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Special Business Programs
The federal government offers special programs to small businesses that meet certain criteria. These programs are reserved by the government to aid those small businesses that may not, in normal circumstances, be awarded contracts. If you feel that you may be eligible for a special program, be sure to review this with your procurement officer.
- Small Disadvantaged Business Program (SDB): This program is set up to give advantages to small businesses that have a social or economic disadvantage. This program is geared towards businesses that would not be able to normally compete in the economy.
- 8(a) Business Development Program: This program is designed much like the SDB Program but 8(a) firms receive broad assistance in which businesses are developed and transitioned to compete in the economy.
- HUBZone Program: The Historically Underutilized Business Zone Empowerment Contracting program was set up to aide small businesses in distressed business zones. It allows small businesses in urban or rural areas to receive benefits to improve distressed economies.
- 8(a) Mentor Protégé Program (MPP): The protégé program has been set up to allow Department of Defense (DoD) prime contractors to develop technical and business capabilities of small disadvantaged businesses. The program offers prime contractors incentives to mentor small businesses and help them to compete for prime DoD contracts and subcontracts.
- Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR): SBIR has been enacted to encourage small businesses in research and development of new technologies that the government has expressed needs for. Though many businesses lack the resources to start such projects, SBIR provides the start-up funding including the support it needs to continue to compete with larger businesses.
For more information regarding Special Business Programs go to the SBA website.
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