Now that you've registered your business, you need to know how and where to find the bids.

Click here to find more information about subcontracting

• Subcontracting: http://www.womenbiz.gov/subcontracting.html

The following websites provide information on upcoming solicitations or requests for proposals:

General

• Agency Websites: http://www.arnet.gov/FedBusOpps/
• Agency Forecasts: http://www.womenbiz.gov/forecasts.html
• State Procurement Offices: http://www.womenbiz.gov/purchase_offices.html#sc
• Federal Business Opportunity: http://fedbizopps.gov/
• Agencies' Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU's): http://www.osdbu.gov/

Specific Agencies

• Department of Defense
  - Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/ebiz/
  
  
• General Services Administration (GSA) helps federal agencies better serve the public by offering, at best value, superior workplaces, expert solutions, acquisition services, and management policies. Its Web site provides business information as well as the GSA Schedule, which establishes long-term government-wide contracts with commercial firms to provide access to more than 6.8 million commercial supplies and services. http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/home.do?tabId=0
  
  
• Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) is a not-for-profit organization funded by the Defense Logistics Agency and George Mason University. PTAP exists to increase contracting activity between small businesses, prime government contractors and the government. http://www.gmu.edu/gmu/PTAP/
  
  
• National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA): http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/index.html
  
  
• Minority Business Development Agency: http://www.mbda.gov/
  
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/procurement/business/osdbu.html
  
  
  
• Department of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=37
  
  
  

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