Guide to Doing Business

The Guide to Doing Business With the Department of State is designed to familiarize small, minority, and female-owned businesses with the Department's procurement program. The Guide is intended to assist those small, minority, and female-owned firms seeking to do business with the Department in identifying procurement opportunities within the Department.  The Guide is issued by the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (A/SDBU).  

The Guide covers:

• Procurement program and acquisition policy.
• Points of  contacts under the various categories of products and services for which the Department contracts.
• Briefing memorandum on the Department's small business program.
• Listing of all Federal Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU).
• Potential subcontracting opportunities through the Department's larger prime contractors.
• Contacts for trade and investment-related issues.
• Other government publications and subscriptions of interest such as the Department of State acquisition website