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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

• All About Contracting
This site from the Small Business Administration begins with the basics and then provides
information on other important topics: regulation and policy, size standards, registering your company, small business certifications, bid and proposal preparation, and more.
• Acquisition Central
The web site for the federal acquisition community and the government's business partners. Links to acquisition systems; information for buyers, seller, and citizens; and tools and information for the acquisition workforce.
• ASSIST Quick Search
This free site will provide you with direct access to Defense and Federal specifications and standards available in the official DoD repository, the ASSIST database.

• Bidding Basics 
Before you get involved in the bidding process, take some time to lay the groundwork for successful bidding.

• Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
To do business with most government agencies, you must register with CCR. Registration can be done online at this site. There's an easy-to-follow handbook as well as other useful links and information.
• Congressional Research Reports
For some ridiculous reason, Congressional Research Reports are not generally available to the public. But you can access some of them through various sites, including this one. Take a look at some of the collections of reports and search for relevant reports using terms such as "acquisition," "R&D" "contracts," "grants," etc.
• Contracting With the U.S. Government
Links and information on government contracting from About.com.

• Defense Acquisition University   
The Defense Acquition University is an organization established by Congress in 1990 to consolidate and integrate education and training for the Defense Acquisition Workforce. This site also has a nice listing of various acquisition-related links.
• DoD Procurement Statistics
Various procurement reports and statistics by fiscal year, as well as standard tabulations that can be downloaded.

• ENVIROBIDNET
ENVIROBIDNET is the leading resource for obtaining new bid opportunities for environmental, contracting, engineering and analytical projects.

• Federal Acquisition Jumpstation
Links to all federal agency procurement sites on the Web. Or, visit my Doing Business With... page for links to procurement sites of the major government agencies.
• Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps)
This site is designated as the single source for federal government procurement opportunities that exceed $25,000. If you are interested in bidding on government contracts, you can sign up to automatically receive procurement information. You can also search procurements by solicitation number, date, classification code, and agency for both active or archived solicitations.
• Federal Procurement Data Center (FPDC)
Statistical data about U.S. Government Executive Branch procurement contract transactions. Downloadable reports contain approximately 50 data elements including agency identification, broad category of what was purchased, dollar obligation, principal place of performance, and contractor identification for contracts exceeding $25,000. The FPDC collects summary information for approximately 17,000,000 smaller transactions.
• Federal Spending Information
This site contains the following types of information on federal spending for each state: top 10 agencies awarding contracts in each state, top 10 contractors awarded federal prime contracts in each state, top 10 small businesses awarded federal prime contracts in each state, and top 10 metropolitan areas awarded federal contracts in each state. Similar information is provided for federal grants. And if you go to the "Archives," you can also find Top 10 contractors by SIC code as well as useful tips and information.

• Glossary of Procurement Terms
An alphabetical glossary.
• Government Executive Magazine - Management and Oversight
Scroll down to the "Resources" section to find links to business and procurement information.
• GSA Schedules
Under the GSA Schedules (also referred to as Multiple Award Schedules and Federal Supply Schedules) Program, GSA establishes long-term governmentwide contracts with commercial firms to provide access to over four million commercial services and products that can be ordered directly from GSA Schedule contractors or through the GSA Advantage!® online shopping and ordering system.

• How the Government Buys
A concise explanation of how the government does business.   Learn about IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs and how they work.

• National Association of Government Contractors
A national trade association representing companies and individuals in the government procurement process.

• Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS)
PPIRS is a web-based application that allows the retrieval of contractor past performance information. If you are a government contractor, see the FAQ page to find out how to access the system.
• Procurement Glossary of Terms
An alphabetical listing of procurement terms from the Executive Office of the President.
• Procurement Reference Library
Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) and commercial sites, acquisition and procurement regulations, procurement reference sites, business assistance, and electronic commerce resources.
• Procurement Virtual Library
This is Florida Atlantic University's Public Procurement Research Center. It contains info on contracting organizations and business opportunities, state government procurement offices, cooperating purchasing, international public procurement offices, buying green, acquisition links, laws and regulations, professional associations, best practices, and much more. Lots of info, all in one place!
• Professional Services Council (PSC)
PSC is the national trade association representing for-profit professional and technical services contractors doing business with the federal government, commercial and international markets.

• Subcontracting Opportunities
The Small Business Administration's SUB-Net program lets you search for subcontracting opportunities by industry or by looking at all current solicitations.

• Top 200 Federal Contractors
An annual ranking of the top 200 government contractors by dollar volume of their awards from defense and civilian agencies.

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