Identify
your Product or
Service
Register
your Business
Learn about
Small Business
Programs
Search
Current DoD
Procurement
Opportunities
Get More Assistance
•Know the Product Service
Codes (
PSCs) and the North
American Industry
Classification System
(
NAICS) codes for your
products, services or industry
in which your organization
normally does business
•Obtain a Data Universal
Nu
mbering System (
DUNS*)
number
•Register in the System for
Award Management (
SAM)
•Obtain a Commercial and
Government Entity (
CAGE)
code for U.S. businesses.
Research & Development Funding Opportunities
• Air Force Research Lab and their funding opportunities
• Army Research Office and their funding opportunities
• Office of Naval Research and their funding opportunities
• Basic Research Office Forum
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and business opportunities
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and their
business opportunities
• Grants.gov and DoD Opportunities
•U.S. Small Business
Administration (
SBA)
•DoD’s
Office of Small Business
Programs
•DoD’s Small Business and
Technology Partnerships Office
•Visit SAM.gov
•Investigate Federal Supply
Schedules
•Explor
e FedMall Contracts
•Look for subcontracting
opportunities on the SBA’s
SUB-Net
•Look at the GSA Acquisition
Gateway
•Explore the Other Transactions
Guide
• Review SBA’s Federal
Contracting Guide
• Locate a DoD Small Business
Specialist
• Contact your local
Procurement Technical
Assistance Center
• Contact your local
Manufacturing Extension
Partnership office
• A Step-By-Step
Approach to the DoD
Marketplace
• Defense Federal
Acquisition Regulation
Supplement
Generally, small businesses have
fewer than 500 employees, depending
upon your industry. Special
preferences and programs are
available for small businesses to
contract with the government. Use
SBA’s
Size Standard tool to determine
if your business is eligible.
*Denotes non-governmental entity. The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense of any non-U.S.
government entity, its websites or the information, products, or services contained therein. Although the Department of Defense may or may not use
these sites as additional distribution channels for Department of Defense information, it does not exercise editorial control over all of the information that
you may find at these locations. Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this document.
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Doing Business with the Department of Defense
A Tool Kit for Defense Acquisition
Attend an Event
Meet a Technology Expert
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Centers of Excellence*
• Navy’s
ManTech Centers of Excellence
• National Security Innovation Network
• Manufacturing Innovations Institutes
• Air Force Pitch Days
• Army xTechSearch
• NavalX Launch Platforms, Navy Demo Days
Innovate with DoD
• AFWERX
• Army Applications Laboratory
• NavalX and Tech Bridges
• Defense Innovation Unit
