Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone and Veteran-Owned Business Development Program

The President of the University has designated the Office of Purchasing Services to carry lead responsibility for implementing the University's Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Business policy, and has confirmed the University's intent to take greater initiatives to encourage Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Business involvement in the procurement process.

These actions are an appropriate extension of the University's fundamental policy of Equal Opportunity.

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Office of Procurement Services' efforts in this program include:

• Maintain directories and company brochures of Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Business concerns. Keep University procurement staff aware of current directories and new information, including the System for Award Management (SAM) and other SBA resources.
• Circulate company brochures to University faculty and staff.
• Attend business procurement conferences and trade fairs, expositions, and seminars.
• Make various levels of University management, including program managers and staff members responsible for initiating procurement actions, aware of the University's responsibilities toward Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Business concerns.
• Make site visits to Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Business concerns.
• Advise Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Business officials about University procurement procedures.
• Receive visits from Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Businesses.
• Include Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Businesses on bidder's lists where appropriate.
• Include appropriate instructions in University Administrative Manuals, and insert items in the JHU Finance Newsletter and on the Office of Procurement Services website.
• Counsel Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Business officials on problems before these result in loss of a subcontract or loss of future business opportunity.
• Exchange information with the Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Coordinator at the Applied Physics Laboratory and the Purchasing Director of The Johns Hopkins Health System.
• Monitor the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the Federal Register for the purpose of keeping apprised of all applicable statutes and implementing regulations.
• Comply with new regulatory changes regarding the small business program and keep abreast of the certification and eligibility requirements by the Small Business Administration.
• Use the Small Business Administration's System for Award Management (SAM) and Dynamic Small Business Search databases when preparing subcontracting plans.

• The University's Small Business Program has been regularly reviewed by the Small Business Administration, and has been approved as conforming to, and advancing, Small Business goals.
• The University's Small Business Program was most recently reviewed and approved in March, 2014.

For further information regarding the University's Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Business Utilization Program, please contact the Small Business Coordinator at 443-997-1000.

View the Johns Hopkins University's list of Local, Small, Minority, Women-Owned, HUBZone, and Veteran-Owned Businesses.

The System for Award Management (SAM) and the Dynamic Small Business Search are Internet-based databases of information on more than 275,000 small, disadvantaged 8(a), and women-owned businesses.