Create Real Magic And New Customers

Do you want a small business opportunity that could create more business for you? It is a chance to
sell to the government. Bring in new customers is always the number one goal of many business owners.
It is the life blood of any operation and if you want your business to stay healthy then you must bring
in fresh new customers and keep them coming back with a great service or product.
I would like to introduce you to the 59.005 Business Development Assistance to Small Business program.
This program is excellent for bringing in new business and revenue. Get help from this program to sell
to the government. They will assist your small business in obtaining a "fair" share of contracts and
subcontracts for Federal government supplies and services and a "fair" share of property sold by the government.
What an excellent opportunity this is! I would rather sell a lot more to meet my goals than to have
to get a small business loans or small business grants.

What they can do for your company is:
(Restriction of bidding/award to small business only)
(1) Your application will set-aside the chance to increase the Federal procurement and disposal
requirements awarded to small business for a great small business opportunity;
(2) You will receive consultation with procuring activities on structuring of procurement and sales
planning to optimize small business participation;
(3) They will also review and analyze you small business capacity, credit, integrity, perseverance,
and tenacity when challenged by contracting officers and certifying competence of such firms to
perform as prime contractors, as appropriate, and monitoring performance of certificate of
competency holders throughout contract life;
(4) They will also review of subcontracting plans and programs of large prime contractors to determine
the extent that they are providing subcontracting opportunities to small businesses, veteran-owned
businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, HUBZone qualified businesses, small
disadvantaged business, and women-owned small businesses;
(5) When they give you consultation and advice for small businesses requesting assistance on government
procurement or property sales matters, you must keep in mind that all consultants are not the same.
It is very important to get one that you like and is passionate about their job.
(6) They will also help you with specific contract administration problems;
(7) They will see if you qualify for the SBA's procurement and financial programs;
(8) By doing this they want to breakout of items from a the same old stale source of buying in favor
of full and open competition in order to achieve savings;
(9) One of the goals that they have is to review small business programs at Federal buying activities
to evaluate effect on small business participation and recommend changes; and
(10)management of the Central Contractor Registration's Dynamic Small Business Search, a nationwide
Internet database of information on small business, a marketing tool for small firms and a "link"
to procurement opportunities. It pays to at least get registered and listed in this data base.

Existing and potential small businesses are eligible to apply. A small business is a business entity
organized for profit, with a place of business located in the United States and which makes a significant
contribution to the U.S. economy through payment of taxes and/or use of American Products, materials
and/or labor.

Generally, an employee based size standard not in excess of 500 employees is used for manufacturers for
wholesalers, average employment not in excess of 500 is used; for general construction, a revenue based
size standard not over $28,500,000 is used; for specialty trade construction, revenues not over $12,000,000
is used; for retail and services contracts, revenues not over $6,000,000 is used; and for agricultural
enterprises, gross annual sales not over $750,000 is used.
Self-certification of documentation is sufficient for representation as a small business, women-owned small
business, veteran-owned small business and service-disabled veteran-owned small business. SBA certification
is required for status as a HUBZone small business, 8(a) small business, and Small Disadvantaged Business.
The range is about 15 days for certificate of competency; no approval is required on other programs for this.
small business opportunity.
The government grants that guarantees this small business opportunity programs for small business grants
totaled: FY 04 $4,606,675,000; FY 05 est $3,250,000,000; FY 06 est $3,000,000,000. Administrative
Expenses: FY 04 $38,013,000; FY 05 est $34,188,000; and FY 06 est $36,406,000 In fiscal year 2004,
$11.2 billion in government grants for prime contracts was set-aside for procurement limited to small
businesses to give you an excellent small business opportunity.
Title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 125; "Government Contracting Programs;" Government Contracting
and information for this small business opportunity from SBA offices. Forms to obtain necessary assistance
are provided by SBA field offices. To find where they are listed you can go to Associate Administrator
for Government Contracting, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416.
Telephone: (202) 205-6460 http://www.sba.gov
Other small business opportunity programs that are related to selling to the federal government are:
17.301, Non-Discrimination and Affirmative Action by Federal Contractors and Federally Assisted
Construction Contractors can use this small business opportunity;
17.303, Wage and Hour Standards;

36.001, Fair Competition Counseling and Investigation of Complaints;
39.001, Business Services is another small business opportunity;
43.002, Technology Transfer is the chance to participate in another small business opportunity;
59.006, 8(a) Business Development is a good small business opportunity that you should consider.

by: Robert Smethers

About the author:
I am a college student and single parent who relies on federal grants everyday.
I built this free information and education website that helps find federal grants to promote economic
development.
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