PBM Consulting Service

Small towns deserve the same opportunities
as big cities.

PBM Consulting Service helps small businesses find the grants, government contracts and tools that are usually hard to find or too expensive for a startup, so they can compete, grow, and build a future close to home.

set-aside radar

Contract bidding made easy

Every weekday morning Set-Aside Radar reads every new federal bid posted to SAM.gov and emails you only the set-asides that fit your trade, your certifications and the states you work in. $9.99 a month, free during the beta.

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our founder

“My goal is not simply to build a successful company. My goal is to help other people build successful companies.”

Laurie, founder

Laurie started PBM in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Years ago she lost her job as a medical billing manager while raising her children on her own, and friends, family and her community carried her through it. PBM is how she pays that forward.

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what we do

Grant awareness

Finding the grants your business actually qualifies for, and knowing about them before the deadline, not after.

Government contracting

SAM.gov registration, set-aside certifications, and Set-Aside Radar for the federal bids that fit your trade.

Construction networking & leads

Real, actionable business leads and the connections that turn a bid into a job.

Growing into

As our network grows: project management support, procurement guidance, logistics, and long-term business planning.

why small towns

Successful small businesses create jobs, strengthen local economies, and help families build futures close to home. Too many hardworking people in towns like Guthrie have the talent and the ideas, but only a handful of places to work. We want more entrepreneurs to put down roots here instead of feeling they have to leave to find opportunity.

We build our own tools to do it. Our platform, Phoenix, runs our documents and client work with a real audit trail, and the software we offer small businesses is software we use ourselves.

federal set-asides

Real contract dollars most small businesses never apply for

Set-aside categories exist because Congress decided small businesses need a real shot at federal work, not just the biggest bidders. The eligibility bar is often lower than people assume — the part that stops most businesses is the application itself: SAM.gov registration, certification narratives written to hold up under review, and compliance documentation that has to stay current after you're certified, not just at signup.

confidentiality

A certification file has your ownership structure, your financials, sometimes your personal history. We handle it the way the SBA review itself will: on the record, access limited to the people working your file, and never shared beyond what the application legally requires. If we wouldn't put it in the filing, we don't ask you for it.

categories

HUBZone

Your business is based in a designated Historically Underutilized Business Zone, and enough of your workforce lives there too.

8(a) Business Development

Socially and economically disadvantaged ownership — a 9-year program with real set-aside and sole-source contract access.

Woman-Owned (WOSB)

At least 51% owned and controlled by women, in industries where women-owned businesses are underrepresented.

Economically Disadvantaged (EDWOSB)

WOSB status plus documented personal financial need — opens a further layer of set-aside contracts.

how it works
  1. 1

    Qualify

    A real conversation about your ownership, location, and revenue — we tell you plainly which categories you actually fit, and which you don't.

  2. 2

    Certify

    We handle SAM.gov registration and write the certification narrative and supporting documentation, then carry it through SBA review.

  3. 3

    Win the work

    Certified businesses still have to find and bid the right contracts — we help you find set-aside opportunities that match what you actually do.

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Tell us about your business

Fifteen minutes on the phone tells you more than an hour of reading regulations. Grants, contracts or certification: no cost to find out where you stand. We'll email you a verification code first, so your file stays tied to a real business.

Prefer email? hello@pbmconsultingservice.com