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Part of SBA Focus to Expand Equitable Access to Government Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses in Collaboration with Local Government, Support Organizations  Register Now SEATTLE – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Seattle District – which serves Washington state and northern Idaho – will launch a new readiness training April 12 to connect local small business with opportunities to grow their business through contracts with the federal government.  The new training is part of the agency’s priority to advance equity in contracting. In recent months, the SBA Seattle District is strengthening partnerships with federal and local agencies...

Certified Business Advisor (Kitsap County)​​​​​​​ The Small Business Development Center Certified Business Advisor provides one-on-one counseling / technical assistance to business owners on financial analysis, financing, business plans, marketing, personnel issues, management and other business issues at Western Washington University's Small Business Development Center (SBDC). This position provides technical assistance to specialized markets, including rural entrepreneurs, startup businesses and second stage businesses. The CBA is expected to implement business outreach program independently and autonomously; make decisions as to client mix, marketing outreach efforts, client counseling, schedule and direction of specialty area; assess client needs and determine best...

Reposted from Breaking: SBA Issues Veteran-Owned Certification Rules - SmallGovCon Click here for Koprince newsletter The SBA has issued its draft rules on how it will go about certifying Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) and Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs). Below, we highlight some of the main components of these rules. The changes stem from Congress’s requirement in the 2021 NDAA to to eliminate SDVOSB self-certification and adopt a government-wide SDVOSB certification requirement, while transferring control of the certification process from the VA to the SBA. For the most part, SBA has taken a simple approach, combining its existing rules...

View original post on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee held a hearing to discuss how the SBA will meet Small Business Contracting goals, and specifically how the SBA can meet its goals related to socioeconomic programs. The committee challenged the Office of Government Contracting & Business Development to show how they will help grow participation in SBA’s small business development programs, and small business participation in federal contracting as a whole. The Small Business Committee raised questions related to inflation, increasing socio-economic program participation, and SBA technology...