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

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

Supply Chain Shared Services' efforts in this program include:

• Maintain directories and company brochures of Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, and Veteran-Owned Business concerns. Keep University procurement staff aware of current directories and new information. Includes using the SBA Pro-Net System 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 Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, and Veteran-Owned Business concerns.
  
  
• Make site visits to Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, and Veteran-Owned Business concerns.
  
  
• Advise Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, and Veteran-Owned Business officials about University procurement procedures.
  
  
• Receive visits from Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, and Veteran-Owned Businesses.
  
  
• Include Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, and Veteran-Owned Businesses on bidder's lists where appropriate.
  
  
• Include appropriate instructions in University Administrative Manuals, and insert items in the Administrative Bulletin and on the University's Supply Chain Shared Services Web site.
  
  
• Counsel Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, 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 Dynamic Small Business Search database when preparing subcontracting plans.
  
  
• The University's Small Business Program has been regularly reviewed by the Office of Naval Research, 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 August 2007.

For further information regarding the University's Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, and Veteran-Owned Business Utilization Program, please contact the Small Business Coordinator, Ms. Mary Rodriguez, 443-997-5657.

View a list of Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone Small, and Veteran-Owned Businesses.

The Central Contractor Registration(CCR) Dynamic Small Business Search is an Internet-based database of information on more than 275,000 small, disadvantaged 8(a), and women-owned businesses.