Tony L' Gregg Business Specialist Greater Southwest Region

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Office of Small Business Utilization
An Overview of theFederal Governments Small
Business Programs
Tony L. GreggBusiness SpecialistGreater
Southwest Region
June 2009
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Small Business Program

• Passed in 1953, the Small Business Act (SBA)
  established the Small Business Administration to
  "encourage" and "develop" small business growth,
  and to aid minorities and other disadvantaged
  peoples in securing loans and learning management
  techniques.

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Small Business Concern

• Manufacturing 500 Employees
• Wholesale Trade 100 Employees
• General Heavy Construction 33.5 million
• Business Personal Services 7 million
• Retail Trade 7 million
• Architectural Engineering 4.5 million
• Travel Agencies 3.5 million
• Agriculture 750,000

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Statutory government-wide procurement goals

• 23 of an agencys prime contracts for small
  businesses
• 5 for small disadvantage businesses (prime
  subcontracts)
• 5 for women-owned small businesses (prime
  subcontracts)
• 3 for HUBZone businesses (prime and
  subcontracts)
• 3 for service-disabled veteran-owned small
  businesses (SDVOSBs) (prime subcontracts)

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Small Disadvantaged Business

• 8(a) Business Development Program
• Assistance to socially and economically
  disadvantaged firms
• SDB Program
• Bidding benefits in federal procurement
• Subcontracting opportunities
• 8(a) businesses automatically qualify

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Woman-Owned Small Business

• 51 owned and controlled on a day-to-day basis by
  one or more women.
• State certification ensures verifiable and
  credible reporting of dollars spent by entities
  on WOSB
• Subcontracting opportunities on Federal contracts

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HUBZone Small Business

• Stimulates economic development and creates jobs
  in urban and rural communities.
• 51 Owned/controlled by U.S. citizens, Community
  Development Corporation, agricultural cooperative
  or Indian tribe. 35 of employees must live in a
  HUBZone.
• Prime and subcontracting opportunities and
  benefits

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Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned

• Vets Entrepreneurship and Small Business
  Development Act of 1999 for vets disabled during
  active service in the armed forces.
• Vets Benefit Act of 2003 restricts competition to
  SDVOSBs and allows certain prime contract awards
  when requirements are met.
• SDV Executive Order of 2004 directs Federal
  agencies to develop strategies to include vets in
  contracting activities.
• Vets Technology Services (VETS) GWAC set-aside
  for small SDVO technology firms from 2007 to 2012.

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Federal Contracting Dollars FY 2008

• Total Contracting Dollars
• 453.6 Billion
• Total Small Business Contracting Actions
• 5.9 Million
• Total Small Business Dollars
• 93.7 Billion

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Top 10 Federal Spenders (Billions)

• Defense 63.0
• Veterans Affairs 4.9
• Homeland Security 4.4
• Health and Human Services 2.9
• Agriculture 2.8
• NASA 2.3
• GSA 1.8
• Justice 1.7
• Interior 1.5
• Energy 1.4
• 86.7 of 93.7 Billion

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Subcontracting Opportunities

• Prime contracts exceeding 1 million for
  construction or 550,000 for other than
  construction, must contain subcontracting plans
  to include SBCs, SDBs, HUBZone SBs, WOSBs, and
  SDVOSB.
• Subcontracting Plans must detail how prime
  contractors will assure that SBEs have the
  opportunity to compete for subcontracts.
• Subcontracting Plans must be submitted by prime
  contractors prior to contract award. Failure,
  results in lost dollars or contract termination.

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Subcontracting Opportunities (cont.)

• SBA SUB-Net
• http//web.sba.gov/subnet/
• GSA Subcontracting Directory
• http//w3.gsa.gov/web/i/subs_dir.nsf/

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Register Your Company

• The primary database for Federal agencies to
  learn about prospective vendors is the Central
  Contractor Registry (CCR).
• http//www.ccr.gov/
• Federal Business Opportunities (fedbizopps) is
  the single government point-of-entry for Federal
  government procurement opportunities over
  25,000.
• http//www.fedbizopps.gov/
• Online Representations and Certifications
  Application (ORCA) replaced the paper based
  Representations and Certifications process.
• https//orca.bpn.gov

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Assistance Counseling

• The Office of Small Business Development Centers
  (SBDC) provide management assistance to current
  and prospective small business owners.
• http//www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html
• Small Business Administration District Offices
  provide counseling, training and business
  development specialists providing free and
  low-cost services in your area.
• http//www.sba.gov/localresources/index.html

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GSA Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBU)

• The OSBU promotes One GSA by facilitating
  programs and initiatives that provide Access to
  Opportunity to small business owners in GSA
  contracting activities.
• http//www.gsa.gov/sbu

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GSA - OSBU (cont.)

• Networking Events
• Workshops
• Outreach Events
• Strategic Alliances
• Publications

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GSA - OSBU (cont.)

• OSBU Procurement Focal Points
• GSA Schedule Contracts
• www.gsa.gov/schedules
• GSA Small Business Government-wide Acquisition
  Contracts (GWACs) for IT Solutions
• www.gsa.gov/sbgwac

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Regional Small Business Center

• Office of Small Business Utilization
• Greater Southwest Region
• 819 Taylor Street, Suite 1E13A
• Fort Worth, TX 76102
• [phone]
• r7smallbiz_at_gsa.gov
• Mr. Albert J. Garza, Director

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THANK YOU!
Tony L. Gregg Office of Small Business
Utilization Greater Southwest Region Fort
Worth, TX tony.gregg_at_gsa.gov [phone]