National Women's Business Council

The Small Business Administration National Women's Business Council, a civilian sub-agency of the SBA, functions as an advisory body and contract administrator that convenes women business owners and advocates for women-owned enterprise policy, funding, and procurement opportunities. The National Women's Business Council awards small-dollar contracts primarily for communications, marketing, research, and strategic-advisory services that support the Council's mission and convening activities.

The Council has issued 37 federal contracts totaling $3.8 million in combined potential value since 2014, with $3.4 million obligated to date. Recent award volume is sparse: one award in 2021, one in 2022, seven in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2026. The most recent award was recorded in August 2026. Twenty-eight distinct prime contractors have been awarded across the portfolio lifetime.

Over the last five years, Dfusion Inc. dominates by award count with two contracts totaling $306 thousand in potential value, while Amsa Creative Marketing LLC, TLC Unlimited LLC, KDR Communications LLC, and Park Circle Technologies LLC each hold one award. Competitive concentration is highly fragmented by potential value, with the top five contractors accounting for only 20 percent of recent combined potential value. Dfusion Inc. leads the by-value ranking at $306 thousand, followed by KDR Communications LLC at $163 thousand, Kapur Energy Environment Economics LLC at $134 thousand, and Schatz Publishing Group LLC and Breck Inc. each below $105 thousand.

The set-aside mix reflects strong small-business participation: 51 percent of awards are designated Small Business, 27 percent carry no set-aside designation, 16 percent are Woman-Owned Small Business awards, and 3 percent are 8(a) Sole Source awards. The high proportion of small-business and WOSB set-asides aligns with the Council's core mission to support women entrepreneurs.

No recent contract opportunities are currently visible in the open pipeline. Interested vendors should monitor the Council's contracting office for communications, advisory, research, and event-support solicitations, which have historically run in the small-dollar, low-volume range typical of sub-agency administrative contracting.