IT Firm Seeking Small Business Partners IT contractor CDW Government Inc. is looking for small, woman- or veteran-owned companies, small disadvantaged businesses and HUBZone companies to partner on federal business opportunities. The company said it is expanding a consortium that currently includes 12 small firms. The RFP, at www.cdwg.com/smallbizrfp, says CDW-G plans to award partnership agreements in each of the socioeconomic categories. The small business partner may issue purchase orders to CDW-G and CDW-G may fulfill those orders for federal opportunities that it or its partner generates. “In establishing this consortium last summer, our strategy was right on target,” said CDW-G President Jim Shanks. “We have been able to help federal agencies fulfill their goals for awarding set-aside contracts, and at the same time have found it profitable to work with small firms that need a larger company’s resources to strengthen their presence in the federal market. Responses to the RFP are due by April 12.