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Small Business

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Talk with a DOT Small Business Specialist

The Procurement Assistance Division is also responsible for working closely with each of the Operating Administrations' (OA)Small Business specialists to ensure that adequate procurement opportunities are made available to small businesses.  Below is a listing of Small Business specialists...

Northwest SBTRC Success Story

Janette (“Jan”) Keiser, PE, JD - J. Keiser & Associates LLC - A certified MWDBE

Business success is usually measured in quantitative terms; that is, increases in revenues, profitability and the number of employees, or decreases in the costs of goods sold, overhead or debt.  The...

DOT RECEIVES “A” RATING FROM SBA FOR TENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

On June 24th, The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released the Small Business Procurement Scorecard for all agencies reflecting each agency’s contracting accomplishments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business...

Top 10 NAICS By Obligations - FY'19 and FY'18

U.S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONTop 10 NAICS CodesFY2019 NAICS Codes and DescriptionTotal Obligations541330 (ENGINEERING SERVICES) $1,259,904,658.43541512 (COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES)$487,931,292.51541519 (OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES)$425,066,234.29237310 (HIGHWAY, STREET, AND...

ADVISORY NOTICE REGARDING SPAM EMAILS

Recently, there have been several spam emails portraying they were sent by the U.S. Department of Transportation’ s (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) or other Departmental offices. Our office does not send out Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for...

Brittany Young

Brittany Young is a Small Business Specialist and Woman Owned Small Business advocate at the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization in the Procurement Assistance Division.  In this capacity, she serves to help small business owners to market their products and services and...