How would a small business work with USAID? Are there special considerations for small businesses?
The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Minority Resource Center (OSDBU/MRC) is the initial point of contact at USAID for U.S. small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses and service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses. OSDBU/MRC is a small business advocacy and advisory office with the responsibility for ensuring that these enterprises receive access to USAID programs. OSDBU examines USAID buying needs for possible set-asides for 8(a) and other small businesses prior to publication on the FedBizOpps website, Sponsors outreach conferences on “How To Do Business with USAID,” and participates in national, regional and local conferences sponsored by both private and public organizations, reviews all prime contracts to identify subcontracting opportunities for small businesses, maintains the Small Business Resource Database (SBRD). This is an electronic database for U.S. small businesses and organizatio
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