(a) Implement information and communication programs on contracting procedures and specific contract opportunities;

(b) Provide services to help SLBEs improve long-term development, increase opportunities to participate in a variety of kinds of work and handle increasingly significant projects;

(c) Implement a supportive services program to develop and improve immediate and long-term business management, record-keeping, financial and accounting capability;

(d) Establish a program to assist new start-up firms, particularly in fields in which small business participation has historically been low;

(e) Ensure distribution of a SLBE Directory, through print and electronic means;

(f) Provide technical assistance and other services including developing SLBE capability to utilize emerging technology and conduct business through electronic media;

(g) Provide directions to online bid documents available for download via WSSC’s Supplier Portal System; and

(h) Develop procedures to notify SLBEs of bid opportunities, including sending notices regarding bid opportunities to various organizations and other agencies. (REG-PROC-SD-2017-005 § V(D))