SBA officials plan to host a 60-minute surety bonds web chat next week on how small businesses can win federal contracts and obtain the necessary surety bonds.

The chat facilitators are Karen Hontz, of the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, and Pam Swilling, with Office of Surety Guarantees at the U. S. Small Business Administration.

The chat begins at 1 pm. EST on Thursday, March 4.  To join in, participants should to to the SBA web site and click “Online Business Chat.” Those interested in submitting questions in advance can do so here.

Entrepreneurs can review older web chats by visiting the SBA’s archive.