Small Business Assistance in the Pacific Rim Region

Small Business Utilization Center

Mission

The Pacific Rim Region's Small Business Utilization Center (SBUC) serves as the regional liaison and advocate for small businesses within Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. As the regional advocates for small business owners, the SBUC's mission is to promote among all small businesses increased access to GSA's nationwide procurement opportunities.

Programs and Activities

The SBUC promotes and facilitates the following programs and activities for small business owners by:

• Working with contracting officers to highlight small businesses for specific contracts;
• Counseling potential vendors on the procurement process;
• Providing marketing resources;
• Participating in outreach activities such as networking sessions, workshops and tradeshows; and
• Conducting monthly workshops which provide valuable information that set the road map on how businesses can conquer the procurement requirements and position themselves for opportunities.

Procurement Preference Categories

GSA, like all federal agencies, has procurement preference goals for contracting with small businesses. Procurement preference goals are a performance measure that GSA strives to achieve through its various programs. The small business procurement preference categories are HUBZone, Section 8(a), service-disabled veteran owned, small, small disadvantaged, veteran owned, and women owned, as well as federally recognized Native Sovereign Nations and tribal organizations.

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