GSAC NCMA Resource Links

Below, you will find a comprehensive list of government and commercial contracting links.  Please notify the webmaster (via the Homepage) if you find broken links on any of our pages or if you know of links to add / delete from this list.  We do NOT endorse any of the entities linked via this page.  This is provided for informational purposes only.  Clicking any of these links will cause a new browser window to open.   To return to this page, you merely need to close the new window.

Ability One (was Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act site) - www.abilityone.gov
Acquisition Central - www.acquisition.gov
Acquisition Management & Policy Office (OAMP) for the NIH - ocm.od.nih.gov/
Acronym Finder - www.acronymfinder.com
Aerospace Mall - www.aerospacemall.com
Air Force Institute of Technology School - www.afit.edu
Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) - ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil
- Self Nomination and Civilian Announcement Notification Systems (CANS) - ww2.afpc.randolph.af.mil/dpcedify/cans/
Alternate Disputes Resolution (ADR) Information by the American Arbitration Assc. - www.adr.org
Alternate Disputes Resolution (ADR) USAF Link - www.adr.af.mil/
American Conference Institute (Business Courses) - americanconference.com
- Government Contract Cost & Pricing Forum, 27-28 Apr 10 (register before 2/26 for earlybird price, priority service code: 867VX75) - americanconference.com/Governmentpricing.htm
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) - docs.law.gwu.edu/asbca/
Army Acquisition Support Center - asc.army.mil/
Association for Proposal Management Professionals - www.apmp.org/
Award Term Information (AF via DAU) - dap.dau.mil/policy/Documents/Policy/award.term.doc
Award Term Information (NCMA) access limited to members
- members.ncmahq.org/learningcenter/st-html/fr-awdterm.html
Better Business Bureau - www.bbb.org
Business Link to the US government (official) - www.business.gov
Business.com - www.business.com
Business Open Directory for Aerospace and Defense - www.dmoz.org/Business/Aerospace_and_Defense/
Business Opportunities (in DoD) - dodbusopps.com/
Business Solutions Exchange, Air Force (BSX) - bsx.edwards.af.mil/livelink/livelink.exe?func=llworkspace
Center for Advanced Management Programs (CAMP, several good contracts courses) - www.epforms.com/camp/event_calendar.php
- Click www.epforms.com/camp/program_details.php?cid=31 for the Introduction to Government Contracting offering hosted by NCMA Space City Houston and taught by the University of Houston-Clear Lake
Central Contractor Registration (CCR, via Business Partner Network (BPN)) - www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/
Commerce Business Daily - cbdnet.gpo.gov
Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code - www.dlis.dla.mil/cage_welcome.asp
Community College of the Air Force - www.au.af.mil/au/ccaf/
Comptroller General (GAO) Decisions - www.gao.gov/legal/decision.htm
Congressional Record - thomas.loc.gov/home/r111query.html
Consumer Protection Safety Commission Business Tab - www.cpsc.gov/businfo/businfo.html
Contract Pricing Reference Guides (from DoD Acq) - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpf/contract_pricing_reference_guides.html
Contracting Toolkit (USAF) - acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=34057
Contracting Toolkit (USArmy) - www.aschq.army.mil/gc/ExpedContToolKit.htm
Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System Online - www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/
Customs & Border Protection (CBP) - www.cbp.gov/
DANTES Education Programs - www.dantes.doded.mil
Defense Acquisition Portal - akss.dau.mil/jsp/default.jsp
Defense Acquisition University - www.dau.mil/
- Contingency Contracting Toolkit - acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=34122
- Course Schedule, current FY - www.dau.mil/studentInfo/Pages/schedules.aspx
- Transcript Request - www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/dautranscript
Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) - www.dcaa.mil
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) - www.dla.mil/
Defense Switch Network (DSN) Directory - dsnbbs.ncr.disa.mil/
DefenseTech (compendium of acquistion + events) - www.usdefensetech.com
Directives and Instructions (DoD) - www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/
DoD Acquisition Links - www.acq.osd.mil/related.html
DoD EMall - www.dlis.dla.mil/emall.asp
DoD FAR Supplement - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/
- DoD Contract Uniform Numbering System - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/204_70.htm
- Appendix G Activity Address Numbers (1998) - farsite.hill.af.mil/archive/dfars/1998/DFARSApxG.htm
DoD Techipedia (wiki) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoDTechipedia
Defense Contract Management Agency - www.dcma.mil
- Guidebook Tools (check out this Funding Cite Tutorial for how to read a DoD Appropriation) - guidebook.dcma.mil/16/cancfund.ppt
Economic Indicators (from the Economics & Statistics Administration) - www.economicindicators.gov/
Electronic Government - www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/
Environmental Issues (via Texas Commission on Environmental Policy) - 163.234.20.106/
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Small Business Gateway - www.epa.gov/smallbusiness/
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - www.eeoc.gov
Excluded Parties List System - www.epls.gov/
Federal Acquisition Institute - www.fai.gov/
Federal Acquisition Regulation (AF / Searchable) - farsite.hill.af.mil / farsite.hill.af.mil/search.htm
Federal Acquisition Regulation (ARNet) - www.arnet.gov/far
Federal Acquisition Regulation (Navy Marine Corps Supplement (NMCARS) and Guide (NMCAG)) - acquisition.navy.mil/content/view/full/3464
Federal Business Opportunities - www.fedbizopps.gov
Federal Communications Commission - www.fcc.gov/
Federal Register - www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
Federal Procurement Data System - www.fpds.gov
Federal Supply Classification (FSC) Search - www.drms.dla.mil/asset/fsclist.html
Federal Trade Commission Business Gateway - www.ftc.gov/ftc/business.shtm
FedWorld Site by Dept of Commerce - www.fedworld.gov
- check out their government links page at www.fedworld.gov/govlinks.html
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Small Business Assistance - www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/SmallBusinessAssistance
Forms (AF Electronic) - www.e-publishing.af.mil/
Forms (Army Electronic) - www.usapa.army.mil/
Forms (DoD Electronic) - www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/formsprogram.htm
GI Mail (DoD-Authorized Web-Based Email) - www.gimail.af.mil
Google Government- www.google.com/unclesam
GovCon (Government Contracting information source) - www.govcon.com/
Government Executive (online) magazine - www.govexec.com
GSA - www.gsa.gov
- also check out their Advantage Online Shopping - www.gsaadvantage.gov,
- their National Contact Center - www.info.gov/
- their Business and Non-Profit Gateway - www.usa.gov/Business/Business_Gateway.shtml
- their Purchase Card (IMPAC) Program page - www.fss.gsa.gov/webtraining/, or
- their IT Solutions Shop (ITSS) page - web.itss.gsa.gov
Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Small Business Office - www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/index.cfm
Information Technology Superstore (for USAF) - afway.af.mil
Institute for Supply Management (ISM), was National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM) - www.ism.ws/
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Small Business Center - www.irs.gov/businesses/small
ISO 9000 (et.al.) Information from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- ts.nist.gov/standards/conformity/iso9000.cfm
Justification and Approval Preparation Guide (AFFARS)
- farsite.hill.af.mil/archive/affars/2006-0515/IG5306.htm
Law Search (i.e. US Code @ Cornell) - www.law.cornell.edu
Legislature Small Business Committee - sbc.senate.gov/ (Senate) and www.house.gov/smbiz (House)
- also check out their Office of Compliance - www.compliance.gov
Library of Congress - www.loc.gov
MacRae's Blue Book (Industrial Directory) - www.macraesbluebook.com
- Canadian Trade Index (MacRea's Canadian sister site) - www.ctidirectory.com
Manufacturing Best Practices - www.bmpcoe.org
Market Research Course Description (via DAU) - acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=25263
Market Research Guide (via DoD, scroll down to Step 3) - www.acquisition.gov/comp/seven_steps/library3.html
Minority Business Development Agency - www.mbda.gov
NASA Market Research - www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/home/index.html
National Contract Management Association (NCMA) - www.ncmahq.org
National Industries for the Blind (NIB) - www.nib.org/
National Institute of Government Purchasing - www.nigp.org/eweb/
Navy Acquisitions - www.acquisition.navy.mil
NISH (Employment Opportunities for the Severly Disabled) - www.nish.org/
North American Industry Classification System (NIACS) Search - www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
- matching NIACS codes to SB size standards (via SBA) - www.sba.gov/size/indextableofsize.html
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - www.osha.gov
OMB Circulars (i.e., A-76, A-87) - www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/
Patent & Trademeark Office (USPTO) - www.uspto.gov/
Per Diem Rates (DoD) - www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentType=GSA_BASIC&contentId=17943
Performance Based Service Contracting (OFPP)
- www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement/index_pbsa.html
Postal Services (US) - www.usps.gov/
Ratification? - Link to Department of Army (DA) Form 3953 (If more commanders / contracting offices required violators to complete a form like this, there would be fewer unauthorized commitments!) - www.bragg.army.mil/rccfb/UACFillable.pdf
Receiving Reports (the Receiving Process) - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/appendix_f.htm
Regulations (central US government repository) - www.regulations.gov
Research (dictionary, maps, foreign currency, etc.) - http://www.itools.com
Respond.com, get quotes - www.respond.com
Reverse Phone Lookup - www.yellow.com/reverse.html
SA Express-News Classifieds Search - mysa.kaango.com
Salary Survey - www.salary.com
San Antonio Public Purchasing Association - www.sappa.org
Secretary of the AF / Acquisition - ww3.safaq.hq.af.mil/
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Small Business Gateway - www.sec.gov/info/smallbus.shtml
Sell to the US Air Force (includes USAF Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Office) - www.selltoairforce.org
Service Corps of Retired Executives - www.score.org
Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov/
- check out SBA's E-Business Institute at www.sba.gov/training/courses.html,
- their Small Business Development Centers at www.sba.gov/sbdc, and
- their Subcontracting Network at web.sba.gov/subnet
Small Business Programs Office (Army) - www.sellingtoarmy.info
Small Business Programs Office (DoD) - www.acq.osd.mil/osbp
Small Business Programs Office (Navy) - www.donhq.navy.mil/OSBP
Small Business Resource Guide (from Go Go Shopper) - www.gogoshopper.com/resources/the-small-business-resource-guide.html
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code Search (also see NIACS) - www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
Standard Procurement System (SPS) / Procurement Desktop - Defense (PD²) - www.caci.com/business/sps_prog.shtml
State and Local Government Portal - www.statelocalgov.net
State Department Business Center - www.state.gov/business/
Surety List, Approved via US Treasury - fms.treas.gov/c570/c570_a-z.html
ThomasNet (Thomas Register Directory):
    Handy information source for commercial and government contracting agencies - www.thomasnet.com
Time (Exact) - tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl
Travel Regulations (was JTFR / DoD) - www.defensetravel.dod.mil/
Uniform Commercial Code (via Cornell) - www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/
UNICOR Online - www.unicor.gov/
Value Engineering - ve.ida.org/ve/ve.html
VetBiz.gov (SDVOSB validation database) - www.vetbiz.gov/vip/viphm.htm
Wage Determinations, Davis-Bacon (may be restricted to .mil) - www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon/
Wage Determinations, SCA - www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-sca.htm
Woman-Owned Business' US government gateway - www.womenbiz.gov/
Yellow Pages - www.yellow.com/