This webinar focuses on the benefits of the Federal Contracting Certification 8(a) program. It also covers the eligibility requirements necessary to participate.

• The 8(a) Business Development Program is a business assistance program for small disadvantaged businesses. The 8(a) Program offers a broad scope of assistance to firms that are owned and controlled at least 51% by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
• There are substantial benefits of partaking in the program, such as the consideration and preference for government procurement.
• The 8(a) Program is an essential instrument for helping socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs gain access to the economic mainstream of American society. The program helps thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs to gain a foothold in government contracting.

Presenter:

Lonnie Koyama, Lead Economic Development Specialist
South Florida District Office
U.S. Small Business Administration

Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/220062652317

*Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Please contact the Tampa Bay Women’s Business Centre for more information: tbwbc@thecentre.org.