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8(a) Business Development Program
Certification
Certifying Agency (Council)
Classification
Commodity List
Data Enrichment (Supplier Diversity)
Direct Spend (Purchases)
Disabled-Owned Business
Diverse Supplier
Diverse Spend
HUBZone Program
Indirect Spend (Purchases)
LGBTQ-Owned Business
Minority-Owned Business
NAICS Code
North American Sales
North American Purchases
Tier I Prime Supplier
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses
SIC Code
Small Business
Supplier Diversity
Social Procurement
Tier II Goal Methodology
- Tier II Goal Methodology (APV / Payments Received)
- Tier II Goal Methodology (Addressable Spend)
- Tier II Goal Methodology (Estimated Purchases (based on Sales))
- Tier II Goal Methodology (Purchases)
- Tier II Goal Methodology (Customer Sales)
- Tier II Goal Methodology (Total Sales)
Tier II Report (Supplier Diversity)
UNSPSC Code
Veteran-Owned Business
Woman-Owned Business
Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) Federal Contracting Program