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Welcome to the Small Business Contractors' Forum

This important gathering place for small business contractors is provided through a joint effort of the National Association of Small Business Contractors and the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce. The Small Business Contractors' Forum provides timely news, information, opportunities, education and connections for small business contractors, government representatives, and prime contractors.

Spotlight: U.S. Dept. of Interior

We are excited to provide this Opportunity Spotlight with the U.S. Dept. of Interior and thank the entire team at the DOI for their commitment to providing access to contracts for small businesses!

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National Small Business Contracting Summit - West Coast
November 2 - 3, 2010 ( San Diego, CA)

The National Association of Small Business Contractors present our much requested West Coast summit and industry day (one-on-one meetings).

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Slow Pay Survey - June 6, 2010

Are Your Payments Coming Through Promptly?
As a business performing federal and state contracting work, we understand how important cash flow can be -- especially in our current tight-credit marketplace. Please take a moment to let us know if you are experiencing any challenges in receving prompt payments -- and/or if you have positive input regarding timely payments.

President Obama Forms Task Force to Increase Small Business Federal Contracting - March 26, 2010

Today, President Obama issued a memorandum announcing strong steps for his Administration to learn how federal agency spending can be more fair and open to small business contractors, bring greater transparency to the contracting process and data, and act to invigorate federal spending with small firms.

Unfortunately, this announcement most likely comes as an early warning of sub-par FY 2009 achievement of small business federal contracting goals (this data has not yet been publicly released) and continued pressure by small businesses and trade association leaders to end the long standing failure of the federal government to assure a fair and open marketplace inclusive of small businesses including businesses owned by women, minorities, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and service-disabled veterans.

Even if these steps are being taken now to lessen the impending bad news, we can be heartened by the seriousness of President Obama's response. >>Read full article

NASBC Announces Trusted Advisor Force to Support Small Business Contracting Growth - April 12, 2010

The National Association of Small Business Contractors announces the formation of the NASBC | Board of Experts - a select community of professionals to provide trusted insights, education, and mentoring so as to advance the opportunities, competitiveness, and success of small business contractors.

The experts selected for membership on the NASBC | Board of Experts are respected professionals from a variety of industries including business development, financial, legal, and management. Through a rigorous selection process and ongoing community review by small business owners, the NASBC will maintain an exceptional collection of trusted professionals who will provide ongoing education, mentoring and guidance to small business owners seeking growth through government contracting. >>Learn more and register

SBA Inspector General Finds Serious Errors in Small Business Federal Contracting Data. Annual Reports of Small Business Goal Attainment Flawed. - March 26, 2010

A new report released by the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General finds serious flaws in the data used by the SBA to report on small business goaling achievements. Approximately 97 percent of the contract actions in their sample contained one or more inaccurate or incomplete data elements. Learn more about this report.

HOT: Act now! Tell Congress to investigate this issue and clean up the small business federal contracting goaling data. Sign the petition and contact your Congressional leaders.

Checkout the Getting Started Guide - November 24, 2009

As the Small Business Contractors' Forum premieres, we have prepared a short "Getting Started Guide" to help you get acquainted with all the features and tools of this great online forum. Check it out here.

What's New?

9 hour(s) ago

Terry Williams posted a discussion topic "New Sources Sought Postings 09-04-2010" in the group Sources Sought | Sector 339 - Miscellaneous Manufacturing:

Title:             	Gating System
Sol. #:            	P181034
Agency:            	Department of Health and Human Services
Office:            	National Institutes of Health
Location:          	Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing & Contracts
Posted On:         	Sep 02, 2010 6:31 pm
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/CCOPC/P181034/listing.html

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9 hour(s) ago

Terry Williams posted a discussion topic "New Sources Sought Postings 09-04-2010" in the group Sources Sought | Sector 56 - Administrative and Support:

Title:             	Great Lakes National Program Office Construction Services
Sol. #:            	SOL-R5-10-00008
Agency:            	Environmental Protection Agency
Office:            	Office of Acquisition Management
Location:          	Region V, Acquisition and Assistance Section (MMC-10J)
Posted On:         	Sep 03, 2010 2:08 pm
Current Type:      	Sources Sought (Modified)
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Base Posting Date: 	Sep 02, 2010 6:32 pm
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/MMC-10J/SOL-R5-10-00008/listing.html

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Terry Williams posted a discussion topic "New Sources Sought Postings 09-04-2010" in the group Sources Sought | Sector 54 - Professional, Scientific and Technical Services:

Title:             	Software to process and analyze bioacoustic data
Sol. #:            	PIFSC-10-J0019
Agency:            	Department of Commerce
Office:            	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Location:          	NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service
Posted On:         	Sep 03, 2010 9:28 pm
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/NMFSJJ/PIFSC-10-J0019/listing.html

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Title:             	B--Supply - Easy Power Software Suite #3
Sol. #:            	W912DQ-10-T-1017
Agency:            	Department of the Army
Office:            	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location:          	USACE District, Kansas City
Posted On:         	Sep 03, 2010 11:01 am
Current Type:      	Sources Sought (Modified)
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Base Posting Date: 	Jun 23, 2010 3:50 pm
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA41/W912DQ-10-T-1017/listing.html

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Title:             	LR2000
Sol. #:            	R-OPC-23603
Agency:            	Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office:            	OCPO, Office of Support Operations
Location:          	Office of Support Operations, NO
Posted On:         	Sep 03, 2010 9:00 am
Current Type:      	Sources Sought (Modified)
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Base Posting Date: 	Aug 20, 2010 1:37 pm
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HUD/NO/NO/R-OPC-23603/listing.html

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9 hour(s) ago

Terry Williams posted a discussion topic "New Sources Sought Postings 09-04-2010" in the group Sources Sought | Sector 336 - Transportation Equipment Manufacturing:

Title:             	Incident Command Post
Sol. #:            	FA5215_ICP
Agency:            	Department of the Air Force
Office:            	Pacific Air Forces
Location:          	15 CONS - Hickam
Posted On:         	Sep 03, 2010 8:16 pm
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/PAF/15CONS/FA5215_ICP/listing.html

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9 hour(s) ago

Terry Williams posted a discussion topic "New Sources Sought Postings 09-04-2010" in the group Sources Sought | Sector 334 - Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing:

Title:             	Giant Voice System Parts
Sol. #:            	Wilson-F2X3C50179AC01-VoiceSystemParts
Agency:            	Department of the Air Force
Office:            	Air Education and Training Command
Location:          	Maxwell AFB Contracting Squadron
Posted On:         	Sep 03, 2010 8:40 am
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AETC/MaxAFBCS/Wilson-F2X3C50179AC01-VoiceSystemParts/listing.html

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Title:             	MULTIFILTER ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER
Sol. #:            	NRMJ1000-10-22643WGC
Agency:            	Department of Commerce
Office:            	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Location:          	Western Acquisition Division-Boulder
Posted On:         	Sep 02, 2010 6:06 pm
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/MASC/NRMJ1000-10-22643WGC/listing.html

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9 hour(s) ago

Terry Williams posted a discussion topic "New Sources Sought Postings 09-04-2010" in the group Sources Sought | Sector 61 - Educational Services:

Title:             	R--Instructors for Advanced Individual Training students in the Military Occupation Specialty of 13R at the Field Artillery School, OK.
Sol. #:            	W911S010T0050
Agency:            	Department of the Army
Office:            	Army Contracting Command, MICC
Location:          	Fort Eustis Contracting Center (W911S0)
Posted On:         	Sep 02, 2010 12:25 pm
Current Type:      	Sources Sought (Modified)
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Base Posting Date: 	Aug 23, 2010 9:45 am
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/notices/8d2ad10de6d06f1c4d236756c4464363

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9 hour(s) ago

Terry Williams posted a discussion topic "New Sources Sought Postings 09-04-2010" in the group Sources Sought | Sector 337 - Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing:

Title:             	Ballistic Security Podium Console
Sol. #:            	GS-05P-10-SP-C-0043
Agency:            	General Services Administration
Office:            	Public Buildings Service (PBS)
Location:          	Property Management Division- Michigan Service Center
Posted On:         	Sep 02, 2010 5:02 pm
Base Type:         	Sources Sought
Link:              	https://www.fbo.gov/spg/GSA/PBS/5PT3/GS-05P-10-SP-C-0043/listing.html

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