The Sacramento District Office – October 2021

Government Contracting News, Opportunities, and Resources

Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors

President Biden recently issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, mandating vaccines for all federal employees and covered federal contractor employees.

You can find additional guidance here: Vaccinations | Safer Federal Workforce

Finding Government Contracting Opportunities

If you are looking to identify Federal prime contractors, below you can see the ways to do your research:

• SBA’s Sub-Net
• DoD Prime Contractors
• GSA Contractor List

Federal business opportunities for contractors are listed at beta.SAM.gov utilized by all Federal agencies for solicitations over $25K​

• Look for set-aside contracts for which your firm qualifies​
• Respond to Sources Sought and Pre-Solicitations​

FIND CONTRACTS

FedConnect: utilized by DOE, DHS, HUD, DOI, EPA, SBA, & SSA

For Smaller Requirements:​ Visit Acquisition Central’s Business Zone for Federal agency small business information, business opportunities & contracting forecasts, www.acquisition.gov

Government Contracting

As a business owner, do you want to sell your products and services to the Federal government?

Each year, the Federal Government awards about 10% of all Federal contract dollars, or roughly $50 billion in contracts, to Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB). To be recognized as an SDB by the Federal Government, you must register your business with the federal government. You can do this online.

Getting recognized by the state of CA as a Small Disadvantaged Business is different than with the Federal Government. The state of CA recognition/certification is called the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certification. You can do this online.

If you seek help with s Federal Government contracting or state of CA government contracting, including registrations and certifications, please contact the SBA’s local approved service-providers (see below).

1. California Capital Financial Development Corporation 
2. Monterey Bay Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) 
3. Norcal PTAC

Program Benefits

Contracting assistance programs

The SBA provides several programs to help small businesses win federal contracts. Participating in these programs helps small businesses:

• Win a fair share of federal contracts
• Qualify for exclusive set-aside and sole-source contracts
• Partner with established contractors to win contracts
• Get business mentoring and education to learn how federal contracting works

EXPLORE PROGRAMS

Upcoming Training

The training events listed below are being offered by SBA, SBA resource partners, and other organizations working to help you build your business by selling to the government.

• Paving Your Road to Success with Caltrans – A series of contracting and procurement training courses (WBC) 10/6 at 1:00 PM REGISTER
• SBA Small Business Programs: Financing, Contracting, and Technical Assistance (SBA & BBB) 10/21 at 1:00 PM REGISTER
• Federal Government Contracting – Did You Know? (WBC) 10/28 at 9:00 AM REGISTER

SBA’s participation or support is not an endorsement of any product, service, or entity.

Get the help you need

Stay Updated

• For more on SBA programs for the coronavirus, please visit www.sba.gov/coronavirus.
• For upcoming webinars for small business, please visit www.sba.gov/ca/sacramento/events
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