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• To be eligible for Federal Contracts and any of the preferential contracting programs you must first be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov

• To look up NAICS codes, go to http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/

• Click on the Contracting Guide that will link you to everything to do with Federal Contracting

Certify site at www.certify.sba.gov . This is where you can walk thru the “Am I Eligible” for different contracting programs. There are also “Prepare” and “Help” tabs you want to review. This site has every single detail you could ask for in providing checklists, videos, and “how to” type steps to go through the process for applying to the 8(a) Program and others.

Please put any questions you may have in the chat box or raise your hand.

Why aren’t women included in this group?

On the federal government side, only minority is automatically considered, but id you can show a proponderence you may be eligible

Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program (sba.gov)

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/women-owned-small-business-federal-contracting-program

Is the waiver a specific form that needs to be filled out?

To look up NAICS codes and size standards,go to http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/

How long does the review process typically take once applied for the 8(a) program?

You said go to get a waiver, what do you mean by that? Or is that just part of the application process?

SBA Resource Partners:South Carolina Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)www.scsbdc.comSouth Carolina SCORESCORE South Carolina Chapters and Resources | SCORESouth Carolina Women’s Business Center:Benedict College Women's Business Center (BCWBC)2601 Read St, Columbia, SC 29204803-705-4641info@bcwbc.orgwww.bcwbc.orgCommunityWorks Women’s Business Center100 W. Antrim DriveGreenville, SC 29607864-235-6331https://communityworkscarolina.org/womens-business-center/Increasing H.O.P.E Women’s Business Center1551 Remount RoadNorth Charleston, SC 29406843-225-4343Women's Business Center | Increasing H.O.P.E (increasinghope.org)

Would you share the resources to assist with proposal preparation?

It’s hell :)

8a tax return query: If you business has only 2 years of tax return, will be need or an explanation.

Diana Saillant - reach out to the SBDC at www.scsbdc.com for assistance with proposal preparation

Follow up to Selena's question above about tax return, what if you have less than 2 years of tax return?

what about non profit organizations they do 990

Will the slides be sent to us with the recording?

Can a partnership of two or more companies apply to the 8a program as a single entity? Is that advisable. The reason I ask is that the partnership may be the mechanism for bringing the right resources together to bid on a job.

OK. I may have missed part of your presentation. Thanks.

Thank you!

CommunityWorks Women’s Business Center100 W. Antrim DriveGreenville, SC 29607864-235-6331https://communityworkscarolina.org/womens-business-center/

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