Specialized Socioeconomic Events
Each fiscal year (FY), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), as part of the Small Business Outreach Program, virtually conducts ten sessions of 15-minute pre-arranged meetings with small businesses. Four of the sessions are exclusively reserved for women-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, small disadvantaged (including 8(a)) and HUBone small businesses. The dates for these specialized socioeconomic sessions are as follows:
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
November 21, 2024
Women-Owned Small Business
March 27, 2025
HUBZone
May 22, 2025
8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business
August 21, 2025