Contract Players

Fiscal year 1996: Prime contracts, $125 million (5 percent); subcontracts, $27.7 million (5.5 percent)

1997 goal: Prime contracts, 5 percent; subcontracts, 5.5 percent

In monthly briefing sessions with entrepreneurs, Justice Department representatives review services and products they're seeking. One-on-one counseling is available, as are a half-dozen technology fairs annually where entrepreneurs can meet department workers. Occasionally, says Ken Bryan at the Justice Department, the department also holds a procurement conference and fair for women-owned firms, in addition to "at least 10 procurement fairs and conferences we either co-host or attend to reach women."

Contact Sources

Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Washington, DC 20250, (202) 690-4730, (http://192.231.63.160/rbcds/rbcds.htm)

Department of Defense, Rm. 2A338, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3061, (703) 697-9383, (http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu)

Department of Justice, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Washington, DC 20530, (800) 345-3712, (202) 616-0521, (http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/osdbu/)

General Services Administration, 18th & F Sts. N.W., Rm. 6029, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 501-1021, (http://www.gsa.gov)

NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. S.W., Washington, DC 20546, (800) 262-7295, (202) 358-2088, (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codek)

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This article was originally published in the December 1996 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Contract Players.