{"id":1009,"date":"2019-02-01T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2019-01-04T08:22:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:22:44","slug":"how-to-make-your-business-a-government-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/how-to-make-your-business-a-government-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make your business a government contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Owners of small businesses might not realize that Uncle Sam could become a valuable customer through government contracting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, to bid for government contracts, you have to be certified, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year, there is around $100 billion earmarked for spending through small businesses to help them compete amongst larger companies. To qualify as a small business according to the government, manufacturing companies can have up to 500 employees, and non-manufacturing companies should have annual receipts of less than $7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signing up to be placed into the pool of businesses that sell or want to sell to the government requires applying for a Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) number to verify that there is a real physical business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are additional opportunities with separate spending earmarks for companies that are women-owned, veteran-owned, disadvantaged, or working in particular urban or rural areas that are part of HUBZone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you are on the government list, you’ll have to learn how to write applications targeted to certain projects or goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SBA’s 8(a) program can set up a small business owner with a mentor-protege program to help navigate the contracting system and give them an edge over the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Owners of small businesses might not realize that Uncle Sam could become a valuable customer through government contracting. But, to bid for government contracts, you have to be certified, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Each year, there is around $100 billion earmarked for spending through small businesses to help them compete amongst […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t