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Find my certifications →US Army Corps of Engineers is a major federal buyer with $12B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
Natural Resources Conservation Service is a major federal buyer with $500M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
National Institutes of Health is a major federal buyer with $8B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
Health Resources and Services Administration is a major federal buyer with $1B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a major federal buyer with $2B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse …
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives is a major federal buyer with $800M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how …
VA National Cemetery Administration is a major federal buyer with $500M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
USDA Forest Service is a major federal buyer with $2B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Transportation Security Administration is a major federal buyer with $2B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Social Security Administration is a major federal buyer with $2B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
US Special Operations Command is a major federal buyer with $3B+ annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
Securities and Exchange Commission is a major federal buyer with $700M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
Rural Utilities Service (USDA) is a major federal buyer with $10B+ in loans in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a major federal buyer with $500M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how …
National Science Foundation is a major federal buyer with $2B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
National Park Service is a major federal buyer with $1.5B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a major federal buyer with $4B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
National Institute of Standards and Technology is a major federal buyer with $800M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse …
Maritime Administration is a major federal buyer with $1B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get into …
Internal Revenue Service is a major federal buyer with $3B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a major federal buyer with $5B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
Department of Housing and Urban Development is a major federal buyer with $1B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse …
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA) is a major federal buyer with $700M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
Food and Drug Administration is a major federal buyer with $3B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
Federal Communications Commission is a major federal buyer with $400M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Federal Aviation Administration is a major federal buyer with $5B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Employment and Training Administration (DOL) is a major federal buyer with $2B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is a major federal buyer with $5B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers …
Defense Logistics Agency is a major federal buyer with $45B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Defense Information Systems Agency is a major federal buyer with $14B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
Defense Intelligence Agency is a major federal buyer with $3B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Drug Enforcement Administration is a major federal buyer with $1.5B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is a major federal buyer with $4B+ annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is a major federal buyer with $4B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse …
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is a major federal buyer with $2.5B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
US Census Bureau is a major federal buyer with $1.5B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Customs and Border Protection is a major federal buyer with $6B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
Bureau of Reclamation is a major federal buyer with $3B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Bureau of Prisons is a major federal buyer with $3B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Bureau of Land Management is a major federal buyer with $1B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
SSA buys through the Office of Acquisition and Grants and uses SAM.gov as its primary vendor database. Here's how its OSDBU works, …
USACE buys through district offices, not one central office. This guide walks the SAM.gov registration, the set-asides it uses (8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, …
Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a major federal buyer with $300M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
Federal Transit Administration is a major federal buyer with $20B annually in grants in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
Federal Highway Administration is a major federal buyer with $48B annually in grants in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
The Army buys through SAM.gov and its Office of Small Business Programs, and it has historically routed more than 20% of contract …
The EPA runs its own Acquisition Forecast Database and a vendor database that feeds its OSDBU and contracting officers. Here is how …
The DOT spends through 11 operating administrations like the FAA and FHWA. This guide covers SAM.gov registration, the set-asides DOT uses, where …
Interior put 60% of its eligible prime contract dollars with small businesses in FY2023. Here is how registration, set-asides, and the agency …
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a major federal buyer with $2B in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get into …
CBP buys through DHS, the largest federal agency to earn 15 straight A or A+ grades on SBA's small-business scorecard. Here is …
Veterans Benefits Administration is a major federal buyer with $1B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
Veterans Health Administration is a major federal buyer with $25B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses get …
US Patent and Trademark Office is a major federal buyer with $600M annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small …
Federal Emergency Management Agency is a major federal buyer with $8B+ annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
Federal Bureau of Investigation is a major federal buyer with $3B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
National Nuclear Security Administration is a major federal buyer with $20B annually in annual procurement. This guide covers how diverse small businesses …
The VA buys differently than most agencies. Its Veterans First Contracting Program puts certified veteran-owned firms ahead of every other set-aside. Here …
USPS buys differently from every other federal agency. It is exempt from the FAR, runs its own rulebook, and registers suppliers through …
USDA obligated more than $11 billion across 67,000 contract actions in FY2023 and aims to send 57.5% of contract dollars to small …
The Department of the Navy buys through a dozen separate commands, not one front door. This guide covers SAM.gov registration, which set-asides …
The Air Force runs its small-business work through the Department of the Air Force Office of Small Business Programs. Here is how …
Treasury buys through bureaus like the IRS, the Mint, and the BEP, and routes small-business work through its OSDBU. Here's how to …
The NIH buys research support, lab services, and roughly $21 billion in IT through NITAAC. Here's how a small or diverse business …
The GSA buys through SAM.gov, the Multiple Award Schedule, and socioeconomic set-asides. Here is the registration sequence, the goals that work in …
The FAA buys under its own Acquisition Management System, not the standard FAR, which changes how set-asides and registration work. Here is …
The DOJ ran about $3.1 billion through small-business contracts in FY2024. Here is how its OSDBU works, which set-asides it uses, and …
DLA buys the fuel, food, parts, and medical supplies that keep the military running, and it does most of it through one …
State spends on construction, embassy security, IT, and language services worldwide. Here is how a small or diverse business registers, finds the …
DOL spends roughly $2.2 billion a year buying goods and services, and it routes a large share to small and diverse firms. …
DOE runs roughly 80% of its procurement budget through Management & Operating contractors at the national labs and cleanup sites, which means …
The Department of Education buys against roughly $2.5 billion in estimated annual obligations, and its OSDBU exists to route small businesses into …
DoD bought $183 billion from small businesses in FY2024, 28.78% of eligible spend. Here is the actual path: SAM.gov registration, the set-asides …
The Department of Commerce runs most of its contracting through bureaus like NOAA, Census, and USPTO, and NOAA alone puts more than …
The Coast Guard is a DHS buying component, not a Defense agency, and that changes where you look and who you call. …
NASA runs its small-business work through the Office of Small Business Programs and posts opportunities on SAM.gov. Here is how to register, …
HUD buys through SAM.gov and runs the standard federal set-asides. This guide covers registration, which socioeconomic certification to chase, where HUD posts …
HHS buys across NIH, CDC, FDA, and CMS, and runs a Small Business Customer Experience office for vendors. Here is how to …
FEMA buys through SAM.gov and Unison Marketplace, runs a Small Business Program under the DHS OSDBU, and asks vendors to file an …
DHS obligated $9.9 billion to small businesses in FY2023 (38.21% of eligible dollars), the most in its history. Here is how registration, …
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