Information

Department of Commerce

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Minority Business Development Agency

United States Congress

• U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
• U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business
• U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs
• U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business
• Thomas - U.S. Library of Congress Legislative Research

Department of Defense

• DoD Office of Small Business Programs
• Defense Acquisition University
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( Small Business Support Center)
• Defense Technical Information Center Acquisition Information
• Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization National Capital Region
• Defense Acquistion Policy
• Air Force Small Business
• Air Force Acquisition
• U. S. Army Office of Small Business Programs
• Army Corps of Engineers OSBP
• Navy/Marine Corps OSBP

Department of Education

• Contracts Information
• Doing Business with the Department of Education
• Forecasts of Contract Opportunities

Department of Energy

• DOE Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Environmental Protection Agency

• Doing Business with EPA
• EPA Acquisition Policy Information (active contracts)
• Headquarters Procurement Operations Division
• Superfund/RCRA Procurement Operations Division

General Services Administration

• Office of Small Business Utilization
• Federal Acquisition Service (including schedules)

Department of Health and Human Services

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Department of Homeland Security

• Working with the Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• HUD Contracting

Department of the Interior

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Department of Justice

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• DOJ Acquisition

Department of Labor

• Office of Small Business Programs
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• NASA Office of Small Business Programs
• NASA Office of Procurement
• NASA Center Procurement Sites

Small Business Administration

• Small Business Administration
• Office of Veterans Business Development
• SBA Resource Library

Department of Transportation

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Acquisition and Grant Management
• Doing Business With the Department of Transportation
• Procurement Offices

Department of Treasury

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Bureau of Engraving and Printing Office of Procurement

United States Postal Service

• Selling to the US Postal Service

Department of Veterans Affairs

• Center for Veterans Enterprise
• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• OSDBU Resource Library
• Small Business Contacts
• Office of Acquisition and Logistics (Formerly OA&MM)
• Doing Business with VA
• VA Office of Information and Technology

The White House: Office of Management and Budget

• White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)