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Federal, state, and local governments secure numerous contracts with private businesses every year for a wide range of goods and services. Governments contracts with businesses for everything from food, to printer ink, to jet engines. Government contracting may be a valuable opportunity for your business to grow. Here are some resources that may help you and your business get started with the government contracting process:

• Introduction to Federal Government Contracting
• Procurement Technical Assistance Center Florida: Provides no-cost government contracting consulting, training, and information services to Florida businesses, large or small, that possess the interest and potential to perform work – as a prime contractor or a subcontractor – for federal, state or local government agencies.
  
• Small Business Administration general contracting help page: This SBA is also here to help small businesses obtain their fair share of federal contracts. They also have initiatives targeted toward helping women, veterans, and minority business owners.
• SBA guidance for starting as a federal contractor: If you’re interested in having your business get started as a federal contractor, the SBA also has a web page with step-by-step information on how you can begin.
• Minority Business Development Agency: Part of the Department of Commerce, the goal of this agency is to help minority business owners compete and succeed in our economy. Their website has an online system to help minority business owners compete for government contracting.
• General Services Administration (GSA): This agency is in charge of acquiring a variety of products and services throughout the federal government.
  • Working with the GSA: This is a GSA webpage for businesses that are interested in selling their products or services to the federal government.
  • Office of Small Business Utilization: The goal of this office is to help ensure that small business can access GSA’s contracting opportunities.
  • GSA Training Programs: The GSA also provides information on how your business can get up to speed as quickly as possible to compete for government contracts.