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Employment
Ft. Jackson/McEntire JNGB
How do I do business with Fort Jackson and/or
McEntire Joint National Guard Base?
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Determine your interest: the type of products and services you
want to compete for and your marketing strategy. Opportunities vary from: (1) products and services under the $2,500 competition threshold
with credit cards; to (2) simplified acquisition with informal bidding
procedures: to (3) formal acquisition procedures above $100,000 with
formal bid openings and requests for proposals.
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Get Internet / E-Commerce capable. The government is in the process
of implementing a paperless contracting system. Contractors must
be able to work electronically to maximize contracting opportunities.
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Get registered in the Central Contractor Registration
(CCR).
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Get registered in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) PRONET.
PRONET is a database of small business that is available to government
contracting personnel as well as Department of Defense (DoD) Prime
Contractors as a resource for seeking potential small business
sources.
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Self market your products and services. Attend Chamber
meetings, network at tradeshows and workshops. Visit our small
business specialist at the Directorate of Contracting and obtain
points of contact within the technical areas requiring your products
and services. Visit the SBA, Small Business Development Centers,
Governor's Office of Small and Minority Business, Service Corps of
Retired Executives (SCORE), and the Women's Business Center.
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Be able to accept Visa Government Credit Cards. In addition to
purchases under $2,500, government credit cards are utilized as a
method of payment for larger dollar contracts.
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Check out The Commerce Business Daily
(CPD) and other websites where contracting opportunities are
posed. The CBD lists all procurement estimated above $25,000.
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Check out the General Services
Administration (GSA) website to determine feasibility of getting
your product and services on a GSA schedule.
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Follow up after bidding or submitting a proposal to determine who
was awarded the contract and at what price.
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