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 June 24, 2024
This replacement for SBA’s Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS), called SBA Small Business Search can be accessed now at https://search.certifications.sba.gov/
Edits to some sections of business listings can be made by business owners who login and claim the business. Check the Help Guide on the SBA website for further instructions on using existing login information from other SBA applications to access Small Business Search.
Posted by Elizabeth on January 9, 2024
The Acquisition Research Center (ARC) is a website operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE) that is used by the Intelligence Community (IC) to support e-commerce with Industry.
Posted by Elizabeth on July 25, 2023
Defense Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS) Portal for bid engagement: https://connect.bidscale.com/hive-hub
Posted by Elizabeth on May 18, 2023
In April 2013, WIPP, American Express, and the SBA launched ChallengeHER to deliver free workshops, mentoring, and direct access to government buyers. ChallengeHER is a national initiative to boost government contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses with a special focus on the Women-owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting Program. They hold many events with free entry, but space is limited and registration is required.
Posted by Elizabeth on February 8, 2023
This site, powered by the Department of Defense, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), offers training in some key areas of security. CDSE provides diverse security courses and products to DOD personnel, DOD contractors, employees of other federal agencies, and selected foreign governments. Training is presented through a variety of learning platforms and is streamlined to meet performance requirements and accommodate the busy schedules of today’s students.
