8(a) Business Development Program

For socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the phrase “socially and economically disadvantaged individuals” includes Indian tribes, Alaska Native corporations, Community Development Corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.

department of transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program

DBEs are for-profit small business concerns where socially and economically disadvantaged individuals own at least a 51% interest and also control management and daily business operations.

Under DOT’s DBE Program, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian-Pacific and Subcontinent Asian Americans, and women are presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged. Other individuals can also qualify as socially and economically disadvantaged on a case-by-case basis.

Hubzone program

Small businesses in specific urban and rural communities gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities.

mentor-protégé programs

Learn from an experienced government contractor and get valuable business development help from mentors in several areas.

Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses certification

Provide procuring agencies with the authority to set acquisitions aside for exclusive competition among service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, as well as the authority to make sole source awards to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns if certain conditions are met.

small business & small disadvantaged business

Small businesses can self-represent their status as a small disadvantaged business (SDB) with the federal government by checking the box in their SAM registration on the Assertions page. SAM will automatically assign federal Small Business (SB) status to businesses who qualify based on their SBA size standards.

Women-owned small business certifications

Enables Woman-Owned Small Businesses to compete for federal contracts that are set-aside in industries where women-owned small businesses are underrepresented.