Procurement

Online Resources

• 10 Steps to Successful Bids-US Chamber of Commerce
  
• 5 Pointers for Getting Government Contracts
  
• Air Force Small Business Portal
  

  Enables companies to search and connect with local Air Force small business specialists within their geographic region. Users can search by state and Air Force Base to retrieve contact information for relevant procurement personnel. Register Your Small Business. Companies can provide information about their products and services, why their firm stands above competing companies, their certified small business status and NAICS codes. Features a user-friendly interface for businesses to search and view not only current opportunities but forecasts of projected contracting needs for the coming years. The information and search requests can be easily filtered and sorted by geographic areas such as State or Air Force Base as well as by dollar-value ranges, by purchasing organization and by solicitation type. My Alerts allows a company to identify current contract opportunities through the search tool and sign up to receive email notifications to help track updates for each opportunity.

• Army SBIR-Program Management Office
  
• Business Matchmaking
  
• Center for Minority Veterans
  
• Center for Women Veterans
  
• Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
  
• Commerce Business Daily
  

  The source for federal government procurement information.

• Commerce Net
  

  An industry consortium that promotes electronic commerce.

• DARPA- SBIR/STTR Support Center
  
• Department of Defense (DOD) Almanac
  
• Department of Veterans Affairs-Business Opportunities
  
• Dept of Defense SBIR/STTR Program
  
• Dept. of Defense Business Opportunities
  

  The single entry point for all Department of Defense procurement opportunities.

• Dept. of Energy-SBIR/STTR
  
• Economic Forecasts, Listing of Agency Procurement Forecasts
  

  The Office of Government Contracting (GC) works to create an environment for maximum participation by small, disadvantaged, and woman-owned businesses in federal government contract awards and large prime subcontract awards.

• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
  
• Federal Acquisition Jumpstation
  

  Links to key sites related to federal procurement.

• Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
  
• Federal Business Opportunities
  
• Federal Chief Acquisition Officers Council
  
• Federal Supply Schedule-Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
  
• FedMarket
  

  Resources for selling to the government including the FAR.

• Five Tips for Getting a Government Contract
  
• Government Bids.com
  
• Government Contracting Basics
  
• GSA Schedules
  
• GSA-Acquisition Best Practices
  
• H.U.D. Procurement Guide
  
• How to Win a Government Contract Article-Entrepreneur.com
  
• I.R.S. Contracting Opportunities
  
• Military Standards and Specifications
  

  Information available regarding military standards and specifications.

• NASA SBIR & STTR Program
  
• National Institute of Health (SBIR & STTR)
  
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (SBIR)
  
• National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR Program
  
• National Technology Transfer Center
  

  Federal technologies available for licensing.

• Native American Procurement Technical Assistance Center
  

  Provides contract identification and procurement assistance to reservation based American Indian owned businesses and tribal enterprises throughout the United States where our program operates.

• Navy SBIR/STTR Program
  
• Office of Extramural Research Grants Web Site
  
• Office of Federal Procurement Policy
  
• Proposal Writing and Government Contracting
  
• Retail Owners Institute®
  

  Projecting & Controlling - PROFITS, INVENTORY, and CASH FLOW.
  These courses with the 3-in-1 calculator teach the basic financial levers of a retail business. Using the training and tools ROI delivers allows retailers can see for themselves how fluctuations on the P&L (sales, margins, expenses) and Inventory turns combine to affect Cash Flow.

• SBA Business Matchmaking
  

  Business Matchmaking (BMM) is a public-private initiative supporting procurement opportunities for small business in every industry.

• SBA Federal Contracting Regulation & Policy
  
• SBA HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program
  
• SBA Pursue Contracts
  
• SBA-Contracting Opportunities
  
• SBA-Dynamic Small Business Search-Government Contracting
  
• SBA-Free Government Contracting Course
  
• SBIR/STTR Key Solicitation Dates
  
• TechSavy
  

  A business site to identify supplier, locate information, and order parts or hard to find historical data.

• The Washington State Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
  

  helps companies find and successfully achieve contracts for work with the local, federal, and state governments.

• Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal
  

  Excellent tutorial on grant-writing. 

• U.S. Dept. of Transportation SBIR-Volpe Center
  
• Washington State Office of Financial Management
  

  This public site provides information on economic, social-economic, population, estimates and forecasts, and city and county data. It also provides links to the United States Census 2000 web site.