At Colorado State University, the Small Business Program supports the University’s goals for promoting responsible purchasing. The University is committed to establishing mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers and to identify and enhance supplier opportunities. The Small Business program provides a resource to assist the university community to encourage the utilization of small businesses and to ensure compliance with applicable federal regulations.

Program Objectives

• The Small Business program advocates and promotes small supplier utilization across the University to increase competition and the depth of our suppliers.
• Help departments and units utilize spend with a small business by increasing the internal visibility of those suppliers.
• Leverage the university’s economic power to support local economies and empower the communities we serve with meaningful community engagement.
• Fulfill the small business act requirements on related federal contracts to ensure small business (SB), small disadvantaged business (SDB), women-owned small business (WOSB), HUBZone, veteran owned small business, and service-disabled veteran owned businesses (SDVOSB) have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in providing goods and services, and to serve as a resource to university employees needing to meet federal subcontracting goals. Please note there are additional subset classifications.

Small Business Liaison Officer

The Small Business Liaison Officer works with departments, units, programs, research groups to find products and services that will meet their needs while supporting local and small businesses. We welcome and encourage small businesses concerns to contact us to learn how to do business with CSU.