The OSDBU maximizes contract opportunities for small businesses while advancing the Agency’s missions. 

To execute and support its mission, the OSDBU has developed three Strategic Objectives.

Learn more about the OSDBU team.

OSDBU's History dates back to when Public Law 95-507 (October 1978) amended the original Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBAct). Public Law 95-507 established the requirement for every Federal Agency to have an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) to make Federal procurements more readily accessible to all small businesses. This policy provides maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses and women-owned businesses. 

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
1000 Independence Ave SW, Room 5B-194
Washington, DC 20585
Phone: (202) 586-7377
Email: SmallBusiness@hq.doe.gov

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