To locate the APEX Accelerator for your specific area:
Visit: https://www.apexaccelerators.us/#/service-area-locator
General Links
Small Business Administration
SBA Free Online Training
Small Business Size Standards
Small Business Search
Federal Contracting Programs
Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)
Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
8(a) Business Development
Mentor Protege Program
Apply for Certification
MySBA Certifications
Federal Registration
System for Award Management (SAM)
Federal Contract Opportunities
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes
Federal Procurement Regulations
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
Additional Federal Agencies Procurement Websites
General Services Administration
General Services Administration (GSA)
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)
Other Federal Links
Department of Defense Mentor Protege Program
Defense Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS)
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) & Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Information on Cybersecurity
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Information on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
Department of Defense – Chief Information Officer (DOD CIO)
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
Cybersecurity Resource Providers
Project Spectrum
Project Spectrum – Products and Services
Department of Defense Office of Small Business Programs (DOD OSBP)
Govology
Basic JCP Certification:
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS)
United States Joint Certification: How to fill out the DD Form 2345 (USA version) (open caption)
YOUTUBE
Learn the steps on how to properly fill out the DD Form 2345. This form is the military critical technical data agreement for U.S. vendors who want joint certification. For more information please visit:
https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/
Enhanced JCP (EJCP) Needed to sell to DLA:
https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/EnhancedValidation/
State Registration
Virginia State Procurement System (eVA)
National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP) Code Lookup
State Certification
Small, Women, and Minority-Owned (SWaM) Certification
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification
Service Disabled Veterans Owned (SDV) Certification
Virginia Department of Small Business Supply Diversity (SBSD)
State Procurement Regulations
Virginia Procurement Act
Agency Procurement and Surplus Property Manual (APSPM)
Vendor Manual
Procurement Information Memoranda (PIM)
State Purchasing Groups
Virginia Association of Governmental Procurement (VAGP)
Virginia Community Healthcare Association (VCHA)
Virginia Higher Education Procurement Consortium (VHEPC)
Virginia State Association of State College & Universities Purchasing Professionals (VASCUPP)
Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Shared Services Center
Federal Contracting
SBA Subnet
SBA Subnet (subcontracting network) helps large federal prime contractors find small subcontractors.
SBA Prime Contractors with Subcontracting Plans Directory
This directory lists federal government contractors with requirements to subcontract to small businesses.
GSA OTSB Subcontracting Directory
GSA’s Subcontracting Directory lists GSA’s OTSB (Other Than Small Business) prime contractors who have been awarded contracts requiring small business subcontracting plans and that have submitted subcontracting reports in the past fiscal year.
Federal contracts awarded to OTSBs, over a certain dollar threshold, must contain a small business subcontracting plan. In this plan, which follows the requirements of FAR 52.219-9, the prime contractor sets goals for what it plans to subcontract to small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Subcontracting reports are required for contracts with subcontracting plans.
DOT Subcontracting Directory
Large prime contractors receiving Federal contract awards valued over $750,000 ($1.5 million for construction) are required to established plans and goals for subcontracting with small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, and small disadvantaged businesses. This directory is published as a marketing aid for small businesses, to participate in DOT procurements as subcontractors.
In this directory, you will find listings of major DOT prime contractors with approved subcontracting plans. It identifies the prime contractors’ name and address, company subcontracting liaison representative and telephone numbers and description of the project or items to be subcontracted. Contact should be made with the company’s subcontracting liaison representative who has knowledge of the contractor’s subcontracting plan and goals. This person can advise you on how your firm can join their subcontracting vendor’s team.
USACE Subcontracting Resources
It is part of the mission of the USACE Office of Small Business Programs to not only advocate for small business opportunities at a direct contract level, but also to maximize opportunities for small business subcontracting opportunities. Subcontracting on USACE contracts can help companies that may be newer to Federal contracting, looking to build experience and past performance with USACE and/or simply prefer to work at an indirect level or provide supplies/services more appropriate to a subcontract. This page will provide you with many recommendations to increase visibility of USACE subcontracting.
State Contracting (Virginia)
B2B Connect
eVA’s B2B Connect feature is an online, publicly accessible message board that enables businesses seeking to collaborate on a specific Virginia contract the ability to post their willingness to partner on that opportunity.
Virginia Information Business Exchange
Use the power of eVA to make private sector connections, promote your business or yourself, advertise a business need or promotion, search for goods and/or services and more.
Community Colleges:
Mountain Empire Community College
New River Community College
Patrick & Henry Community College
Virginia Highlands Community College
Wytheville Community College
Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs):
Southwest Virginia Community College SBDC
Mountain Empire Community College SBDC
Virginia Highlands Community College SBDC
Blue Ridge Crossroads SBDC
Greater Roanoke & New River Valley SBDC
Longwood SBDC — Western Region
What is Govology?
Govology is an online hub for government market education covering many essential topics in government contracting, from marketing to certifications to accounting systems and much more. Govology training features experienced government market experts with a solid reputation for helping small businesses succeed in government contracting.
Govology training is a valuable supplement to the workshops we at SWCC APEX Accelerator offer year-round. It allows you to learn at your own pace when you have a short break in your busy schedule. One of the unique features of Govology is that they record all of their live webinars and then make them available on-demand to registered users. So, if you can’t make it to the live webinar, you can still watch it later on-demand by logging into your account on Govology.com and navigating to your My Courses area.
Through our partnership, SWCC APEX Accelerator clients can access Govology’s weekly live webinars and their extensive library of on-demand training , free of charge with our special discount code.
Here’s how to get started:
Create a free account on govology.com.
After you register for a webinar or an on-demand course, you’ll start receiving notifications from Govology about upcoming live training events. If you don’t want to receive these notifications, you can easily unsubscribe from future emails. Govology does not spam or sell its users’ information to third-party companies as per their Privacy Policy.
System for Award Management (SAM) Documentation
Entity Validation Documentation
Entity Administrator Letter Template (Single Entity)
Entity Administrator Letter Template (Multiple Entities)
Entity Administrator Letter Template (International Entity)
MySBA Certifications Documentation
All Applicants: Ownership & Control Documents
Program Specific Documents
Entity Owned Specific Documents
Change Request Documents
Virginia State Procurement System (eVA) Documentation
Commonwealth of Virginia Substitute W9 Form
Small, Women and Minority Owned Business (SWaM) Certification Documentation
Required Documents
Service Disabled Veterans Owned (SDV) Certification Documentation
Application and Submission Instructions
To find business filings:
Looking to file a new business or reinstate an old business?
Visit the Virginia State Corporation Commission Forms and Fees page for more information.
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