Doing Business with the Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Contract Opportunities
Contract opportunities are procurement notices from federal contracting offices. Anyone interested in doing business with the government can use this system to search opportunities. Opportunities include pre-solicitation notices, solicitation notices, award notices, and sole source notices.
Small and Disadvantaged Businesses/AbilityOne
The Marketing and Regulatory Programs Small Business Coordinator fosters the use of small and disadvantaged businesses as Federal contractors. For more information contact Michael Chiodi, Small Business Coordinator/AbilityOne Liaison at michael.j.chiodi@usda.gov or 612-336-3203.
System for Award Management (SAM)
The System for Award Management (SAM) is an official website of the U.S. government. There is no cost to use SAM. You can use this site to:
- Register to do business with the U.S. government
- Update or renew your entity registration
- Check status of an entity registration
- Search for entity registration and exclusion records
- And much more
Effective October 1, 2012, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), requires that vendors be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database BEFORE they can be awarded contracts. For more information or to register, go to SAM.gov.
Invoice Processing Platform (IPP)
IPP is a web-based system that provides one integrated, secure system to simplify the management of vendor invoices. It is offered at no charge to Federal agencies and their vendors. USDA encourages all vendors to use IPP.
Vendor Assistance
For help with FedBizOpps, SAM and IPP contact the Federal Service Desk:
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET
U.S. calls: 866-606-8220
International calls: +1 334-206-7828
DSN: 94-866-606-8220
https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/home.do
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