Resources

The official links, and the free help

Every link here is free and official. We send you off our own site on purpose: there is a whole industry charging for access to things the government gives away, and knowing that is worth more to you than a paywall.

Register and certify. All free, all official.

SAM.gov entity registration

Get your UEI. Required before anything else.

certify.sba.gov

The only WOSB and EDWOSB certification route that counts for set-asides.

Where SAM.gov sign-in problems actually get fixed.

SBA size standards tool

Check whether you are small under your NAICS code.

Look things up

SBA eligible NAICS codes for WOSB

The source workbook behind our industry checker.

SBA Dynamic Small Business Search

Where contracting officers look for you once certified.

SAM.gov contract opportunities

The official source. Free, and deliberately hard to filter.

USAspending.gov

See who has won this work before, and for how much.

Free human help, which most people never use

APEX Accelerators

Free government contracting counselors, funded by the Department of Defense. Formerly the PTAC program. Genuinely free one-on-one help.

Women's Business Centers

SBA-funded, free counseling and training for women business owners.

SCORE mentoring

Free volunteer business mentors, many with federal contracting backgrounds.

The one most people miss: APEX Accelerators give free one-on-one government contracting counseling, funded by the Department of Defense. A real person will sit with you and review your registration and your capability statement, at no cost. Use them before you pay anyone for the same thing.

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