GSA: The Government's Buyer

• The U.S. General Services Administration is a procurement agency for the federal government. Businesses that want to provide professional services to public agencies can locate information about business opportunities at the GSA website. GSA describes its role as offering "professional services, equipment, supplies, telecommunications, and information technology from commercial businesses to government organizations and the military through acquisition solutions from its Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)."
  
  

Additional Business Opportunities

• Federal Business Opportunities, also referred to as "FedBizOpps," is another medium through which businesses locate opportunities. Government contracts worth more than $25,000 are listed in the pages of FedBizOpps. Prior to using this method (and the GSA contracting methods), businesses complete Central Contractor Registration and provide business information and attestations of suitability with the Online Representations and Certification Application. Both clearinghouses ensure the business is suitably equipped to provide services to the federal government.
  
  

Government Agency Outreach

• Nearly every federal government agency has a small-business opportunities outreach office. Staff in these offices routinely offer seminars, workshops and networking events for prospective and existing government contractors. Attendance at these events can facilitate the alliance of big business and small business in contracting and subcontracting opportunities. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is one of many offices that organize outreach activities.