Department of Energy small business contracting. (Special Advertising Section).

Contract awards to small business (including 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, HUBZONE, Women and Disabled Veterans) have averaged $3 billion per year, stated Theresa Alvillar-Speake, the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) for the Department of Energy (DOE). These awards include both prime contracts and subcontracts and cover a wide range of goods and services--including facility management, remediation, construction, R&D, Management/Scientific Consulting, Plate Work Manufacturing, Administrative Services, Data Processing, Security, Engineering, Waste Treatment & Disposal.

In FY 2000, DOE awarded a total of $2.8 billion of which $486.7 million was awarded in prime contracts to small businesses including $147 million to 8(a) firms; $44 million to small disadvantaged firms; and $40 million to women-owned firms. In FY 2001, the Department awarded $3.5 billion to small business of which $511.6 million was in prime contracts including $189 million to 8(a) firms, $42 million to small disadvantaged businesses, $67 million to women-owned businesses and $40 million to HUBZone firms. Of the $3 billion in subcontracts for FY 2001, $633.9 million went to small disadvantaged, $501.4 million to women-owned, $45.8 million to HUBZone, $182,077 to Service Disabled Veteran and $7.8 million to veteran-owned firms.

The department is aggressively pursuing small businesses in order to increase their knowledge of and access to DOE contracting opportunities. DOE will be hosting regional small business conferences throughout the country over the next six months to identify such firms. For information on the conference dates, DOE's contract forecast and for a listing of small business program managers-visit our website at http://www.hr.doe.gov/ed/OSDBU/osdbu.html) and for current information on other small business opportunities, visit http://www.hr.doe.gov/iips/busopor.nsf).