Things You'll Need
- Computer
- Annual income records of the business
- Number of employees on staff in the last 12 months
- Your business's NAICS codes
- Your Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number
- Your Federal Tax Identification Number (TIN) or you Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Your Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes (See References 1)
Suggestions
Determine Your Business Size
- Determine if you qualify as a small business under the Small Business Administration (SBA) size standards. First, find your business's North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code in the NAICS section of the U.S. Census Bureau website.
- Include in your business calculations any affiliates or subsidiaries associated with your business as you calculate your annual income. The SBA size standards state the number of employees over the past 12 months or the last three years' average annual receipts -- whichever shows your business as being larger.
- Establish the size standard for the industry of your business. Use the Table of Small Business Size Standards for matching your NAICS code(s) with the appropriate size standard for your business.
Register as a Federal Contractor
- Apply for a Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number at the D-U-N-S Request Service online. A separate nine-digit number is issued for each location of your business. There is no charge for contractors required to get a D-U-N-S number for federal contracting purposes.
- Register with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). It serves as the federal government's vendor database.
- Register with the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). Complete the required certifications and solicitation clauses verifying the accuracy of your statements
- Identify and disclose in the CCR all the NAICS codes (industries) that apply to your business. The codes classify the economic sector of your business, its industry and in which country you do business.
- Secure an Open Ratings, Inc., Past Performance Evaluation if you plan to contract with the U.S. General Services Administration.
Tips
- When your business bids for federal contracts, you cannot exceed the small business size standard specified by the procuring agency's contracting officer for that contract -- even if this is not your primary industry.
- For other small business contracts, you may not exceed the size standard for your stated primary industry.
- Fail to step through this process and you close the door on contracts that have been set aside specifically for small businesses just like yours.
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