SBA
Launches New Online Training Course:
Winning Federal Contracts – A Guide
for Women Entrepreneurs
WASHINGTON
- Women who own small businesses will be able to use a new online U.S. Small Business
Administration training course to learn how to identify and take advantage of
federal contracting opportunities. The new training course, Winning Federal Contracts:
A Guide for Women Entrepreneurs, is part of an ongoing government-wide initiative
to promote opportunities for women-owned businesses in the area of government
contracting.
This free online tutorial is
a practical and easy to use guide that walks a woman-owned small business through
the contracting process. SBA is committed to ensuring that women-owned businesses
receive at least 5 percent of federal contracts and believes better training opportunities
are central to meeting this government-wide goal.
“Federal
contracts can provide unique opportunities for women entrepreneurs and small business
owners to grow their businesses and create jobs, particularly during these tough
economic times,” Administrator Karen Mills said. “It’s also a win
for federal agencies, by contracting with women-owned small businesses; they are
working with some of the most innovative and dynamic companies in the country.”
The
SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership oversees a national network
of more than 100 Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) that provide education and
training to help women start and grow small businesses. In addition, the SBA has
68 district offices and other resource partners throughout the country available
to train and counsel women-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs seeking government
contracts.
“This online training course
makes critical information and training available to an even wider array of women
entrepreneurs and small business owners,” said Ana Harvey, assistant administrator
for SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership. “SBA wants to help
ensure they have the tools and resources they need to compete for and win federal
contracts.”
The Winning Federal Contracts
course is designed to help women entrepreneurs learn about the federal procurement
process and to prepare them to compete for contracting opportunities. The self-paced
guide uses audio and script to provide information about contract rules, how to
sell to the government and where to find contracts.
The
Winning Federal Contracts course is available on SBA’s Web site at www.sba.gov
or directly at www.sba.gov/fedcontractingtraining.
It is indexed by subject matter, and includes direct links to additional contracting
resources.
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