For Current Contractors

Make the most out of your membership. WIPP’s Procurement Committee meets quarterly via teleconference for policy updates and discussions on the effects of policy on the federal procurement marketplace. Procurement Committee Members also help initiate member-driven programs and help direct WIPP’s advocacy efforts.

Visit WIPP’s Procurement Page to join the committee.

As a member of WIPP, you can sign up for a weekly update listing all off the current WOSB Set-Aside Opportunities. This is a good way to keep track of RFIs, RFPs, and Sources Sought Notices specifically targeted to WOSB and EDWOSB companies. Also, the WOSB Opportunity Watch includes the Bidders Wanted Bulletin, a forum for WOSBs to identify contracts that can be set-aside if 2 or more WOSBs submit bids.

To sign up for the WOSB Opportunity Watch, please email your request to Scott Nolen at snolen@wipp.org

WIPP’s OSDBU Outreach Program matches WIPP Procurement Committee members to Agency OSDBUs, helping promote WIPP’s Mission to ensure the successful government-wide implementation of the WOSB Federal Contract Program.

For more details about participation in the OSDBU Outreach program, please email Michael Fravel at mfravel@wipp.org

Give Me 5 220: Surety Bond Strategies for Federal Contractors
An introduction to surety bond underwriting requirements and best practices to overcome underwriting challenges. This course also covers techniques for utilizing teaming agreements and joint venture agreements to create additional bonding capacity. Content suited for both first time surety bond users and bonded contractors seeking to capture additional bonding capacity.
Course instructor: Karen Barbour, President, The Barbour Group, LLC

E3 228: Green Building Principles and Requirements in Government Contracts

Give Me 5 Training 401: Working with the HHS OSDBU
Learn how the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) conducts women-owned and small business contracting outreach.
Instructor: Debbie Ridgely, Director, OSDBU, HHS.

Give Me 5 Training 402: Working with the USDA OSDBU
Learn how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) conducts women-owned and small business contracting outreach.
Instructor: Sherry Cohen, Senior Program Analyst, OSDBU, USDA.

Give Me 5 Training 403: Doing Business with the U.S. Department of Justice
Learn how to do business with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Click here to download the supplemental material. Click here to listen to the podcast of the session.
Instructor: David Sutton, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, DOJ.