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Welcome to Business Opportunities Office home page.

Our job is to ensure that small businesses, small disadvantaged, and women owned businesses, have an equitable opportunity to compete for JPL contracts. Our responsibility and commitment to small businesses, small disadvantaged, and women owned businesses are to increase those competitive opportunities.

JPL has an aggressive program designed to afford small business the maximum opportunity to compete for contracts, and to place the maximum number of contracts for supplies and services with them, without decreasing the performance efficiency of any contract.

This home page provides current information about resources available to businesses seeking JPL subcontracting opportunities.

ANNOUNCEMENTS


JPL will host the 16th annual Small Business Science Forum & Supplier Fair on May 3, 2012 in von Karman Auditorium at JPL. The Science Forum is an outreach event designed to provide an opportunity for 20-25 selected small businesses to exhibit their products, capabilities and services to the JPL purchasing and technical community. For information on how to apply for consideration to exhibit, or how to attend the Science Forum as a non-exhibitor, please contact Mary Helen Ruiz at 818.354.7532 or via E-Mail at maryhelen.ruiz@jpl.nasa.gov.

  • For more event details (Flyer)
  • 2012 Science Forum Application
  • 2012 Science Forum Application - Word version
  • I am attending the event as a non-exhibitor
  • Listing of Small Business Exhibitors



    • 24th Annual High-Tech Conference

    NASA/JPL presents the 24th Annual High-Tech Small Business Conference on Tuesday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 7, 2012.


    14th Annual NASA/JPL Small Business Round Table

    The Small Business Round Table provides attendees the opportunity to discuss the JPL procurement process, small business legislation and programs and how to do business with government agencies and prime contractor organizations. This exciting and interactive event is designed to facilitate discussion between NASA/JPL, prime contractors and the small business community. Procurement representatives will be on hand to engage attendees in an open forum and address concerns and issues related to small business subcontracting. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network with representatives from the JPL Acquisition Division (procurement), prime contractors and government agency representatives.

    If you are interested in attending the conference, please complete the event registration form and submit to Jasmine.N.Colbert@jpl.nasa.gov or by fax at 818-393-1746. The deadline to register for the Round Table is Thursday, July 28, 2011. Registration is free!

    Please contact Jasmine Colbert at 818-354-8689 should you need additional information.

    Click here for registration form


    15th Annual Small Business Science Forum & Supplier Fair

    NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is hosting the 15th annual Small Business Science Forum & Supplier Fair on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the JPL von Karman Auditorium, located at 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109.

    The Small Business Science Forum & Supplier Fair is an outreach event designed to provide an opportunity for 25 selected small businesses to exhibit their products, capabilities and services to the JPL purchasing and technical community. In order to be considered to exhibit, interested parties must complete the attached Science Forum Application and return it before the extended deadline of close-of-business on Monday, April 11, 2011. The selection process is competitive, and completing the application does not guarantee that your business will be given the opportunity to exhibit. Participants will demonstrate how their products and services could benefit current and future NASA/JPL missions, research and development programs, and institutional support and operations efforts.

    In addition, small business exhibitors will have an opportunity to network with prime contractor and Government agency representatives to discuss potential teaming and subcontracting opportunities.

    This event is an excellent opportunity to network with JPL Procurement and Technical representatives, prime contractors, and other small businesses. There is no registration or exhibitor fee associated with this event. Please note, businesses who have exhibited at this event in the past 3 years will not be eligible to exhibit this year.

    For your reference, a list of targeted capabilities is included below:

  • Earth and Space Science Research and Applications
  • Sensor Instrument Technology
  • Commercial Remote Sensing
  • Spacecraft Hardware
  • Space and Ground Communications
  • Electrical, Mechanical and Systems Engineering
  • Lasers and LIDAR Systems
  • Satellite Data and Information Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Biotechnology
  • Mobility Systems and Robotics
  • Astrobiology and Life Detection


    • For information on how-to apply for consideration to exhibit, or how-to attend the Science Forum and Supplier Fair, please contact Andrea Acosta at Andrea.E.Acosta@jpl.nasa.gov, or at (818) 354-7531.
    Thank you for your continued support.

    23rd Annual High-Tech Conference

    NASA/JPL presents the 23rd Annual High-Tech Small Business Conference on Tuesday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

    FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING

    JPL
    von Karman Auditorium
    Thursday, October 7, 2010
    7:30 a.m. – Noon

    The Briefing will educate business owners as to how JPL bids construction work in the federal government arena. Bring your business cards and capability literature for a networking session with JPL Facilities, prime contractors and other organizations at the conclusion of the program.

    Click here for registration form
    Click here for JPL Security Form
    Click here for tentative agenda
    Click here for directions to JPL in Pasadena


    14th ANNUAL SMALL BUSINESS SCIENCE FORUM AND SUPPLIERS FAIR

    NASA/JPL will be hosting the 14th Annual Small Business Science Forum and Supplier Fair on Tuesday August 24, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the JPL von Karman Auditorium, located at 4800 Oak Grove Dr. Pasadena, CA 91109.

    The event will feature 30 small firms selected to exhibit their products and capabilities to the JPL technical and procurement community and prime contractors.

    This marketplace is a great opportunity to network with JPL personnel, prime contractors, and small business representatives.

    This event is free, but pre-registration is required. To register, please complete and return the registration and visitor information forms no later than Monday, August 17, 2010.

    Visitor Information Form
    Registration Form


    13th Annual Small Business Round Table Conference

    NASA/JPL is hosting the 13th Annual Small Business Round Table Conference on Tuesday May 4, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. – Noon at the JPL von Karman Auditorium, located at 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109.

    The Round Table will feature panelists who will discuss: Small and Large Business Teaming; Marketing to JPL/NASA; Responding to RFPs; and Subcontracting Opportunities at JPL.

    Attendees will be provided the opportunity to interface with JPL, Prime Contractors, SBA, NASA, and other agencies.

    This event is free, but pre-registration is required. To register, please complete and return the registration form no later than Monday, April 26, 2010.

    Click here for Registration details
    Click here for the Agenda

    March 3, 2009

    March 4, 2009

    2009 High-Tech Conference Letter of Interest

    The First Annual NASA/JPL Small Business Symposium & Awards Ceremony will be held in Washington D.C on November 17-18, 2008. http://acquisition.jpl.nasa.gov/boo/2008sbsym/

    News Release: JPL Business Opportunities Manager Receives Legacy Award.

    JPL - Acquisition Division - Business Opportunities Office Updated 4/19/2012