Local business center helps women get federal contracts
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center is helping local San Francisco-based women business owners access the resources and assistance they need in order to win federal government contracts.
Renaissance is promoting the Give Me 5 curriculum provided by U.S. Small Business Administration and launched in 2008 by Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) and American Express OPEN.
The U.S. government is the largest consumer of products and services in the world, spending in excess of $500 billion annually. Of this, SBA estimates that women business owners receive just 3.4 per (or $13 billion) of federal government contracts.
Training topics include:
Introduction to Federal Contracting: An introductory course and and guide to Central Contractor Registration (CCR) -- the primary vendor database for the federal government and an important first step to working with the government. The People and the Process: What to do after completing the CCR registration and how to work effectively with the Federal Agencies' Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Using Research Tools to Build a Successful Strategy: Learn the purpose of Requests for Information (RFIs) and Sources Sought Notices; the value of responding, how to respond, how to position their firm before and after responding and what the next steps are after responding. GSA Schedules, Size Standards and Other Tips and Strategies: An in-depth guide to the General Services Administration (GSA)Schedule -- a list of approved vendors for the products and services the government procures รข€“ and the way the government spends. Understanding how the government spends and getting on the GSA Schedule can be an important strategy for winning federal government business.
Since 1985 Renaissance has provided tools, access, and long-term support to help over 4,700 ventures in the Bay Area through an array of business training and support services including 14-week and 4-week comprehensive business planning classes, advanced marketing and finance classes, a green business workshop series, access to capital consulting, business incubation and more. Visit Renaissance online at www.rencenter.org.
Posted By: Tom Abate (Email) | August 05 2010 at 12:15 PM
Listed Under: Small Business
8/06/2010
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