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The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)

"Small Business is the HEART of our Economy". The OSDBU (also referred to within HHS as the Office of Small Business Programs) has organized its responsibilities, programs and activities under three lines of business: advocacy, outreach and unification of the business process. The results achieved under all three lines of business, support the accomplishment of HHS' strategic goal - to encourage and assist the participation of all small businesses in HHS' contracts. This office has published a Small Business Program Manual, for internal and external use, to ensure small businesses compete for and receive a fair share of the Department's expenditures. OSBP hosts Vendor Outreach Session (VOS) that are designed to educate vendors on the small business program and to provide information on how to effectively market your products and services to HHS. We also encourage you to review our Forecast of upcoming opportunities.

In addition to hosting vendor outreach sessions, this office publishes a quarterly newsletter, "The Pulse", to keep the small business community abreast of activities within this Department. For additional information, we ask that you browse our website and review our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to learn more about HHS' small business programs.

Special Events:

VH8 Industry Day Event

The Office of Small Business Programs hosted its Third VH8 Industry Day on November 10, 2009. This event was specifically for small businesses that are:

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned,
Veteran-Owned,
Historically Underutilized Business Zone and
8(a) small businesses.

This event provided small businesses with a special opportunity to hear from HHS Senior Management. In addition to small business meeting one-on-one with HHS' Program, Acquisition and Small Business Specialists and major prime contractors, vendors were encouraged to attend Panel Discussions with HHS officials that were on hand to answer questions from the audience.

View presentations from this meeting:

Strategic Sourcing (PDF) (241KB)
Potential Opportunities for Small Businesses (PDF) (44KB)
U.S. Women's Presentation on Simplified Acquisitions (PDF) (36KB)

Check our Calendar of Events for the latest information on upcoming events.

Related Links:

Register for the February 9, 2010 SAMHSA Vendor Outreach Conference. (Please review each month for HHS’ featured Operating Division.)
Review and print the presentation on Marketing to the Department of Health and Human Services (PPT - 564KB). (A hard copy of the marketing presentation will not be provided at the VOS.)
Review/print HHS’ FY 2010 Procurement Forecast.
Subscribe to the Pulse.
Frequently Asked Questions.

Documents in PPT format require Microsoft PowerPoint® or Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer®. If you experience problems with PPT documents, please download PowerPoint Viewer 2003®.

Last revised: January 15, 2010

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