Federal WBE certifications are probably some of the most misunderstood certifications.  That is because there is actually no formal certification process for becoming a WBE to sell to the federal government.  It is basically a "self-certifying" process, which means that if you say you are 51% owned, controlled, and operated by a woman, they will accept your word for it.  If you are later awarded a contract, they may ask you for proof of this fact, so don't say you are if you are not.

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But the great news is that you can get started immediately doing business with the federal government without waiting on a WBE certification.  What is even better news than this is that the federal government has mandatory goals for awarding 5% of their contracts to woman owned businesses.  So if you are a WBE, then you can look for special projects are are set-aside just for women owned businesses.

If you want to learn advanced techniques for finding federal opportunities for women owned businesses, then you should consider purchasing our BizCert product.  In that product, we cover the 3 ways that the federal government buys goods and services.  Two of them are online portals that are easy to use, and one of them is not (and most people don't know about the latter - so you can get a leg up on the competition if you want to know the insider secrets).