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D&B Data Universal Numbering
System (D-U-N-S) Number
The D&B D-U-N-S Number, has become the standard for keeping track of millions of businesses worldwide. It provides unique identifiers of single business entities, while linking corporate family structures together.
D&B links the D&B D-U-N-S Numbers of parents, subsidiaries, headquarters and branches on more than 62 million corporate family members around the world. Used by the world's most influential standards-setting organizations, it is recognized, recommended and/or required by more than 50 global, industry and trade associations, including the United Nations, the U.S. Federal Government, the Australian Government and the European Commission.
Once a number has been allocated to a business, it can be used to identify and link millions of companies worldwide.
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Central Contractors Registration (CCR)
The CCR is the primary database for current, accurate, and complete vendor information. As of June 1, 1998, both current and potential Department of Defense (DoD) vendors are required to register in CCR in order to do business with the DoD if the contract solicitation occurred after May 31, 1998. Vendors are required to complete a one-time registration to provide basic information relevant to procurement and financial transactions. Vendors must update or renew their registration annually to maintain an active status.
CCR validates the vendor's information and electronically shares the secure and encrypted data with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to facilitate paperless payments through electronic funds transfer (EFT). Additionally, CCR shares the data with several government procurement and electronic business systems.
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PRO-NET
PRO-NET is an electronic gateway of procurement information -- for and about small businesses. It is a search engine for contracting officers marketing tool for small firms and a "link" to procurement opportunities and important information. It is designed to be a "virtual" one-stop-procurement-shop.
PRO-NET Homepage
Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program
The HUBZone empowerment contracting program stimulates economic development and create jobs in urban and rural communities by providing federal contracting preferences to small businesses. These preferences go to small businesses that obtain HUBZone certification in part by employing staff who live in a HUBZone. The company must also maintain a "principal office" in one of these specially designated areas. A principal office can be different than a company headquarters. The program resulted from provisions continued in the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997.
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8(A) Business Development (BD) Program
The SBA's 8(A) BD Program, named for a section of the Small Business Act,
is a business development program created to help small disadvantaged businesses compete in the American economy and access the federal procurement market.
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8(A) Business Development
Mentor-Protégé Program
The U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Mentor-Protégé Program enhances the capability of 8(A) participants to compete more successfully for federal government contracts. The program encourages private sector relationships and expands SBA's efforts to identify and respond to the developmental needs of 8(A) clients.
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Small Disadvantaged Business
What is the difference between 8(A) certification and SDB certification? The 8(A) program is a business program that offers a broad scope of assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged firms. SDB certification strictly pertains to benefits in federal procurement. 8(A) firms automatically qualify for SDB certification.
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