Posted by Elizabeth on January 21, 2026
From the DOT website:
“Launched in February 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization provides the small business community with technical assistance and capacity building activities through its Connections MarketPlace (CMP) platform. The CMP matchmaking platform features an online community, roundtable sessions, and business matchmaking services to help provide insight and understanding for small business attendees on industry best practices. All the sessions are hosted on this platform, providing a streamlined registration process, ability to connect with profile holders at any time, and ways to build out market research efforts for upcoming acquisitions. Departmental modal representatives, large prime contractors, and stakeholders will also be able to utilize this platform to expand their network of potential small business contractors, sub-contractors, and partners for transportation-related procurement opportunities.”
https://cmp.dot.gov/
https://www.transportation.gov/grants/dot-navigator/dots-connections-marketplace-cmp
Posted by Elizabeth on September 25, 2025
17 DOE laboratories provide the Nation with strategic scientific and technological capabilities: https://www.energy.gov/science/office-science-national-laboratories
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is the lab local to Virginia in Newport News and their small business office looks to contract with small and large businesses and provide maximum opportunities to a variety of small businesses: https://www.jlab.org/finance/procurement/smallbusiness
Check out the Jefferson lab’s solicitation portal for active opportunities: https://misportal.jlab.org/ul/bus_ops/
Posted by Elizabeth on October 25, 2024
The Innovation Capability and Modernization (ICAM) office manages and executes the Department’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program element, which aims to improve the readiness and competitiveness of the U.S. industrial base by establishing high priority domestic capabilities for new supply chains needed for national security and mitigating exposure to global supply chain risks.
The IBAS Program invests heavily in six priority industrial capability development areas. These are: Submarine and Shipbuilding Workforce, Kinetic Weapons, Microelectronics, Critical Chemicals, Castings and Forgings, and Energy Storage and Batteries. Each of these areas was identified in Executive Order 14017, America’s Supply Chains, as a center of gravity for America’s economic and national security.
Learn more here: https://www.businessdefense.gov/ibr/wire/ibas.html
Find Opportunities: Cornerstone Other Transaction Agreement (COTA) https://cornerstone.army.mil/
Posted by Elizabeth on July 17, 2025
Discover opportunities with the Department of Defense by entering your NAICS
Posted by Elizabeth on February 9, 2023
Agency specific open solicitations that we are aware of:
To stay apprised of the latest information in this area and learn more about the topic, we recommend
- Review the basics here on the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporations (VIPC) website: https://www.virginiaipc.org/sbirsttr
- Get on the VIPC mailing list by signing up for a free class or recorded webinar
Posted by Maryam Jan on June 28, 2017
FedBizOpps (FBO) was the place where all the federal government’s contracts valued at more than $25,000 were announced. You could find it here – https://www.fbo.gov/ before it transitioned into beta.sam.gov in November 2019.
Posted by Elizabeth on June 4, 2021
The Interagency Contract Directory (ICD) is a central repository of Indefinite Delivery Vehicles (IDV) awarded by the Federal agencies where the IDV is available for use at both the intra agency and interagency levels. IDVs include Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC), Multi-Agency Contracts, Other Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC), Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA), and Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA).
Posted by Elizabeth on June 22, 2018
DIBBS Pocket Guide: Double-sided flyer contains a wealth of information including acronyms, definitions, an overview of the registration, solicitation search, and quoting processes, and links to additional resources.
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) is a web-based application that enables the supplier community to search for, view, and submit secure quotes on Request for Quotations (RFQs) for DLA items of supply. Through DIBBS, users can also search for, view, and upload proposals for Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and Invitations for Bid (IFB). Additionally, users can view awards and other procurement information. Link directly to DIBBS: https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/
