1. Susan Wilson Deputy For Small Business May 2012 Office of Small Business

2.  Navy focus on the “Sweet Spot”  Acquisitions between $3,000 and $150,000  Tracking performance metrics by major command  Suggested for use DoD wide  Small Businesses goals to be incorporated into SES evaluation criteria/performance plans  Expectation that this will flow down the ranks  Change from previous proposal to withhold bonuses if goals are not met Small Business Updates

3.  Increase small business goals  From 23% to 25%  Already a proposed amendment to increase to 26%  Each percentage point equates to a billion dollars for small business  Incorporation of a 40% small business subcontracting goal  No agency can have a goal lower than the DoD goal Small Business Updates

4.  Surety bond guarantee to increase from 2M to 6.5M  Limitation on sub-contracting  Limitation of 50% of the price of the contract  Can subcontract to the same category and it will count  8(a) to 8(a), SDVOSB to SDVOSB, etc.  Not filing subcontracting reports shows bad faith effort and will equate to liquidated damages Small Business Updates

5.  Mid Size/Advanced Size pilot program  PCO must sign off that contracts entering into the program would not otherwise hurt a small business  Three year test program  Very small business program being revised  Withdrawal of the goaling exclusions  Overseas purchases, etc. Small Business Updates

6.  Easier to debar those violating the self- certification as small business  Statute now in place for misrepresentation you can be prosecuted  Penalty of $1,000,000 or two times the value of the contract Small Business Updates

7.  Jobs Act Implementation  Check the federal register for implementation  Multiple award IDIQ to include GSA require set-aside of part or parts to small business  FAR issued interim rule  New clause created, 52-219-13  States CO will give notice of which orders are to be set- aside  Limitation of subcontracting applies to each order independently  BPA and GSA schedule orders may now be set-aside and now count towards goals Small Business Updates

8.  Changes coming to subcontracting plans for IDIQ  Require a plan per order  Reporting per plan per order is labor intensive  May change to annual reporting requirements  Job Acts implements a Mentor-Protégé program similar to 8(a) for HUB Zone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc. Small Business Updates

9.  http://www.nrl.navy.mil/ http://www.nrl.navy.mil/  Under “Doing Business”  http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/ http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/  For information on:  Business Opportunities  Request for Proposals  Request for Information  General Broad Agency Announcements  BAA-N00173-02 (Closing 6/16/12) Doing Business with NRL

10.  Specific Broad Agency Announcements  BAA-N00173-6101 - Advanced Diagnostics for Field-based Biosurveillance (Closing 5/23/12) BAA-N00173-6101  Supply.nrl.navy.mil/home.htm Supply.nrl.navy.mil/home.htm  For simplified acquisitions  https://www.fbo.gov/ https://www.fbo.gov/  For Request for Information and Sources Sought Doing Business with NRL

11.  http://www.seaport.navy.mil/default.aspx http://www.seaport.navy.mil/default.aspx  Eventual transfer of all services in support of R&D to Seaport  Exploring feasibility of both (e) vs (o)  (e) utilize Navy IDIQ, Contractors must be registered  (o) write your own IDIQ, utilize Seaport writing system, Contractors need not be registered  Specifically targeting Code 6000, Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate Navy Seaport (e) and (o)

12.  For enrollment information:  http://www.seaport.navy.mil/SeaPort/Rolling%2 0Admissions.aspx http://www.seaport.navy.mil/SeaPort/Rolling%2 0Admissions.aspx  Open season annually in spring  Prime vs Sub Navy Seaport (e) and (o)

13. Susan Wilson Susan.wilson@nrl.navy.mil 202-767-0666 Please sign-up to receive the upcoming NRL newsletter! Contact Information