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U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

The primary job of the Department of Defense (www.defenselink.mil) is to train and equip their personnel to perform warfighting, peacekeeping and humanitarian/disaster assistance tasks. Defense purchasing activities are particularly interested in establishing contacts with small business firms, small disadvantaged business firms, and native-owned small business firms. When you visit the websites of this government agency or organization, you will be leaving the Federal Communications Commission's website. If you have questions concerning the information contained on these sites, please contact the specific government agency.

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (SADBU)
www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/
The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization offers a variety of programs including a Mentor-Protégé program, the Technical Assistance Program, and the Indian Subcontracting Incentive Program.

Mentor-Protégé Program
www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/mentor_protege/
This program was established to provide incentives for major DOD prime contractors (mentors) to help small disadvantaged businesses (protégés) develop technical and business capabilities. The goal of the program is to assist protégés to compete more successfully for prime and subcontract awards. Presently, over 250 firms are participating, including companies specializing in environmental remediation, engineering services and information technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, and health care.

Technical Assistance Program
www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/hbcumi/overview.htm
The Technical Assistance Program provides technical assistance to Tribal Colleges and Universities by presenting opportunities to participate in Department of Defense contracts, grants and programs. The technical assistance includes information about the Department's organization, the missions and responsibilities of the various organizational elements, and important features of the programming and budget processes. Information is also provided on the acquisition process, bid and proposal preparation, current initiatives such as outsourcing, privatization, contract consolidation, subcontracting opportunities, electronic commerce and a wide variety of programs executed at various levels across DOD.

The Indian Incentive Program for Prime Contractors and Small Businesses
www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/iip/index.htm
The Indian Incentive Program requires contractors to use their best efforts to give Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in subcontracts. The program provides contracting officers, subject to the terms and conditions of the contract, an incentive payment of 5 percent of the amount paid to subcontractors that are Indian organizations or Indian-owned economic enterprises.