Increasing Your Revenue Through Federal Government Contracting: WOSB

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WOSB Certification Small Business Contracting Program

August 22, 2023 | 1:30pm to 3:45pm ET
Virtual | Registration Required

Join the SBA’s Regional Administrator for Region Five (V), Host-Michigan District Office District Director, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Director and other leaders for our Women-Owned SB Contracting Forum: “Increasing Your Revenue Through Federal Government Contracting.”

This information-packed webinar will focus on Women-Owned Small Businesses and the WOSB Federal Contracting Program! The Women-Owned Federal Government Contracting Program makes your business eligible to compete for federal contracts set aside in the program where you can reach your peak and full potential!

Learn about resources, programs and services available specifically for women and women-owned small businesses from Great Lakes Women's Business Council and NAWBO Greater Detroit Chapter (NAWBO GDC). Pick up helpful tips on what successful WOSB Set-Aside Contracts look like! And closing out this webinar will be the Deputy Directors-Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development! They will share secrets on how to market, conduct business with their agency, and how to help meet their socio economic goals.

THEME: WOSB Resilience and Growth Strategies

The U.S. Small Business Administration and their resource partners help small businesses start, grow, expand and recover after disaster strikes! In this Federal Government Contracting Forum, we'll cover full details about the Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) Contracting Program. Join SBA’s Regional Administrator Geri Aglipay, District Director Laketa Henderson, WOSB Program Director Alisa Sheard and more for this information-filled webinar so you can find answers to many of your questions.

In order to help provide a level playing field for women business owners, the government limits competition for certain contracts to businesses that participate in the women’s contracting program. These contracts are for industries where women-owned small businesses (WOSB) are underrepresented. Some contracts are restricted further to economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses (EDWOSB). The SBA maintains a list of those eligible industries and their NAICS codes.

The women-Owned contracting program makes your business eligible to compete for federal contracts set aside for the program where you can reach your peak and full potential! You can still compete for contract awards under other socio-economic programs where you qualify.

 Do you know about the U.S. Small Business Administration and our Resource Partners?

 Are you a Woman-owned small business looking to grow? Let NAWBO Greater Detroit Chapter and the Great Lakes Women’s Business Council provide information on their programs and services for women

 Do you market your product and/or service to the federal government? Join us to hear about the more than $28.1B that was awarded to WOSB firms in 2022

 Are you interested in becoming a certified woman-owned small business (WOSB) on the SBA’s WOSB Platform? Learn how women-owned companies compete for, and win, federal government contracts

 Listen to Deputy OSDBUs walk you through the process of conducting business with federal agencies

 Did you know the Prompt Pay Act calls for accelerated payments to be as quickly as possible, with a goal of 15 days or less

In addition to Region Five Administrator Aglipay and District Director for Michigan, Laketa Henderson, join the WOSB Program Director/ Deputy Director, Office of Government Contracting, Alisa Sheard; Michelle Richards: Founder & Executive Director, Great Lakes Women’s Business Council; Mariyah Saifuddin, President, NAWBO Greater Detroit Chapter, Deputy Director OSDBU for the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Michelle Warren and Deputy Director OSDBU for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Meishoma Hayes and more for this information-filled webinar so you can find the answers to these, and other, questions. For more information, contact Thaddeus Hammond at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (313) 324-3614.

The workshop is free, but reservations are required.

To be eligible for the WOSB Federal Contracting program, a business must:

o Be a small business

o Be at least 51% owned and controlled by women who are U.S. citizens

o Have women manage day-to-day operations and also make long-term decisions

Economic disadvantage standards have been aligned between the 8(a) Business Development and WOSB Federal Contracting Programs. Additionally, funds invested in an official retirement account are excluded from the assessment of an economically disadvantaged individual’s personal net worth in both programs. 8(a) firms interested in pursuing EDWOSB certification may provide their most recent annual review letter or acceptance letter if in their first year through applying at Home · WOSB.Certify.sba.gov