USACE SPD develops small businesses and maximizes their opportunities for our procurements within SPD’s footprint on a continual basis, thereby ensuring a broad base of capable small business firms to support our mission and strengthen our nation’s economic development.

The South Pacific Division through their districts, acquires a variety of supplies and services.  In FY25, $3.1 billion dollars of obligations were made for construction services. The top five acquisitions:

1. Other Waste Collection - $1.7B of the total dollars (NAICS 562119)

2. Commercial & Institutional Building Construction - $591M of the total dollars (NAICS 236220)

3. Other Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction - $487M of total dollars (NAICS 237990)

4. Engineering Services - $133M of total dollars (NAICS 541360)

5. Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors - $34M of total dollars (NAICS 238220)

• Sign up in SAM.gov
  • SAM.gov has replaced the System for Award Management (SAM)
  • SAM.gov has replaced the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO or FedBizOpps)
  • Don't Forget about your Free Marketing Tool to the Government - Dynamic Small Business Search Engine (DSBS)
  • Make sure to fill out your Online Representation and Certification (ORCA)
  • Be up to date with the latest in regulations...Federal Register (FED REG)
• Find who buys what you sell-Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS)
• Doing Business with the Department of Defense 
• Doing Business with the Department of Army 
• Doing Business with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
• VetBiz (Verification is only required for VA procurement)

• Sign up in SAM.gov
  • SAM.gov has replaced the System for Award Management (SAM)
  • SAM.gov has replaced the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO or FedBizOpps)
  • Central Contractor Registration (CCR) - - You want to show up on a Prime Contractor's "radar"
  • Don't Forget about your Free Marketing Tool to the Prime Contractors - Dynamic Small Business Search Engine (DSBS)
  • Make sure to fill out your Online Representation and Certification (ORCA)
  • Be up to date with the latest in regulations...Federal Register (FED REG)
• Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) (actions below $25K)
• Find who buys what you sell-Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS)-A great Location to find the Prime Contractors working with the Federal Government 
• Doing Business with the Department of Defense
• Doing Business with the Department of Army
• Doing Business with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
• VetBiz (Verification is only required for VA procurement)

• U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • Starting and Managing a Business
  • Loans & Grants Information
  • Contracting Information
  • SBA Training
  • SBA Direct - Finding Local Assistance     
• Your Local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
• Your local Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
• DoD Source Selection Procedures - 1 Apr 2016
• Army Source Selection Supplement - 28 Nov 2017 
• National Response Plan-Emergency Support Functions - 2012
• Emergency Operations - Contracting in Disasters 

• US Code
• Code of Federal Regulations
• US Senate Small Business Committee
• US House of Representative Small Business Committee 
• Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
• Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement  (DFARS)
• Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS)

• Department of Defense, Office of Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, Logistics, & Sustainment
• Department of Defense, Defense Pricing and Contracting
• Department of Defense, Office of Small Business Programs
• Department of the Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)
• US Army Small Business Office
• USACE Contracting Office  
• USACE Small Business Office