Find Government Procurement Opportunities

Define Your Products & Services

Before you can successfully sell your products and services to the government or any buyer, you must be able to clearly define what you can deliver and how you can meet the needs of prospective customers. This is a function of good management.

Your products and services should be clearly described in a business plan. If you do not have a current business plan, you should prepare one. You will need it.

Indentify Agency Needs

Once you have a clear understanding of what products and services you can best deliver to the government, the next step is to identify what agencies are buying, what their needs are, how they outreach to small businesses and how to contact them. The government (AcqNet) offers an excellent electronic tool to accomplish this. It is called Federal Business Opportunities.

This tool will help you identify buying sources, learn about small business initiatives specific to individual agencies, help you discover business opportunities and share with you forecasts of anticipated buying needs for individual agencies.

Matchmaking

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, HP (Hewlett-Packard ) and the U.S. Small Business Administration are working together to help small businesses obtain more contracts from government and industry. While driving contracts to small businesses will strengthen our economy, it will also help organizations like yours achieve small and minority business contracting goals. Contracts that develop from meetings held at the Business Matchmaking events will be our measure of success.

What is the Business Matchmaking event?

The matchmaking events provide a unique opportunity for small businesses to present product and service solutions to buyers through prescheduled one-on-one appointments with procurement managers. The event is NOT an opportunity to trade business cards, as is the case with traditional trade shows. Instead it is a REAL chance for small businesses to meet with public and private organizations for procurement opportunities. Through these matchmaking events we anticipate small businesses competing for millions of dollars in contracts from the private and public sector.

Buying Sources

Use this comprehensive list of federal departments and agencies to learn more about the governments buying sources. Remember, the key to success for any business is to match its products and services with the needs of potential clients. Learn as much as possible about specific federal agencies who could possibly use your products and services.

Departments of the Executive Branch

Department of Agriculture (USDA) USDA Home Page
U.S. Department of Agriculture Procurement
USDA Rural Business - Cooperative Service

Farm Service Agency

• Acquisition Management Branch Procurement Opportunities

Department of Commerce (DOC) DOC Home Page

• Commerce Acquisition Community
• US Census Bureau Economy-Wide Information
• Stat-USA GLOBUS Information System - Procurement Marketplace
• Minority Business Development Agency
• National Standards and Technology (NIST)
• NIST Contracts Office
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• NOAA System Acquisition Office Procurement Office Home Page
• Western Administrative Support Center - Acquisition Management Services
• US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
• Patent and Trademark Office Acquisitions Home Page

Department of Defense (DOD (Defense Link) Home Page

• Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (DUSD)(ACQWEB)
• DUSD(AR)'s Acquisition Reform
• Defense (DTIC) Acquisition Information Home Page (HOV-LANE)
• DOD Acquisition Workforce Home Page
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Contracts Management Directorate
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - Solicitations
• Defense Information Systems Agency
• DOD Technical Information Web Locator
• DOD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
• Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Acquisition Reporting Bulletin Board
• National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Procurement
• Welcome to DOD Health Affairs (HA) Acquisitions Home Page
• Tri-Service Contract Solicitation Network - (assistance in locating some Army Corps of Engineers, Navy, and Air Force solicitations)
• Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) DLA Home Page
• Defense Contract Management Command
• Defense Contract Management District West
• Defense Fuel Supply Center
• Defense Industrial Supply Center
• Defense Supply Center Richmond
• DOD On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA)

United States Air Force (USAF) USAF Home Page

• Air Force Acquisition Home Page
• Air Force Business Opportunities
• San Antonio RFP and Acquisition Highway (SARAH)
• Hanscom Electronic Systems Center (HERBB)
• Phillips Laboratory Contracting Office
• The Rome Research Site Contracting Division
• Wright Laboratory Directorate of Contracting
• Wright Laboratory Armament Directorate Contracting Opportunities

United States Army (USA) USA Home Page

• Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition (SARDA)
• Army Acquisition Corps Home Page Information
• Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) Acquisition
• Space and Strategic Defense Command Contracting and Acquisition Management
• Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Acquisition Home Page
• MEDCOM Acquisition Activity
• US Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command Procurement Home Page
• CECOM Acquisition Center, Washington Home Page Office (formerly known as "ISSAA")
• White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) Directorate of Contracting
• Fort Stewart Directorate of Contracting
• Team Redstone Acquisition Center
• Picatinny Arsenal
• Tank Armaments and Automative Command (TACOM) Procurement Network (ProcNet)
• Picatinny Arsenal Business Opportunities

United States Navy (USN) USN Home Page

• Navy Acquisition Reform Office (ARO)
• Naval Air Systems Team Acquisition Reform Office
• Office of Naval Research
• The Naval Research Laboratory
• Naval Research Laboratory Contracting Division
• ITEC Direct -- The Navy's Information Technology Electronic Commerce Direct (Catalog)
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
• Product Acquisition and Engineering
• Naval Supply Systems Command
• Naval Computer & Telecommunications Area (LANT)
• Naval Information Systems Management Center
• NAVSEA Acquisition and Business Opportunities Home Page
• Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Contracts Directorate
• Military Sealift Command Home Page
• United States Navy OnLine Resources Home Page
• Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
• Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC)(NISE East) Home Page
• NCCOSC RDT&E Division (NRaD) Online Procurement Information System (OPiS)
• Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Home Page

Department of Education (EDUC) EDUC Home Page

• Grants and Contracts Information

Department of Energy (DOE) DOE Home Page

• Office of Procurement and Assistant Management
• DOE Business Opportunities
• DOE Field and Contractor Home Pages
• DOE Wide Information Management Acquisition Program
• National Renewable Energy Lab

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) HHS Home Page

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• NIH Grants and Contracts
• Grants and Research Information

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)HUD Home Page

• HUD Community and Business Partners
• HUD Contracting

Department of the Interior (DOI) DOI Home Page

• Acquisition, Financial Assistance, and Property Management
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Doing Business with the Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Acquisition Assistance Mgt Svcs, Denver, CO Office
• Acquisition and Assistance Group- Lower CO Regional Office
• Mid-Pacific Regional Office
• Pacific Northwest Regional Contracts Office
• Acquisition Mgt Group - Upper CO Regional Office
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• USGS Contracts and Grants Information
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
• FWS Division of Contracting and General Services (CGS)
• United States Minerals Management Service (MMS)
• MMS Procurement and Support Services Home Page

Department of Justice (DOJ) DOJ Home Page

• Department of Justice Acquisition Home Page
• DOJ UNICOR (Federal Prisons) Home Page
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Home Page
• Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) Procurement Notices

Department of Labor (DOL) DOL Home Page

• DOL Grant and Contract Information
• DOL Miscellaneous Procurement Information

Department of State (STATE) STATE Home Page

• Department of State Acquisition Home Page
• Contracting Opportunities and Related Information

Department of Transportation (DOT) DOT Home Page

• The Department of Transportation (DOT) Contracting and Procurement Opportunities
• DOT Office of Acquisition and Grant Management Procurement Information Home Page
• Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Acquisition Div
• DOT Acquisition Reform Procurement Reinvention Laboratory
• Doing Business With DOT
• Doing Business With DOT - Links to Contracting Offices
• US Coast Guard Home Page
• Federal Aviation Administration
• FAA Acquisition Reform Information Center
• FAA Acquisition Management System
• Federal Aviation Administration Home Page

Department of the Treasury (TREAS) TREAS Home Page

• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Office of Procurement
• Treasury Financial Management Service

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) VA Home Page

• VA Office of Acquisitions - VA Business Opportunities
• VA Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management Home Page

Independent Federal Agencies

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Home Page

• Doing Business with EPA
• EPA's Office of Acquisition Management Home Page
• NCERQA Grants
• EPA Contracts Grants and Financing

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)FCC Home Page

• Federal Communications Commission Business Opportunities

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)FEMA Home Page

US General Accounting Office (GAO) GAO Home Page

US Government Printing Office (GPO) GPO Home Page

General Services Administration (GSA)

• How to Contract With GSA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)NASA Home Page

• NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS)
• NASA Office of Procurement
• NASA Headquarters Acquisition Division
• NASA Procurement Home Pages
• NASA Procurement Reference Library
• NASA Acquisition Forecast - FY 1997
• NASA Hot Topics
• NASA's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
• NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
• Links to NASA's Business Opportunities
• SEARCH all NASA Procurement Synopses
• Ames Research Center Procurement Home Page
• Dryden Flight Research Center Procurement Office
• Goddard Space Flight Center Procurement Home Page
• JPL Acquisitions Division
• Johnson Space Center Procurement Home Page
• Kennedy Space Center Procurement Home Page
• Langley Research Center Procurement Home Page
• Lewis Research Center Procurement Home Page
• Marshall Space Flight Center Procurement Office
• Space Station Program Office Procurement Home Page
• Stennis Space Center Procurement Home Page

National Coordination Office (NCO) for Computing, Information, and Communications NCO Revised Home Page with Grants and Research Contracts Information

National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF Home Page

• NSF Grants and Program Areas

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)NRC Home Page

• Contracting with NRC

Small Business Administration (SBA) SBA Home Page

• SBA's Office of Minority Enterprise Development (MED)
• SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership

Social Security Administration (SSA)SSAn Home Page

• SSA Office of Acquisition and Grants

US Information Agency (USIA) USIA Home Page

• USIA Open Requests For Proposal (RFPs)

US Agency for International Development (USAID)USAID Home Page

• Office of Procurement Information

US Postal Service (USPS) USPS Home Page

• US Postal Service Procurement Home Page