Interested in growing your small business through contracts with the federal government? Join the West Virginia Women’s Business Center and the Small Business Administration for Module 3 of our 5-part series on how your small business can find and win federal government contracts. George Murray from the WV District Office of the Small Business Administration (SBA) will walk you through how the process of requesting proposals, evaluating bids, and awarding contracts works. Government contracts are a tremendous financial opportunity for small businesses.

The U.S. government is the largest customer in the world. It buys all types of products and services — in both large and small quantities — and its required by law to consider buying from small businesses.

The government wants to buy from small businesses for several reasons, including:

• To ensure that large businesses don’t “muscle out” small businesses
• To gain access to the new ideas that small businesses provide
• To support small businesses as engines of economic development and job creation
• To offer opportunities to disadvantaged socio-economic groups

In Module 3 in our series, federal contracting expert George Murray from the WV District Office of the Small Business Administration (SBA) will walk you through how the process of requesting proposals, evaluating bids, and awarding contracts works.

Federal agencies must publicly list their contract opportunities. Some of these contracts are set aside exclusively for small businesses. In some cases, these so-called set-aside contracts might consist of certain types of tasks on larger contracts. In others, entire contracts may be reserved for small businesses.

Learn all of this and more. Now’s the time to open the door on new opportunities for your small business!

Register today!

R easonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact [email protected]