Contracting & Business Certifications

Contracting is a great financial opportunity for small business growth and job creation. Federal, State, local, and County agencies must publicly list their contract opportunities to the public. Some of these contracts are set aside exclusively for small, women-owned, minority-owned, economically-disadvantaged and disabled-veteran owned businesses. Small businesses also have access to acquiring contract opportunities with private fortune 500 corporate companies like Walmart, amazon, and apple and so many more. Corporate America and the Government is constantly increasing their emphasis and awareness on diversifying the vendors to do business with, and you can take advantage of these opportunities. Check out the resources below to learn more:

Federal Contracting

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting

• • Doing Business with Maryland https://procurement.maryland.gov/
  • Doing Business with Virginia https://eva.virginia.gov/
  • Doing Business with Washington DC: https://ocp.dc.gov/

Certifications for doing business with corporate and some government

• • Disability:IN: Homepage – Disability:IN (disabilityin.org)
  • Women’s Business Enterprise National Council: Certification for Women-Owned Businesses – WBENC.org : WBENC
  • Capital Region Minority supplier Development Council: MBE Services – Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council | CRMSDC (wpengine.com)
  • National LGBT Chamber of Commerce: NGLCC | Get Certified | nglcc.org
  • Locate government Contracts: https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-guide/how-win-contracts
  • Capability Statement (Resume for your business) worksheet sample template: Microsoft PowerPoint – DIRECT INDIRECT AND OVERHEAD POOLS [Compatibility Mode] (sba.gov)