This information comes from the Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization:
The Small Business Development Act of 1999 amended the Small Business Act by adding Small Businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to the categories of small businesses for which the Federal agencies develop prime contract goals.
The Veterans Benefits Act of 2003. Section 308, Procurement Program for Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled Veterans, permits contracting officers to restrict competition to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that not less than two service-disabled owned small business concerns will submit offers and that award can be made at a fair market price.
In addition, the law authorizes sole source awards to service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns under certain conditions.
For more information on the service-disabled or veteran-owned small business programs, contact the SBA's Office of Federal Contract Assurance for Veteran Business Owners at (202) 205- 7330, visit the website at SBA's Office of Veterans Business Development, at http://www.sba.gov/vets or visit the U.S. Department of Veteran Affair's website at http://www.va.gov. The Association of Service-Disabled Veterans (ASDV) site may also be helpful when seeking sources and general information at: http://www.asdv.org.
The Small Business Development Act of 1999 amended the Small Business Act by adding Small Businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to the categories of small businesses for which the Federal agencies develop prime contract goals.
The Veterans Benefits Act of 2003. Section 308, Procurement Program for Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled Veterans, permits contracting officers to restrict competition to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that not less than two service-disabled owned small business concerns will submit offers and that award can be made at a fair market price.
In addition, the law authorizes sole source awards to service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns under certain conditions.
For more information on the service-disabled or veteran-owned small business programs, contact the SBA's Office of Federal Contract Assurance for Veteran Business Owners at (202) 205- 7330, visit the website at SBA's Office of Veterans Business Development, at http://www.sba.gov/vets or visit the U.S. Department of Veteran Affair's website at http://www.va.gov. The Association of Service-Disabled Veterans (ASDV) site may also be helpful when seeking sources and general information at: http://www.asdv.org.
This information comes from the U.S. Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization:
A proven method of increasing the participation of small businesses in the award of DOE prime contracts is the use of teaming arrangements for small businesses. DOE and SBA both have in place Mentor-Protégé programs that promote teaming.
The DOE Mentor-Protégé Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to encourage DOE prime contractors to assist small disadvantaged firms certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, other small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned and serviced disabled veteran owned small businesses, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and other minority institutions of higher learning, in business and technical areas.
The program seeks to foster long-term business relationships between these small business entities and DOE prime contractors, and to increase the overall number of small businesses that receive DOE contract and subcontract awards.
The SBA Mentor-Protégé Program
The SBA regulations provide for a mentor-protégé relationship whereby the mentor and an 8(a) protégé can form a joint venture or teaming arrangement to perform government contracts. The mentor has to be a current or former 8(a) firm, other small business or a large business.
Such a teaming arrangement will be recognized as 8(a) as long as the participating protégé 8(a) firm is "substantially involved" in the performance of the contract and qualifies as small for the size standard to the code assigned to the procurement. To learn more about SBA Regulations and the SBA Mentor-Protégé Program, please visit SBA's website.
The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is the Program Manager for the DOE Mentor-Protégé Program and the information office for firms seeking to utilize the SBA Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture arrangement to bid or propose on DOE contracts. For information about the DOE's program, please visit the Mentor site.
A proven method of increasing the participation of small businesses in the award of DOE prime contracts is the use of teaming arrangements for small businesses. DOE and SBA both have in place Mentor-Protégé programs that promote teaming.
The DOE Mentor-Protégé Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to encourage DOE prime contractors to assist small disadvantaged firms certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, other small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned and serviced disabled veteran owned small businesses, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and other minority institutions of higher learning, in business and technical areas.
The program seeks to foster long-term business relationships between these small business entities and DOE prime contractors, and to increase the overall number of small businesses that receive DOE contract and subcontract awards.
The SBA Mentor-Protégé Program
The SBA regulations provide for a mentor-protégé relationship whereby the mentor and an 8(a) protégé can form a joint venture or teaming arrangement to perform government contracts. The mentor has to be a current or former 8(a) firm, other small business or a large business.
Such a teaming arrangement will be recognized as 8(a) as long as the participating protégé 8(a) firm is "substantially involved" in the performance of the contract and qualifies as small for the size standard to the code assigned to the procurement. To learn more about SBA Regulations and the SBA Mentor-Protégé Program, please visit SBA's website.
The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is the Program Manager for the DOE Mentor-Protégé Program and the information office for firms seeking to utilize the SBA Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture arrangement to bid or propose on DOE contracts. For information about the DOE's program, please visit the Mentor site.
This information comes from the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the U.S. Small Business Administration:
The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting is operated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) which is to provide Federal-contracting opportunities for certain qualified small business concerns located in economically distressed communities.
For additional information on HUBZone or to find out if your business is located in a HUBZone, please visit the SBA website under "Contacts" at the following: https://eweb1.sba.gov/hubzone/internet/.
HOW THE HUBZone PROGRAM WORKS
The US Small Business Administration (SBA) regulates and implements the program and
* determines which businesses are eligible to receive HUBZone contracts,
* maintains a listing of qualified HUBZone small businesses that Federal agencies can use to locate vendors,
* adjudicates protests of eligibility to receive HUBZone contracts, and
* reports to the Congress on the program's impact on employment and investment in HUBZone areas.
ELIGIBILITY
A small business must meet all of the following criteria to qualify for the HUBZone program:
* it must be located in a "historically underutilized business zone" or HUBZone.
* it must be owned and controlled by one or more US Citizens, and
* at least 35% of its employees must reside in a HUBZone.
HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS Zone
A "HUBZone" is an area that is located in one or more of the following:
* a qualified census tract (as defined in section 42(d)(5)(C)(i)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986);
* a qualified "non-metropolitan county" (as defined in section 143(k)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) with a median household income of less than 80 percent of the State median household income or with an unemployment rate of not less than 140 percent of the statewide average, based on US Department of Labor recent data; or
* lands within the boundaries of federally recognized Indian reservations.
TYPES OF HUBZone CONTRACTS
A competitive HUBZone contract can be awarded if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that at least two qualified HUBZone small businesses will submit offers and that the contract can be awarded at a fair market price.
A sole source HUBZone contract can be awarded if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that two or more qualified HUBZone small businesses will submit offers, determines that the qualified HUBZone small business is responsible, and determines that the contract can be awarded at a fair price. The government estimate cannot exceed $5 million for manufacturing requirements or $3 million for all other requirements.
A full and open competition contract can be awarded with a price evaluation preference. The offer of the HUBZone small business will be considered lower than the offer of a non-HUBZone/non-small business-providing that the offer of the HUBZone small business is not more than 10 percent higher.
The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting is operated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) which is to provide Federal-contracting opportunities for certain qualified small business concerns located in economically distressed communities.
For additional information on HUBZone or to find out if your business is located in a HUBZone, please visit the SBA website under "Contacts" at the following: https://eweb1.sba.gov/hubzone/internet/.
HOW THE HUBZone PROGRAM WORKS
The US Small Business Administration (SBA) regulates and implements the program and
* determines which businesses are eligible to receive HUBZone contracts,
* maintains a listing of qualified HUBZone small businesses that Federal agencies can use to locate vendors,
* adjudicates protests of eligibility to receive HUBZone contracts, and
* reports to the Congress on the program's impact on employment and investment in HUBZone areas.
ELIGIBILITY
A small business must meet all of the following criteria to qualify for the HUBZone program:
* it must be located in a "historically underutilized business zone" or HUBZone.
* it must be owned and controlled by one or more US Citizens, and
* at least 35% of its employees must reside in a HUBZone.
HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS Zone
A "HUBZone" is an area that is located in one or more of the following:
* a qualified census tract (as defined in section 42(d)(5)(C)(i)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986);
* a qualified "non-metropolitan county" (as defined in section 143(k)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) with a median household income of less than 80 percent of the State median household income or with an unemployment rate of not less than 140 percent of the statewide average, based on US Department of Labor recent data; or
* lands within the boundaries of federally recognized Indian reservations.
TYPES OF HUBZone CONTRACTS
A competitive HUBZone contract can be awarded if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that at least two qualified HUBZone small businesses will submit offers and that the contract can be awarded at a fair market price.
A sole source HUBZone contract can be awarded if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that two or more qualified HUBZone small businesses will submit offers, determines that the qualified HUBZone small business is responsible, and determines that the contract can be awarded at a fair price. The government estimate cannot exceed $5 million for manufacturing requirements or $3 million for all other requirements.
A full and open competition contract can be awarded with a price evaluation preference. The offer of the HUBZone small business will be considered lower than the offer of a non-HUBZone/non-small business-providing that the offer of the HUBZone small business is not more than 10 percent higher.
This information comes from the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization:
As a leader in providing contracting and subcontracting opportunities to small businesses, the Department of Energy (DOE) continues to challenge the private sector by encouraging its major prime contractors to seek ways to include small businesses in its procurement process. A very effective vehicle used in developing subcontracting opportunities for small disadvantaged businesses was the introduction into the procurement process of the "8(a) Pilot Program." The "8(a) Pilot Program," hereafter referred to as "the Program," was established in FY 1991 to: 1) target 8(a) businesses for DOE procurement opportunities at the subcontract level; 2) to allow flexibility to DOE's major prime contractors in awarding subcontracts to 8(a) business concerns; and 3) to create additional ways for 8(a) businesses to access the economic mainstream of American society. The Program, which is voluntary to DOE's major prime contractors, achieved $167,182 in its first year of operation. The Program's achievement has grown to more than $150 million today.
The Program strengthens DOE's support of the federal 8(a) Program administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) authorizes the SBA to enter into contracts for goods and services with other federal agencies, and reserve up to a value of $3 million ($5 million for manufacturing) in contracts non-competitively to 8(a) certified firms. If a procurement is valued in excess of $3 million ($5 million for manufacturing) and two or more capable 8(a) firms can be so identified, the procurement shall be set-aside for competition among 8(a) firms (see FAR 19.805-1(a) (2)).
Benefits of the Program
The Program is popular among 8(a) certified firms as it mimics the SBA 8(a) Program and have similar benefits for its participants, e.g.:
* Participants can receive sole-source contracts up to $3 million for goods and services, and $5 million for manufacturing.
* Participants can bid/propose on competitive procurements above $3 million for goods and services, and above $5 million for manufacturing that are set-aside for 8(a) participation only.
* Participants gain a prime position to market private sector firms to become a protégé.
* Participants gain a prime position to partner with its private sector prime contractor in order to obtain future procurement opportunities.
Program Operation
Small business contractors that are 8(a) certified and interested in seeking 8(a) business opportunities with DOE's major prime contractors, access "Directory of Small Business Managers," to identify prime contractors that participate in the Program. A listing of major prime contractors participating in the Program is available at he page listed above or by contacting the OSDBU. When an 8(a) firm receives a contract from a DOE prime contractor participating in the Program, the contract becomes a bilateral agreement between the prime contractor and the 8(a) business concern. Prime contractors that wish to identify 8(a) business concerns to perform its work may use its own sources or contact the OSDBU.
As a leader in providing contracting and subcontracting opportunities to small businesses, the Department of Energy (DOE) continues to challenge the private sector by encouraging its major prime contractors to seek ways to include small businesses in its procurement process. A very effective vehicle used in developing subcontracting opportunities for small disadvantaged businesses was the introduction into the procurement process of the "8(a) Pilot Program." The "8(a) Pilot Program," hereafter referred to as "the Program," was established in FY 1991 to: 1) target 8(a) businesses for DOE procurement opportunities at the subcontract level; 2) to allow flexibility to DOE's major prime contractors in awarding subcontracts to 8(a) business concerns; and 3) to create additional ways for 8(a) businesses to access the economic mainstream of American society. The Program, which is voluntary to DOE's major prime contractors, achieved $167,182 in its first year of operation. The Program's achievement has grown to more than $150 million today.
The Program strengthens DOE's support of the federal 8(a) Program administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) authorizes the SBA to enter into contracts for goods and services with other federal agencies, and reserve up to a value of $3 million ($5 million for manufacturing) in contracts non-competitively to 8(a) certified firms. If a procurement is valued in excess of $3 million ($5 million for manufacturing) and two or more capable 8(a) firms can be so identified, the procurement shall be set-aside for competition among 8(a) firms (see FAR 19.805-1(a) (2)).
Benefits of the Program
The Program is popular among 8(a) certified firms as it mimics the SBA 8(a) Program and have similar benefits for its participants, e.g.:
* Participants can receive sole-source contracts up to $3 million for goods and services, and $5 million for manufacturing.
* Participants can bid/propose on competitive procurements above $3 million for goods and services, and above $5 million for manufacturing that are set-aside for 8(a) participation only.
* Participants gain a prime position to market private sector firms to become a protégé.
* Participants gain a prime position to partner with its private sector prime contractor in order to obtain future procurement opportunities.
Program Operation
Small business contractors that are 8(a) certified and interested in seeking 8(a) business opportunities with DOE's major prime contractors, access "Directory of Small Business Managers," to identify prime contractors that participate in the Program. A listing of major prime contractors participating in the Program is available at he page listed above or by contacting the OSDBU. When an 8(a) firm receives a contract from a DOE prime contractor participating in the Program, the contract becomes a bilateral agreement between the prime contractor and the 8(a) business concern. Prime contractors that wish to identify 8(a) business concerns to perform its work may use its own sources or contact the OSDBU.
This information is from the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU):
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is committed to increasing the contracting opportunities awarded to small and disadvantaged businesses. The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is responsible for administering this program.
The opportunities are great. DOE purchases billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually including facility management, remediation, construction, research and development, management and scientific consulting, plate work manufacturing, administrative services, data processing, security, engineering, and waste treatment and disposal.
Call a Small Business Specialist at (202) 586-7377 to discuss contract opportunities. Register today on DOE's Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://doe-iips.pr.doe.gov/.
Pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-016, issued on October 1, 2003, current and prospective DOE contractors must register with the Government's Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The web site to register with the CCR is: http://www.ccr.gov.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is committed to increasing the contracting opportunities awarded to small and disadvantaged businesses. The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is responsible for administering this program.
The opportunities are great. DOE purchases billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually including facility management, remediation, construction, research and development, management and scientific consulting, plate work manufacturing, administrative services, data processing, security, engineering, and waste treatment and disposal.
Call a Small Business Specialist at (202) 586-7377 to discuss contract opportunities. Register today on DOE's Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://doe-iips.pr.doe.gov/.
Pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-016, issued on October 1, 2003, current and prospective DOE contractors must register with the Government's Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The web site to register with the CCR is: http://www.ccr.gov.
