Small business: Services overview

Strategic partnerships help small businesses compete more effectively for federal contracts, build credentials, and gain access to new clients.

The Accenture Federal Services (AFS) Small Business program builds collaborative long-term teaming relationships with small, veteran, and minority owned companies, to jointly deliver effective technology solutions to the Federal Government and help connect our small business partners with new opportunities.

Small businesses play a critical role in the performance of AFS contracts. In 2020, more than 20% of our government contracts were performed in conjunction with small business partners. Teaming helps small business fairly participate in government contracting opportunities which promotes values that we share, including economic equity, and greater opportunity for disadvantaged socio-economic groups.

Teaming can also help small business access more complex federal contracting opportunities, open doors to further business growth, establish new credentials and capabilities, and demonstrate value to government clients.

We encourage efficient and mutually beneficial partnership arrangements with our valued vendors and work with every category of small and minority-owned business partners, including the following, to help clients achieve mission delivery success:

• Small businesses
• Small, disadvantaged businesses
• Veteran-owned small businesses
• Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses
• Women-owned small businesses
• HUBzone companies
• Historically black colleges and universities
• Alaska Native Corporations
• Certified 8(a) businesses

The Accenture Federal Services Small Business Liaison Office was established to reimagine and advance small business program goals through:

We have “Exceptional” ratings from the last three reviews of our Small Business Program from the Defense Management Contract Agency (DMCA). And have also exceeded the industry average on our Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARS) for Quality and Small Business Utilization for the last five years, which affirms our ability to partner for real results.

We are leading contributors to the small business ecosystem. You can find us at small business industry events, including:

• Federal Business Council (FBC) Government Procurement Conference
• U.S. Women Chamber of Commerce (USWCC) National Small Business Federal Contracting Summit
• Department of Homeland Security Small Business Vendor Outreach Sessions
• Department of the Treasury Vendor Outreach Sessions
• National HUBZone Conference
• The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) National Conference
• The Small, Minority, Women and Veteran Business Owners (SMWVBO) Bexar County Business Conference (San Antonio)
• American Express – Summit for Success, ChallengeHER

We are also active members of many organizations supporting the global small business community. Our memberships include:

• American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC)
• Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
• National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)