Małe firmy · 3.02.1998

Notice of the Procurement Marketing and Access Network (PRO-Net) Implementation

This notice advises the public that the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Government Contracting (GC) is implementing the Procurement Marketing and Access Network (PRO-Net) as the primary basis for identifying and recommending potential small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business concerns owned and controlled by women, as sources for both prime, subcontracting, and partnership opportunities. The PRO-Net is replacing the Procurement Automated Source System (PASS) as a nationwide computerized storage and retrieval database. The PRO-Net is an internet-based electronic search engine for Federal Government contracting officers, and other interested parties, to identify small business sources. The PRO-Net is a one-stop procurement shop for government contracting. The database is free of charge to Federal, State and local government agencies; contractors; and the public. It assists them in identifying and locating small business prime contractors, subcontractors, and partnership opportunities with small businesses. Each PRO-Net small business profile can include the company's