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

 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

 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

 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

 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

 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

 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,  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

 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

  Under “Doing Business”   For information on:  Business Opportunities  Request for Proposals  Request for Information  General Broad Agency Announcements  BAA-N (Closing 6/16/12) Doing Business with NRL

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

  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)

 For enrollment information:  0Admissions.aspx 0Admissions.aspx  Open season annually in spring  Prime vs Sub Navy Seaport (e) and (o)

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