Helps business owners foster teaming relationships across industries and geographic regions through Teaming USA events and the Teaming USA online networking tool.

Victory In Procurement (VIP) – An Integrated Approach to Government Contracting

The VIP program is a comprehensive offering that helps small business owners get the insight and experience they need to win government contracts.

The program provides business owners with the following resources:

• Connections: Allows business owners to connect with procurement officials at federal, state and local government agencies through American Express OPEN and Business Matchmaking’s procurement matching system and events.
• Teaming: Helps business owners foster teaming relationships across industries and geographic regions through Teaming USA events and the Teaming USA online networking tool, www.teamingusa.com.
• Coaching and Mentoring: Offers business owners one-on-one coaching and mentorship opportunities facilitated by American Express OPEN Advisor on Government Contracting, Lourdes Martin-Rosa, SCORE’s speed coaching program and WIPP’s Give Me 5: Education and Access for Women in Federal Contracts program (www.giveme5.com).
• Events: Offers business owners a comprehensive event calendar to provide them with a chance to learn best practices, connect with other business owners and form relationships with procurement officials at major government agencies.
• Online Training and Resources: Provides business owners with a virtual classroom on government contracting. VIP’s new interactive Web site provides step-by-step access to hands-on training and education resources, in-depth guides, case studies and checklists to assist in the various steps of the contracting process.       

Since 1964, SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” has helped more than 8.3 million aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners through counseling and business workshops. More than 11,200 volunteer business counselors in 370 chapters serve their communities through entrepreneur education dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses. 

Listing of open subcontract solicitations resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA)

Directory of nearly a quarter million contractors searchable by NAICS codes, socio-economic status (minority, woman, veteran, etc...), and by location.

They also offer a nifty tool for twitter users that displays statistics like # of followers, etc.. A link to our stats: GovCon Stats

Women Impacting Public Policy is a national bi-partisan group comprising over half a million members. The non-profit organization is the public policy voice for 45 national Women in Business groups and is The Voice for Women in Business in Our Nation’s Capital. WIPP strengthens its members’ sphere of influence in the legislative process, creates economic opportunities for members and builds alliances with other small business organizations.

WBENC is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.

Certification FAQs - WBENC Events

Federal News Radio is well known in the federal government and contracting circles in the D.C. area, but anyone, anywhere can listen in via the internet. The station covers government contracting news and issues, as well as, news for federal government employees. 

Every Monday at noon (EST) Mark Amtower hosts "Amtower Off-Center" during which he highlights the good, the bad, the ugly and the just plain silly on all aspects of doing business in the government market. Each week experts on various aspects of government contracting join him to discuss current issues facing the government contractor community. Amtower Off-Center

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Listen to archived shows: Archives

Business Matchmaking (BMM) is the nation's premier public-private initiative supporting procurement opportunities for small business in every industry. During the past six years, BMM has facilitated more than 75,000 face to face small business/buyer meetings and enabled several billions of dollars in government and major corporate contracts being awarded.. Participating small companies are mostly minority, women and veteran owned firms.

New Multi-Partner Government Contracting Program from American Express OPEN to Help Small Business

American Express OPEN launched OPEN for Government Contracts: Victory in Procurement (VIP) for Small Business, a national program to help small business owners capitalize on the enormous growth opportunity provided through government contracts.

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