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Released by the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization


Federal Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)

Directors and Women in Business Representatives (WIBR).  The following offices offer small businesses information and guidance on procurement procedures; how to be placed on a bidder’s mailing list; and identification of both prime and subcontracting opportunities. (VBA is the Veterans Business Advocate.)

Departments

Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
, Washington, DC 20250
Telephone: (202) 720-7117  FAX: (202) 720-3001
ATTN:  James House, Director
OSDBU: http://www.usda.gov/da/smallbus.html
VBA: Ms. Stella Hughes (202) 720-6840
WIBRMs. Sheri Cohen (202) 720-9839

Department of the Air Force
1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC  20330
Telephone: (703) 696-1103
  FAX: (703) 696-1170
Attn: Mr. Joseph Diamond, Director, OSDBU: http://www.safsb.hq.af.mil
WIBR:  Ms. Judy Schlott 

Department of the Army
106 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-0106
Telephone: (703) 697-2868
 
FAX: (703) 693-3898
Attn: Ms. Tracy Pinson, Director, OSDBU: http://www.sellingtoarmy.info
VBA: Lt. Col. James Lloyd 
WIBR:  Ms. Judy B. Shifflett

Department of Commerce

14th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W., Room 6411, Washington, DC 20230
Telephone: (202) 482–0501 
FAX: (202) 482-1472
Attn: Mr. T. J. Garcia
, Director, OSDBU: http://www.osec.doc.gov/osdbu
VBA: Ms. Ramona Jones 
WIBR:  Ms. Brenda Black

Department of Defense

1777 N. Kent Street, Room 9100, Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: (703) 588–8631 
FAX: (703) 588–7561
Attn: Mr. Frank Ramos,  Director, OSDBU: http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu
VBA: Mr. Tim Foreman 
WIBR:  Ms. Janet Koch

Department of Education

400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 3120, ROB–3, Washington, DC 20202-0521
Telephone: (202) 708-9820
  FAX: (202) 401-6477
Attn: Ms.Marcella Coverson, Acting Director
OSDBU: http://www.ed.gov.gov/conin/book1
WIBR: 
Ms. Marcella Coverson 

Department of Energy

1000 Independence Ave., S.W., Room 5B148, Washington, DC 20585
Telephone: (202) 586-8383  FAX: (202) 586-5488
Attn:  Ms. Theresa Alvillar-Speake, Director
OSDBU: http://www.hr.doe.gov/ed/index.html
VBA: (not available)
WIBR:  Ms. Aleta Boylan (202) 586-7377


Department of Homeland Security
7th & D Streets, SW
Attn:  OSDBU/Room 3514
Mr. Kevin Boshears, Director
WIBR:  Ms. Mary Ellen Dorsey (202) 205-0050

Department of Health and Human Services

200 Independence Ave., S.W., Room 517-D, Washington, DC 20201
Telephone: (202) 690-7300 FAX: (202) 260-4872
Attn: Ms. Debbie Rigeley, Director, OSDBU: http://www.hhs.gov/osdbu
VBA: (Vacant), Call (202) 690-7300 for information
WIBR:  Ms. Angel Graves (202) 690-6670


Department of Housing and Urban Development

451 7th Street, S.W., Room 3130, Washington, DC 20410
Telephone: (202) 708-1428 FAX: (202) 708-7642
Attn: Ms. A. Jo Baylor, Director
OSDBU: http://www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/index.cfm
VBA: Mr. Bill Pittman (202) 708-0614
WIBR:  Mr. Joseph Piljay (202) 708-1428


Department of the Interior

1849 C Street, N.W., Room 5070, Washington, DC 20240
Telephone: (202) 208-3493 FAX: (202) 219-2131
Attn: Mr. Robert W. Faithful, Director, OSDBU
VBA: Mr. Frank Gisondi (202) 208-4907
WIBR: Ms. Doris Sanford (202) 208-7437

Department of Justice

1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20530
Telephone: (202) 616-0521 FAX: (202) 616-1717
Attn: Ms. Romona Glover

OSDBU: http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/osdbu/index
VBA: (202) 616-0521
WIBR: (202) 616-6596

Department of Labor

200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Room C-2318, Washington, DC 20210
Telephone: (202) 219-9148  FAX: (202) 219-9167
Attn: Mr. Jose Lira, Director
OSDBU: http://www.dol.gov/dol/osbp/public/programs/osbp
VBA: Mr. Charles Greer (202) 693-6472
WIBR:  Ms. Elaine Murrell (202) 693-6467

Department of the Navy

720 Kennon Street, Bldg 36, Room 207, S.E.,
Washington, DC 20374-5015
Telephone: (202) 685-6485 FAX: (202) 685-6865
Attn: Ms. Nancy Tarrant,
Director, OSDBU: http://hq.navy.mil/sadbu
VBA: (not available)
WIBR:  Ms. Helena Brown (202) 685-6485

Department of State

SA–6, Room L500, Washington, DC 20522-0602
Telephone: (703) 875–6822 FAX: (703) 875-6825
Attn: Mrs. Durie White,
Director, OSDBU: http://www.state.gov/m/a/sdbu
VBA: Mr. Shapleigh Drisko (703) 875-4240
WIBR:  Ms. Patricia Culbreth (703) 875-6881

Department of Transportation

400 7th Street, S.W., Room 9414, Washington, DC 20590
Telephone: (202) 366-1930 FAX: (202) 366-7228
Attn: Mr. Sean Moss,
Director, OSDBU: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov
VBA: Ms. Pat L. Hodge (202) 355-1930
WIBR:  Ms. Pat L. Hodge (202) 366-1930

Department of the Treasury

1310 G Street N.W., Suite 900 West, Washington, DC 20220
Telephone: (202) 622-0530 FAX: (202) 622-4963
Attn: Ms. Renee Fitzgerald, Acting
Director, OSDBU: http://www.treas.gov/sba
WIBR:  (202) 622-0530

Department of Veterans Affairs

801 Vermont Ave., N.W., (OOSB), Room 1221, Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: (202) 565-8124 FAX: (202) 565-8156
Attn: Mr. Scott Deniston, Director, OSDBU: http://www.va.gov/osdbu
VBA: Same as Director
WIBR:  Ms. Gayle Wegner  (202) 565-8124

Independent Agencies.  The majority of Independent Agencies do not have designated Officers of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Specific personnel as indicated assume such responsibilities.

Agency for International Development

1300 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 78-E, Washington, DC 20523-1414
Telephone: (202) 712-1500 FAX: (202) 216-3056
Attn: Ms. Marilyn Marton,
Director
OSDBU: http://www.usaid.gov/procurement.bus.opp/osdbu
WIBR:  Ms. Rhoda Isaacs (202) 712-1500

Board of Broadcasting Governors

330 C Street, S.W., Room 2517, HHS-South, Washington, DC 20237
Telephone: (202) 619-2946
Attn: Mr. Gary C. Hosford,
Director, OSDBU

Defense Contract Management Agency-SB

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 4539, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221
Telephone: (703) 767-3442
Attn: Ms. Barbara J. Little,
Director, OSDBU

Defense Logistics Agency

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2533, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221
Telephone: (703) 767-1662 FAX: (703) 767-1670
Attn: Mr. Thomas D. Ray, Director, OSDBU: http://www.dla.mil/business.asp
VBA: Ms. Peg Meehan (703) 767-1653
WIBR:  Ms. Patricia Cleveland (703) 767-1652

Environmental Protection Agency

401 "M" Street, N.W., Code 1230-C, Washington, DC 20460
Telephone: (202) 564-4100 FAX: (202) 501-0756
Attn: Ms. Jeanette L. Brown, Director, OSDBU: http://www.epa.gov/osdbu
VBA: Mr. Dave Sutton (202) 564-4100
WIBR:  Ms. Trina Porter (202) 564-4322

Executive Office of the President

725 17th Street, N.W., Room 5013, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503
Telephone: (202) 395-1267 FAX: (202) 395-7669
Attn: Ms. Joyce Larkin, Director, OSDBU
Ms. Thelma B. Toler, Small Business Specialist

Export-Import Bank of the U.S.

811 Vermont Ave., N.W., Room 1023, Washington, DC 20571
Telephone: (202) 565-3341 FAX: (202) 565-3319
Attn: Ms. Jacqueline Dennis, Director, OSDBU

Federal Trade Commission

6th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room H700, Washington, DC 20580
Telephone: (202) 326-2258 FAX: (202) 326-2050
Attn: Ms. Jean Sefchick, Director, OSDBU
WIBR:  Ms. Barbara Lorette (202) 326-2260

General Services Administration

18th & F Streets, N.W., Room 6029, (E), Washington, DC 20405
Telephone: (202) 501-1021 FAX: (202) 208-5938
Attn: Mr. Felipe Mendoza, Director, OED:  http://www.gsa.gov/oed/index.htm
VBA: Mr. Dennis Peck (202) 501-1021
WIBR:  Ms. Elizabeth Ivey (202) 501-4466

Interstate Commerce Commission

12th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W., Room 3119, Washington, DC 20423
Telephone: (202) 927-7597 FAX: (202) 927-5158
Attn: Mr. Dan King, Director, OSDBU
WIBR:  same as director

Library of Congress

101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC  20540
Attn:  Mr. Napolean Jasper, Director, OSDBU

National Aeronautics and Space
300 E Street, S.W., Code K, Room 9K70, Washington, DC 20546
Telephone: (202) 358-7380 FAX: (202) 358-3261
Attn: Mr. Ralph Thomas, III, Assoc. Administrator, OSDBU: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codek
VBA: Same as Assoc. Administrator
WIBR:  Ms. Vernell Jackson (202) 358-2088

National Science Foundation

Suite 550, 4201 Wilson Blvd. Call Director, Arlington, VA 22230
Telephone: (703) 292-7092 FAX: (703) 306-0337
Attn: Mr. Donald Senich, Director, OSDBU
WIBR:  vacant

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

TWFN - M/S T2-F18, Washington, DC  20555
Telephone: (301) 415-7380 FAX: (301) 415-5953
Attn: Ms. Irene P. Little, Director,
OSDBU:  http://www.nrc.gov/ADM/CONTRACT/contract.html
WIBR:  Ms. Barbara Williams (301) 415-7160

Office of Personnel Management

1900 E Street, N.W., Room 0583, Washington, DC 20415
Telephone: (202) 606-2180 FAX: (202) 606-1464
Attn: Mr. Steven Vanrees, Director, OSDBU
WIBR:  vacant (call Director)

Railroad Retirement Board

1310 G Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 272-7742 FAX: (202) 272-7728
Attn: Ms. Margaret Stanley, Director, OSDBU

Smithsonian Institution

915 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, DC 20560-0921
Telephone: (202) 287-0145 FAX: (202) 287-3492
Attn: Ms. Era Marshall, Director, OSDBU:  http://www.si.edu

U.S. Government Printing Office

North Capitol & H Street, N.W., Room C-897, Washington, DC 20401
Telephone: (202) 512-1365
Attn: Mr. Robert Freeman, Director, OSDBU
Supplier Diversity Manager:  Mr. Rudy Watley (202) 275-0157

U.S. Postal Service

475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W., Room 3821, Washington, DC 20260-5616
Telephone: (202) 268-6578 FAX: (202) 268-6573
Attn: Ms. Sharon Gurley, Manager Corporate Supplier Diversity:  http://www.usps.gov

Supplier Diversity: http://www.usps.com/purchasing
WIBR: 
Ms. Deborah Bell (202) 268-2041

Liaison Office

Army-Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)

Purchase Directorate
P.O. Box 660202, Dallas, TX 75266-0202
Telephone: (214) 312-3571

Independent Agencies

Defense Commissary Agency
Eastern Region: 5151 Bonney Rd., Suite 201, Virginia Beach, VA  23462-4314
2257 Huber Rd., Fort Meade, MD  20755-5220
Northern Area Office:  60 West Maxwell Blvd., Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6307
Contact:   Small Business Specialist (301) 677-9893
Southern Area Office:  300 AFCOMS Way, Kelley AFB, TX  78241-6132
Contact:  Small Business Specialist (334) 953-3136
Midwest Region: 3401 Beech Street, McClellan AFB, CA  95652-1164
Contact:  Small Business Specialist (210) 925-5924
Western/Pacific Region:  Small Business Specialist (916) 643-0222
European Region:  Small Business Specialist - 011-49-0631-3523

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Room 9001 NEOB, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503
Telephone: (202) 395-6811 FAX: (202) 395-5105
Attn: Mr. Michael Gerich, Deputy Assoc Administrator for Policy Development
http://www.arnet.gov

Minority Business Development Agency

U.S. Department of Commerce
14th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room H-5055, Washington, DC 20230
Telephone: (202) 482-5061 FAX: (202) 482-5117
Attn: Mr. Ron Langston, Director: http://www.mbda.gov

Room 5096, Washington, DC 20230
Telephone: (202) 482-1715 FAX: (202) 501-4698
Attn: Mr. Raul Quiros, Chief, Public Sector

Procurement Technical Assistance Center Program

GMU Mason Enterprise Center
4031 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
Telephone: (703) 277-7750 FAX: (703) 352-8195
Attn: Mr. James Regan, Director
http://www.gmu.edu/gmu/PTAP 
 
http://www.sbdc.org

Small Business Development Center

Howard University
2600 Sixth Street, N.W., Room 128, Washington, DC 20059
Telephone: (202) 806-1550
Attn: Mr. Woodrow McCutchen, Director: http://www.howardsbdc.net

Small Business Administration
409 3rd Street, S.W., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20416
Telephone: (202) 205-6460 FAX: (202) 205–7064
Attn:  Mr. Barry Meltz,  Associate Administrator for Government Contracts, http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov
VBA: Mr. Cliff Toulson (202) 205-6774
WIBR: 
Ms. Sheryl Swed (202) 205-7624

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Additional SBA information: The SBA has offices located around the country. For the one nearest you, consult the telephone directory under U.S. Government or call the Small Business Administration Answer Desk at 1-800-U ASK SBA.

 

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