Mission

The General Dynamics Corporation champions small businesses as subcontractors. Our decentralized Corporation, and each of our many business units, shares a common goal; namely, to afford America's small business community maximum opportunity to participate in the performance and success of the Government prime contacts entrusted to us.

We strive to establish mutually beneficial relationships with qualified small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions (MI).

Overview

At General Dynamics, we recognize that supplier diversity is a critical element and key factor to our success. Small and diversified business brings together a diverse group of suppliers that exhibit an uncommon commitment to quality and performance with the courage to apply advanced processes that improve productivity and reduce costs. It's this spirit that drives each of our business units to champion our diversity suppliers through outreach, mentorship, and assistance to maximize opportunities to compete. If selected for an award, our procurement, quality and performance monitoring offers small businesses assistance leading to timely product or service delivery. Our Small Business Development Program has allowed us not only to solidify our commitment to our community and country, but also to embrace smart business leaders to collaborate and to apply fresh ideas to our products and services. We use an aggressive and proactive approach to align diverse suppliers who meet our business, qualification, and security criteria. From the line employee to the highest levels of senior management, we are devoted to accomplishing diverse supply goals company-wide.

Small business candidates are identified using a variety of resources, including, but not limited to:

• Participation in Industry Day initiatives
• Services of the Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database
• National and local matchmaking sessions
• National and local small business associations, web-sites, and publications
• General Dynamics Business Unit Potential Supplier Databases
• Referrals from Government industry leaders

Leadership

General Dynamics is a leader in Supply Diversity. We were recently recognized by the Office of Small Business Programs at the Department of Defense who named our C4Systems, Network Systems, and Advanced Information Systems a Nunn-Perry award winner for our Mentor-Protégé partnership. Our Electric Boat Corporation was named by the Hartford Connecticut District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration as their 2006 Veteran Small Business Champion of the year. In March 2005, General Dynamics was recognized by DiversityBusiness.com and Forbes magazine, as one of the Top 30 providers of multicultural business opportunities in the United States.

Invitation

General Dynamic's various business segments each have their individual Supplier Diversity programs that address their specific requirements.

We cordially invite you to visit the individual business unit Supply Chain Management/Supplier Diversity sites to view their specific needs and register in the applicable databases.

Supplier Diversity Points of Contact
Events Schedule
SBLO Contact List (include phone numbers & emails)