How Booz Allen Uses Small Businesses
Booz Allen Hamilton believes in contributing to the communities in which we work and in helping their citizens obtain a fair share of available economic opportunities. Small business concerns and minority institutions make important contributions to Booz Allen by enhancing our competitive edge, our performance on specific contracts, and our bottom line. They also play a critical role in the future of our global economy.
Booz Allen seeks to increase its visibility with the small business community as our markets across the nation continue to grow. Through marketing and outreach assistance programs, the firm is working to increase the number and quality of small businesses that can qualify for teaming and subcontracting opportunities across our firm.
How to Register Your Firm With Booz Allen
As part of our corporate commitment, we routinely seek small businesses to supplement our in-house professional, technical, and support capabilities, and we enter into mutually beneficial teaming arrangements. If interested in conducting business with Booz Allen, please complete a firm profile in our business registration database.
How Booz Allen Reaches Out to the Small Business Community
Booz Allen sponsors and actively participates in various small business industry events annually. These forums offer small businesses an opportunity to network and market their products and services, which have resulted in many subsequent teaming agreements for specific procurements that Booz Allen is pursuing. Some events in which we have participated in the past are as follows:
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Annual OSDBU Small Business Conference
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DOE Small Business Conference
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National Minority Supplier Development Council Annual Conference
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Navy Gold Coast Conference
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Reservation Economic Summit (RES)
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Veteran’s Small Business Conference
In addition to industry events, Booz Allen is a member in many organizations supporting the global small business community. Memberships include:
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Greater San Diego Business Development Council
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Greater Washington Board of Trade
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Mid-Atlantic Regional Council
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National Minority Supplier Development Council
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TRIAD
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Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council
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Western Regional Council
Through these outlets and efforts to target small businesses and our long-standing recognition of the contribution that small businesses have in ensuring that our results endure for our clients, we have many small business partnering success stories. For example, in government fiscal year 2006, Booz Allen subcontracted nearly $500 million to our teaming partners. Of those dollars, more than 50 percent went to small businesses.
Booz Allen has also been recognized with various recent small business accolades including:
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Certificate of Achievement Award — In 2007, the Department of Justice recognized Booz Allen’s successful subcontracting efforts with the small business community
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DoD Nunn-Perry Award — In 2005, the Department of Defense Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization recognized the outstanding mentor-protégé relationship with DISA protégé Artech Information Systems, LLC
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Prime Subcontracting Award — In 2007, the Secretary of Defense awarded Booz Allen an Inaugural Prime Subcontracting Award for subcontracting excellence with Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
For More Information
The Small Business Office is the firm’s liaison to the small business community. For more information, please contact the Small Business Office.
