As a government contractor (or prospective one), you’ve probably seen the term “economically disadvantaged” pop-up here and there. Mainly, you’re going to see it when it pertains to 8(a) Business Development Program and the Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently presented a report to Congress focusing on the Agency’s outreach to aspiring and established women veteran entrepreneurs. The report to Congress included U.S. Census data, reflecting the uptick of women veteran entrepreneurship, along with some...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Wednesday, March 2 announced the federal government hit its goal of awarding at least 5 percent of all contracts to women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) during FY15. Twenty-three percent of all federal contracting dollars...
Nearly three decades after the passage of The Women’s Business Ownership Act (H.R. 5050, there are 10 million women-owned businesses in the U.S., according to Carla A. Harris, chair of the National Women’s Business Council. “H.R. 5050 was a big...
Federal agencies may award sole source contracts to Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) and to Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSBs), according to a final rule published by the U.S. Small Business Administration last week. Under the rule, a contracting officer...
US Federal Contractor Registration US Federal Contractor Registration, the world's largest third party registration tracked down the top 5 major woman owned small business government contracts posted to FedBizOpps in 2014. Woman Owned Small Business contracts...
The Dynamic Small Business Search is a website that is primarily used by procurement officers to track down and locate qualified government contractors that meet federal small business acquisition needs. Thanks to the Small Business Act of 2008 every procurement...
What is System for Award Management (SAM) registration? The System for Award Management (SAM) is the Official U.S. Government system that consolidated the capabilities of CCR/FedReg, ORCA, and EPLS. In order for businesses to be eligible for government contracts they must first...
As we move closer and closer to the end of the fiscal year, procurement officers are about to spend truck loads of money to hit their spending quotas. Many procurement officers rush to spend the last of their budgets. This...
