Doing business with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) can appear daunting. But it doesn’t have to be that way.  NETL is joining forces with DOE’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), and the DOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) to help companies understand more about doing business with DOE program offices and procurement opportunities.

A free Virtual Small Business Forum will be held on-line 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, May 11. Pre-registration is required for the live event. Registration information is available here. 

The forum will feature DOE representatives from OSDBU, FECM and NETL who will present information about how to do business with their respective program offices.

All registered attendees will receive an email confirmation, meeting agenda, and link to the WebEx virtual forum.

DOE’s OSDBU pursues three major objectives, to: make it easier for small businesses to do business with the Department; maximize small business opportunities by cultivating more productive relationships with internal DOE stakeholders; and maximize small business awards and improve socio-economic category performance.

FECM is responsible for Federal research, development, demonstration, and deployment efforts on advancing technologies to meet climate goals and minimize the environmental impacts of fossil fuel use, including low carbon power generation and low carbon supply chains; carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies; methane emissions reductions; critical mineral productions; and carbon dioxide removal.  The Office is committed to improving the conditions of communities impacted by the legacy of fossil fuel use and to supporting a healthy economic transition that accelerates the growth of good-paying jobs. 

NETL is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory that drives innovation and delivers technological solutions for an environmentally sustainable and prosperous energy future. By leveraging its world-class talent and research facilities, NETL is ensuring affordable, abundant and reliable energy that drives a robust economy and national security, while developing technologies to manage carbon across the full life cycle, enabling environmental sustainability for all Americans.