Businesses

Protecting business is our business. Our investigations make a difference to your bottom line and the overall economy—whether it’s keeping the competitive playing field level through our antitrust cases, protecting trade secrets and intellectual property, patrolling cyberspace, or preventing financially-crippling terrorist attacks. We work with business professionals across the country every day—not just to request support for our investigations, but to provide a range of services and to join together to protect vital infrastructure.

Learn about major partnerships with the private sector, how to do business with us, the threats we investigate, and more.

Key Information-Sharing Partnerships

Learn more about these four partnerships, what they offer to the private sector, and how to join by visiting the links below.

Domestic Security Alliance Council

The Domestic Security Alliance Council, or DSAC, is a security and intelligence-sharing initiative between the FBI, the Department…

Counterintelligence Strategic Partnerships

Our Counterintelligence Strategic Partnerships work to determine and safeguard those technologies which, if compromised…

InfraGard

InfraGard brings together representatives from the private and public sectors to help protect our nation’s critical infrastructure…

iGuardian

With cyber threats continuing to emerge at the forefront of the FBI’s criminal and national security challenges…

Learn About Key Threats to Businesses

These are among the key threats and security risks facing businesses today. The pages and sections below include some information on protections and mitigations. More details can be found by joining one or several of the information-sharing partnerships listed above.

Terrorism

Combating terrorism is the FBI’s top investigative priority. Working closely with a range of partners, we use…

Counterintelligence

Spies might seem like a throwback to earlier days of world wars and cold wars, but they are…

Cyber Crime

The FBI is the lead federal agency for investigating cyber attacks by criminals, overseas adversaries, and terrorists. The…

Intellectual Property Theft/Piracy

Preventing intellectual property theft is a priority of the FBI’s criminal investigative program. It specifically focuses on…

Business E-Mail Compromise

Business e-mail compromise (BEC) is a growing financial fraud that is more sophisticated than any similar scam the…

Health Care Fraud

The FBI is the primary investigative agency involved in the fight against health care fraud, with jurisdiction over…

Active Shooter Incidents

An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated…

Workplace Violence

This booklet is aimed at prevention, intervention, threat assessment and management, crisis management and critical incident response, and…

Financial Institution/Mortgage Fraud

The FBI is committed to aggressively pursuing those who endanger the stability of our banking system and the…

Doing Business with the FBI

The FBI’s Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) advocates for small, minority, service-disabled veteran, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, and women-owned small businesses. The SBPO promotes the use of small businesses throughout the Bureau, to include its 56 field offices. As the FBI is a Department of Justice (DOJ) agency, the SBPO receives policy direction and guidance from the director of DOJ’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

The Finance Division is responsible for the centralized procurement activities of the Bureau. The division is organized into six buying units and the Acquisition Strategy and Planning Unit (ASAPU). The SBPO is a part of the ASAPU, which is responsible for providing strategic planning support and guidance to internal FBI customers. The buying units are organized to purchase supplies and services to meet the requirements of specific customers. The SBPO interacts with each of the six buying units to promote the use of small businesses and provide assistance in locating appropriate small businesses—ensuring that the Bureau complies with congressionally mandated procurement goals, federal acquisition regulations, and Department of Justice regulations.

The SBPO is committed to ensuring that small business consideration is given priority in each procurement and encourages small businesses to pursue FBI procurements. The FBI’s procurement forecast is a part of the consolidated DOJ forecast, which can be found at http://www.justice.gov/jmd/osdbu/. Those interested may also attend DOJ vendor outreach sessions.

Finance Division Personnel

Section Chief
Procurement Section
Finance Division
935 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20535

Small Business Representative

Small Business Competition Coordination Unit
Room 6863
935 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20535
smallbusiness@ic.fbi.gov

Outreach Events

The director of the Department of Justice’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) hosts vendor outreach sessions each fiscal year. Each of the Department of Justice agencies is represented at the sessions, to include the FBI’s small business program staff. You can register to attend a session by calling the OSDBU staff at (202) 616-0521 or 1-800-345-3712. Appointments will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Scheduling begins at noon EST/EDT on the first work day of each month. Complete information about the sessions may be found at: http://www.justice.gov/osdbu/meet-small-business-specialist

The sessions are held at:

OSDBU
Two Constitution Square
145 N Street NE, Room 1W.1001
Washington, D.C. 20530
9:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.

Products and Services Purchased by the FBI

North American Industry Classification System/Description

541519: Other computer-related services
541512: Computer systems design services
541613: Marketing consulting services
541511: Custom computer programming services
453998: All other miscellaneous store retailers (except tobacco stores)
541611: Administrative management and general management consulting services
518210: Data processing, hosting, and related services
423430: Computer and computer peripheral equipment and software merchant wholesalers
334111: Electronic computer manufacturing
531210: Office of real estate agents and brokers
236220: Commercial and institutional building construction
334119: Other computer peripheral equipment
51720: Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)
443120: Computer and software stores

541618: Engineering services
541690: Other management consulting services
561110: Office administrative services
334516: Analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing
811212: Computer and office machine repair and maintenance
334220: Radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing
337214: Office furniture (except wood manufacturing)
316999: All other leather goods manufacturing
511210: Software publishers
541199: All other legal services
561210: Facilities support services
611420: Computer training

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How do I become an FBI vendor?

A. Potential vendors are encouraged to visit Federal Business Opportunities (https://www.fbo.gov/) for FBI announcements of contract opportunities, events (industry days), and requests for information to industry.

Small business vendors are invited to attend the Department of Justice’s vendor outreach sessions, which are held approximately 10 times per year in Washington DC. Appointments can be made by contacting DOJ staff at (202) 616-0521. Please visit the DOJ webpage to view the upcoming schedule and further information: http://www.justice.gov/osdbu/meet-small-business-specialist.

Small business vendors are also encouraged to contact the FBI’s Small Business Program at: smallbusiness@ic.fbi.gov.

Q. Does the FBI buy information technology services and supplies?

A. Yes, the FBI procures information technology services and supplies.

Q. What other goods and services does the FBI buy?

A. For a comprehensive list of services and supplies that the FBI procures, visit the Products and Services Purchased by the FBI section above.

Q. Does the FBI buy from General Services Administration (GSA) schedules?

A. Yes, the FBI takes advantage of GSA schedules as well as other government-wide acquisition contracts.

Q. What procurement preferences are available to small business?

A. The federal government utilizes several procurement preference programs for small businesses including:

Small business set-asides;
Small disadvantaged business (SDB) program, which
includes the 8(a) business development program;
Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program;
Women-owned small business program;
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business program.

Q: What other contract methods are used?

Dollar Threshold	Type	Action
(Less than) $3,500	Micro-purchase	Not advertised
$3,500 to $25,000	Simplified acquisition procedures (SAP)	Not always advertised, oral, or request for quotation (normally reserved for small businesses)
More than $25,000 but less than $150,000	SAP	Advertised in FedBizOpps, oral, or request for quotation (normally reserved for small business)
More than $150,000	Formal large contract	Advertised in FedBizOpps, invitation for bid, or request for proposal; set-aside if two capable small firms will submit offers at fair market price.

Q. How can a small business learn about subcontracting opportunities at the FBI?

A. Large businesses file subcontracting plans for contracts valued at $700,000 ($1 million for construction). The plan must be approved before award of a contract.

Q. Does the FBI have small business contracting goals?

A: Yes, the director of DOJ’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization negotiates small business goals on behalf of all DOJ agencies. Current goals are:

Description	Goals
Small business	30% prime contracting; 40% subcontracting
Small disadvantaged business	5%
Women-owned small business	5%
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business	3%
Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program	3%

Vendor Communication Plan

The FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are firmly committed to effective vendor engagement and recognize that it is critical to enhancing competition, identifying commercial item solutions, and realizing savings. Developed in accordance with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy guidance, the DOJ Vendor Communication Plan identifies DOJ’s efforts to promote effective engagement with industry.

Resources

1099 Help & Information

Why are you receiving a Form 1099-MISC from the FBI?

We are required to issue a Form 1099-MISC to each person to whom we have paid at least $600 in rents, services (including parts and materials used to perform the service), prizes, awards, and other income payments. As an executive agency, the FBI is also required to issue Form 1099-MISC for payments made to corporations for services.

What has changed from last year?

Payments made to you using the FBI purchase card have been included. Payments reportable on your Form 1099-MISC are determined by the Merchant Category Code (MCC) assigned to you as allowed by Internal Revenue Procedure 2004-43.

What should I do if I have questions?

Send an e-mail to CPCSUHelpDesk@ic.fbi.gov. The e-mail should contain your question, 1099-MISC data (i.e. name, Tax ID, account number, address), and your contact information. Please allow two business days for a response.