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Small and Disadvantaged Business
Opportunities Mrs. Wendy Fletcher Associate
Director of Small Business
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Overview

• Navy Policy
• How to Get Started
• Contracting/Subcontracting Opportunities
• Small Business Preference Programs
• Where to Get Assistance
• Contact Information
• Questions

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Navy Policy

• Promote Maximum Utilization of Small Business
  Concerns in Navy Marine Corps Contracts
• Provide Small Business Concerns Maximum
  Practicable Opportunity to Participate as
  Subcontractors in Prime Contracts Awarded to
  Major Prime Contractors

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Getting Started

• Identify Your Product or Service
• FSC Codes www.dlis.dla.mil/h2
• NAICS Codes www.census.gov/naics
• Obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
  www.dnb.com
• Register in the Central Contractor Registration
  (CCR) System www.ccr.gov
• Obtain a CAGE Code
• One will be assigned when registering in CCR

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Contracting Opportunities

• Prime Contracting
• Contracts www.fedbizopps.gov
• Grants www.grants.gov
• Federal Supply Schedules www.fss.gsa.gov
• Subcontracting
• A list of all major DOD prime contractors by
  state with a point of contact for each firm
• www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/doing_business/index.htm
• SBAs Subcontracting Network
• http//web.sba.gov/subnet

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ONR Procurement Opportunities

• www.onr.navy.mil
• Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs)
• www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa
• Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
• www.onr.navy.mil/02/rfps.asp
• Support Service Multi-Award Task Order Contracts
  (MATOCs)
• www.onr.navy.mil/02/matoc
• SBIRs/STTRs
• http//www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/ind
  ex.htm

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Small Business Program Targets
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Small Disadvantaged Business

• A Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) is a small
  business firm that is at least 51 owned,
  operated, and managed on a daily basis by
  individual(s) who are socially and economically
  disadvantaged.
• As defined in 13 CFR 124.103(b), includes
• African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native
  Americans (including Native Alaskans and Native
  Hawaiians), Asian Pacific Americans, Subcontinent
  Asian Americans, and other minorities as defined
  by the Small Business Administration
• Section 8(a) certified by SBA
• Sole source awards Allows firms to receive
  contracts on a sole source basis (subject to
  established thresholds)
• Up to 5.5M for manufacturing contracts
• Up to 3.5M for all other contracts
• Set-aside awards Permits Federal agencies to
  restrict competition, allowing only certified
  8(a) firms to compete.

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HUBZone Small Business

• HUBZone Program Provides Federal contracting
  assistance to qualified small business concerns
  located in historically under-utilized business
  zones.
• Eligibility A small business that is at least
  51 owned and controlled by U.S. citizen(s) with
  a principal office located in a HUBZone and at
  least 35 of the employees must reside in a
  HUBZone.
• Certified by SBA
• Set-aside awards Permits Federal agencies to
  restrict competition, allowing only certified
  HUBZone firms to compete.
• Sole source awards Awarded when only one
  HUBZone firm is capable of performing a specific
  service or producing a product.
• http//map.sba.gov/hubzone/init.asp

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Women-Owned Small Business

• A small business firm that is at least 51 owned,
  operated, and managed on a daily basis by a woman
  or women.
• Implementation of Section 8M of the Small
  Business Act and 13 CFR 127
• Contracting Officers will have the authority to
  use set-asides to women-owned small businesses
  for contracts under 3M (and contracts under 5M
  for construction).
• SBA is currently drafting regulations that will
  implement a restricted competition procurement
  program for women-owned small businesses (WOSB).
• Certification Process
• Who is eligible
• How protests will be handled
• Will establish the WOSB Federal Contract
  Assistance Program

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Veteran Small Business Programs

• Veterans Benefits Act of 2003. Section 308 of
  the act established a procurement program for
  Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
  Concerns (SDVOSB).
• Set-aside awards Permits Federal agencies to
  restrict competition, allowing only SDVOSB firms
  to compete.
• Up to 5M for manufacturing contracts
• Up to 3M for all other contracts
• Sole source awards When the Contracting Officer
  does not have a reasonable expectation that 2 or
  more SDVOSBs will submit offers for the
  contracting opportunity.
• Online VetBiz Vendor Information Pages (VIP)
• A vendor business database that lists businesses
  that are 51 or more owned by veterans or
  service-connected disabled veterans. (maintained
  by the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs)
• www.vetbiz.gov

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HBCU/MI Program

• To build research and educational infrastructure
  at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  Minority Institutions
• Supports basic research, enhances and promotes
  science and engineering education, and aids
  universities in acquisition of research
  instrumentation
• HBCU/MI Program www.onr.navy.mil/02/osb
• HBCU/MI Program Manager Anthony Junior
• E-mail juniora_at_onr.navy.mil or Phone
  703-696-0453

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Small Business Administration

• To aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests
  of small business concerns
• Advocacy
• Technical Assistance
• Financing Support
• Procurement Assistance
• www.sba.gov
• SBA Partners
• Small Business Development Centers
• www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/sbdc/index.html
• Womens Business Centers
• www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/onlinewbc/index.h
  tml
• SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
• www.score.org

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Procurement Technical Assistance Program

• Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs)
  Help small businesses obtain contracts with
  federal, state, and local governments
• Seminars and Conferences
• Counseling
• Marketing
• Proposal Development Assistance
• Teaming Joint Venture Networking
• Reference Library
• PTAC Locator www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm

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MRS. WENDY FLETCHER

• Office of Small Business Programs
• Office of Naval Research
• One Liberty Center
• 875 North Randolph Street, Suite 1425
• Arlington, VA 22203-1995
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail wendy.fletcher_at_navy.mil

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