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Small Business Assistance

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.

ROSBU:
  • 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).
The Small Business Program in PBS

$2,364,076,407 in Small Business eligible contracts were awarded in FY 2008:

• Small Business: 48.58%
• Small Disadvantaged: 21.54%
• Service Disabled Veterans: 3.04%
• Women Owned: 10.36%
• HUB Zone: 11.44%

GSA's Disaster Support

GSA provides onsite support to the Federal Emergency and Management Agency (FEMA) and other response agencies in all activities related to emergency response operations. For more information on how your small business can be considered as a potential provider during these situations, please visit the For Vendors Offering Relief Supplies page.

The shortcut for this page is www.gsa.gov/r4smallbusiness.

Last Reviewed 3/20/2009