NASA HBCUMI Contracting Initiatives

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Alabama AM Research Institute SBIR/STTR and
  Technical Assistance Conference
• Paradigm Shift from GRANTS to CONTRACTS
• Alabama AM University
• January 28, 2003
• Thomas V. Green, Jr.
• Special Assistant for Procurement
• NASA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
  Utilization

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• February 2001, NASA established an Agency-wide
  goal of 1 for prime contract and subcontract
  awards to HBCU/MIs

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• FY00 Contract Baseline - 10.9B
• FY00 Grants Obligations - 528M

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• FY01 Achievement - 56.5M
• FY02 Achievement 64.0M
• FY03 Goal
• Percentage - 1
• Dollars - 110M

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• FY02 Achievement
• Percentage - .55
• Dollars - 64.0M
• Prime Contracts - 51.0M
• Subcontracts - 13.0M

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Action Plan
• Administrator letter issued to NASA Officials-in
  Charge - Completed 2/01
• Establish metric in Agency Performance Plan -
  Completed 02/01
• Equal Opportunity Small Business Offices
  letter issued to University Research Center (URC)
  Directors - Completed 3/01
• Administrator letter to CEO of NASA Prime
  Contractors Completed 8/01

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Agency-wide Focus on Training
• Part 1 Training and Development of Small
  Businesses in Advanced Technologies
• October 2002 Denver, CO (Basic)
• February 2003 Kennedy Space Ctr., FL
  (Advanced)
• May 2003 - Ames Research Ctr., CA (Advanced)
• September 2003 Washington, D.C. (Basic)
• Part 2 Principal Investigator Training on NASA
  Project Management Techniques
• Dates/Locations TBD

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Agency-wide Focus on Training
• Part 3 Small Business Innovative Research/Small
  Business Technology Transfer Programs
• Jan. 27 29, 2003 Alabama AM Univ.
  (Training)
• Mar. 11 14, 2003 Albuquerque, NM (Natl
  Conf.)
• Apr. 22 24, 2003 Washington, D. C. (Natl
  Conf.)
• Contact Info www.SBIRWorld.com
• Part 4 How to Commercialize NASA Technology
• TBD, Houston, TX
• Contact Info www.mbttc.com

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• NASA evaluates HBCU/MI Participation in
• Prime Contracts Subcontracts
• NASA Research Announcements (NRA)
• Announcements of Opportunity (AO)
• Cooperative Agreement Notices (CAN)
• Technology Transfer/Commercialization
• Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
• SB Technology Transfer (STTR)
• Grants

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Where is HBCU/MI Participation called out
• Contracts
• Section L, Instructions to Offerors
• Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award
• Section J, Award/Incentive Fee Plan
• SF 294, Summary Report for Individual Contracts
  
• SF 295, Summary Subcontract Report
• OA/CAN/NRA
• Appendix B, Proposal Preparation Instructions,
  Evaluation and Selection Procedures

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Focus on Relationships
• - University to University
• - University to Non-Profits
• - University to Small Business
• - University to Large Businesses

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• WHY BUSINESSES PARTNER WITH HBCU/MI?
• Establish capability for Independent, Research
  Development (IRD)
• HBCU/MIs possess state-of-the art Research
  Centers/Facilities, World Renowned Professors and
  Principal Investigators
• HBCU/MIs possess a pool of highly motivated
  Scholars and Researchers, and Graduate Students
• This pool of talent can be accessed at very
  reasonable rates.

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• WHY HBCU/MI PARTNER WITH BUSINESSES
• Business can assist in FINANCING contract
• Businesses understand How TO Market their
  capabilities to the Government
• Businesses understand rigors of Managing a
  Contract
• Businesses understand Cost, Scheduling and
  Contract Deliverables

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• NASA SDBs interested in Partnering
• with HBCUs
• MTA, Bob Chastine, President
• Smithlain, Gloria Smith, President
• USSMC, Brenda Campbell, President
• EP C, Mike Ladd, President
• W de Y, Carolyn Yarbro, President
• ZKD Inc, Mike Banks, President
• Intelligent Evolutions, George Valenzuela
• OAI, Jake Breland, VP Finance Operations

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• HBCUs interested in Working w/SDBs
• Oakwood College, Alabama AM,
• Morgan State, Howard University,
• Bowie State, Univ. of Ark- Pine Bluff,
• Texas Southern, Tuskegee Univ.,
• Clark-Atlanta, Norfolk State Univ.,
• Miles College, Elizabeth City SU

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• What NASA wants HBCU/MIs TO DO
• COMMIT to send University Reps to TRAINING
• NASA TADSBAT Class
• Feb. 11 13, 2003 (Advanced)
• May 13 15, 2003 (Advanced)
• Sept. 10-12 - NASA HQ (Basic)
• www.mta-inc.com
• Technical Assistance Workshops
• - NASA DFRC Oct. 23-24, 2002
• - DoD - UNCF - NOW
• - DoD Alabama AM - NOW

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• What NASA wants HBCU/MIs TO DO
• Establish Research Institute separate and apart
  from University Hierarchy
• Incentivise Professors to pursue contracts
• - Authorize RELEASE TIME
• - Authorize Supplementing Salary w/Contract
• Work
• - Authorize shared PATENTS, Papers,
• Publications

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• What NASA wants HBCU/MIs TO DO
• Identify SB/SDB/LB to PARTNER with whose
  capabilities compliment yours.
• Search for NASA business opportunities that lend
  themselves to relationships between Minority
  Universities and Other Businesses
• Enter into Teaming Agreements and
  prime/subcontractor relationships with Other
  Businesses
• Advise OSDBU of your successes

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Ambassador Spearmon - White House Initiative on
  HBCU supports
• Developing a Partnering Workshop
• Sponsor Regional Technical Assistance Training
  in Contracts
• Collaboration among Universities w/in
• States
• Contracting Workshop held during HBCU Conf.
  Proceedings Sept. 2002

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Assistance Needed to Advance Initiative
• Support for developing contracting authority that
  limits competition on selected procurements to
  Minority Universities, I.e
• - Federal Acquisition Regulation
• - Agency-wide Determination Finding
• - NASA/FAR Supplement change
• Funding support for increasing the number of
  hands on technical assistance training classes/
  workshops

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Assistance Needed to Advance Initiative
• Support for increasing minority Principal
  Investigators (PI) involvement in Peer Review
  selection process for AOs, NRAs, CANs
• Funding support for developing PI Program/Project
  Management Training

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Back-up Charts

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Membership on MBRAC
• Given Capability Presentations at Aeronautics
  Science Forums
• Hosted TADSBAT Course at HBCU/MIs
• Developed Directory of HBCU/MI Capabilities
• Participants in Cooperative Agreement on
  International Space Station Program performing
  S/W Engineering Initiative

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• Participants in NASA Mentor Protégé Program
• Participants in Cooperative Agreement on
  Integrated Facility Solutions and Management
  Options for NASA Facilities
• University Research Centers (URC) Reps presented
  capabilities at NASAs Prime Contractor
  Roundtable
• URCs exhibited Technologies at National
  Conferences
• SDB/HBCU Partnered to Develop a Modeling
  Management Concept for HBCU/MI Activities

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• How to Find NASA Opportunities
• Prime Contracts/Subcontracts
• http//procurement.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/syn_sear
  ch.cgi
• POC Thomas Green, Code K, 202/358-2088

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• How to Find NASA Opportunities
• AO/NRA/CAN - Research Opportunities
• HQ - By Enterprise
• http//www.hq.nasa.gov/hq/enterprise.htm
• POC Anngienetta Johnson, Code YF
• 202/358-4717

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• How to Find NASA Opportunities
• Technology Transfer/Commercialization
• http//www.nctn.hq.nasa.gov/
• POC Carl Ray, Code RC, 202/358-4652
• Minority (University) On-Line Information Service
  (MOLIS)
• http//www.IAM.molis.com/

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NASA HBCU/MI Contracting Initiatives

• How to Find NASA Opportunities
• Small Business Innovative Research Program
• Small Business Technology Transfer Program
• http//www.sbir.nasa.gov
• POC Pam Guzzone, HQ, 301/286-3687
• Paul Mexcur, GSFC, 301/286-8888

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NASA HBCU/MI Initiatives

• Points of Contact
• Thomas V. Green, Jr.
• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
  Utilization - Code K
• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
• Email tgreen_at_hq.nasa.gov
• Dr. Carl Person
• Office of Equal Opportunity Programs - Code E
• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
• Email cperson_at_hq.nasa.gov
• Mel DeGree Paul
  Mexcur
• HEDS Enterprise
  SBIR/STTR Office, GSFC
• Phone [phone]
  301/286-1888