DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE :: This page features links to key Department of Defense resources that you will likely find useful as a small business government contractor. 
 

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	Defense Procurement.  Defense Procurement develops, promotes, and manages innovative department-wide policies for planning, pricing, awarding, and administering contracts, business arrangements, and other transactions for supplies and services. Visit this site for a wide range of information about the DoD procurement process.
	DoD EMALL.  This site functions as a single entry point for DoD customers to find and acquire off-the-shelf, finished goods items from the commercial marketplace. The DoD EMALL offers cross-store shopping for the purpose of comparison pricing and best value decision making. Vendors on DoD EMALL meet FAR requirements so there is no need to verify that vendors meet statutory requirements. The DoD EMALL is constructed with three corridors: parts and supplies, information technology, and training.  Use the Supplier's Corner to learn how to about getting your products on the EMALL.  Also, read the Supplier Integration Kit (requires MS Word).
	Subcontracting Directory.  DoD requires major prime contractors and subcontractors receiving contracts valued over $500,000 ($1 million for construction) to develop plans and goals for subcontracting with small business and small disadvantaged business. This requirement generates a significant subcontracting opportunity market. In FY 1997, for example, DoD prime contractors awarded $54.4 billion in subcontracts of which $22.5 (or 41.4%) was awarded to small business firms. This Directory provides a list of contracts to assist small businesses in accessing subcontracting opportunities.
	Acquisition Initiatives.  The Office of Acquisition Initiatives website provides information on the latest developments in acquisition reform within the Department of Defense.  This office works in partnership with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, Defense Agencies, and private industry to manage implementation of acquisition initiatives and ensure continuous acquisition improvement, while achieving the business objectives of the DoD acquisition process. From here, you can subscribe to AR Now and AR Today for free updates on acquisition reform events and activities.
	Procurement Statistics.  Maintained by the Statistical Information Analysis Division of the DoD Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, these procurement information pages provide an overview of DoD spending with the private sector.  The site is divided into five areas: (1) procurement and assistance trends, (2) procurement statistics, (3) geographic statistics, (4) product and service statistics, and (5) procurement and assistance guidance and data.
	DoD Issuances. A DoD Directive is a broad policy document containing what is required by legislation, the President, or the Secretary of Defense to initiate, govern, or regulate actions or conduct by the DoD Components within their specific areas of responsibilities. The DoD Directives System was established to provide a single, uniform system of DoD issuances and directive-type memorandums used to convey DoD policies, responsibilities, and procedures. The DoD Directives System provides for the orderly processing, approval, publication, distribution, internal review, and records management of DoD Directives, DoD Instructions, and DoD Publications.
	Inspector General.  The Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General serves as an independent and objective official in DoD responsible for conducting, supervising, monitoring and initiating audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations of the DoD. The Inspector General provides leadership and coordination and recommends policies for activities designed to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of, and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in, such programs and operations.
	DoD FOIA Program.  The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) governs how public requests for DoD records will be handled.  Link to this page for guidance on using the FOIA Program within DoD.  You will find the DoD FOIA Handbook particularly useful.
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