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HomeOSDBU StaffProcurement Chief Bio

Mr. Gerardo Franco, Chief, Procurement Assistance Division, OSDBU

Gerardo Franco Chief, Procurement Assistance Division Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)

Gerardo (Jerry) Franco is currently serving as Chief, Procurement Assistance Division, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). As OSDBU’s PA chief, he is responsible for the implementation of a number of small business procurement assistance programs including the Small Business Procurement Preference Program, Financial Assistance/ Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program, the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Legislation/Regulation Review and Special Programs and initiatives.

Mr. Franco has been with DOT since July 1992. Before joining DOT, Mr. Franco served as senior procurement analyst and acting Competition Advocate at the Department of Agriculture’s OSDBU which he joined in 1982. He started his federal career with the General Services Administration’s Federal Supply Service, Office of Policy, in 1981.

Prior to joining the government, he served in various managerial positions in small to medium size business enterprise. He studied business administration at the University of Maryland and holds a drafting certificate in engineering technology sciences. He is originally from Cuba, is fully bi-lingual and has resided in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area since 1969.