Eric R' Mens

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Small Business Program
Eric R. Mens Associate Director for Small
Business 29 May 2002
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Associate Director for Small Business, DCC-W

• Major duties and responsibilities include
• Participate in acquisition strategy development
• Find suitable firms through market research
• Match small business capabilities to acquisition
  needs
• Educate and train
• Liaison with SBA
• Conduct outreach through conferences, Vendor
  Days, etc.
• Assist in determining acceptability of
  subcontracting plans
• Assist in monitoring subcontracting plans
• Facilitate resolution of payment and performance
  problems
• Provide input to annual goal setting process
• Review all acquisitions over 10K on DD Form
  2579  
• Refer DoDD 4205.1 and DFARS 219.201

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Commanders Philosophy on Small Business Each
robust small business is a vital resource to
Americas industrial base and each is a potential
contributor to fulfilling the Defense
Departments mission requirements. We will treat
the small business community as our partner in
successfully accomplishing our responsibilities
for responsively supporting our DoD customers
within the National Capitol Region. Our partners
will be treated with dignity and respect and a
true belief in their capabilities. By
communicating clearly, actively facilitating,
advocating, and providing positive guidance, we
will help small businesses pursue business
opportunities with the Defense Contracting
Command--Washington, the Army, and the Department
of Defense.
Originally Published August 2001
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Small Business GoalsAllocations versus
Achievements
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DCC-W 2002 Small Business GoalsPercent of U.S.
Prime Contract Awards

• FY 02
• Overall Small Business 24
• Small Business Set Aside 4.0
• HUBZone Small Business 2.5
• Small Disadvantaged Business 5.9
• Women-Owned Small Business 7.0
• Service-Disabled Veteran Owned 3.0
• Historically Black Colleges Universities
• and Minority Institutions 5.0
• Small Business Research Development 18.0

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Legislative Background
1947-- A fair proportion of Federal purchases
and contracts (must) be placed with Small
Business (SB) concerns. (Armed Services
Procurement Act) 1953--Small Business
Administration (SBA) established to aid,
consult, assist, and protectthe interest of
Small Business concerns to ensure that a fair
proportion of the total purchasesbe placed with
small business. (Small Business
Act) 1978--Requires agencies to set small
business goals and report to Congress and
establish agency Small Business offices
establishes subcontracting plan requirement
reserves awards under 25K for small business
(Public Law 95-507)
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Legislative Background (contd)
1979--Women-Owned (Small) Business (WOSB) program
established (Executive Order 12138)   1987--Small
and Disadvantaged Business (SDB) program and
set-asides established also 5 SDB goal
and emphasized contracting with Historically
Black Colleges and Universities/Minority
Institutions (HBCU/MI) (DoD Authorization
Act) 1988--Established 8(a) competition for
manufacturing actions over 5M and for services
over 3M--under these thresholds, can award
non-competitively to 8(a) (Business Opportunity
Development Reform Act)
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Legislative Background (contd)
1992--Mentor-Protégé Program established DoD
financial incentives for large firms to mentor
SDB firms (civilian agencies have credit
program) (DoD Authorization Act)   1994--Automati
c reservations for small business increased to
100K added WOSB goal to subcontracting plan
requirements (Federal Acquisition Streamlining
Act) 1995--Use of racial classifications for
federal affirmative action programs must meet
strict scrutiny test DoD suspends SDB
set-asides requires SBA to certify that 8(a)
and SDB firms are socially and economically
disadvantaged (Supreme Court Aderand Decision)
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Legislative Background (contd)
1997--Initiative to create jobs in Historically
Underutilized Business zones (HUBZones) 35 of
firms employees must reside in a HUBZone goal
for 2002 is 2.5 (increase to 3 in 2003)
(HUBZones Empowerment Act)   1999--3 prime
contracting goal for Service-Disabled Veteran
Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) self- certification
(Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Development Act) 2000--Permissive (not
mandatory) set-aside for WOSB established
awaiting FAR implementation (SBA Reauthorization
Act)
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Background--DoD Implementation
DoDD 4205-1-- Establishes policy A fair
proportion of total DoD purchases, contracts,
subcontracts, and other agreements for property
and servicesbe placed with small
business. Excludes actions funded solely by
non-appropriated funds Established DoD Director
for Small Business whose functions include
establishing and assigning annual goals to DoD
components  
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Background--Regulatory Implementation
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 8, 19,
26, 52 Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) 208, 219,
226, 252 Army FAR Supplement (AFARS) Part 19 and
Appendix CC, Subcontracting Plan Evaluation
Guide Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 13
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Credit Card Purchases
Estimated 14 - 15B in transactions
annually Acquisition reform has reduced the
prime contract dollars awarded to small
businesses (e.g. expanded use of GSA Schedules,
credit card, etc.) No current method exists that
identifies business size status on credit card
purchases Ongoing GAO review on credit card
transactions includes effort to determine impact
on small businesses Efforts underway to enable
business size identification through
non-burdensome reporting  
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Final Points
Remember that legislative and policy preferences
exist for purchasing from small businesses Use
the DCC-W Small Business Office as a resource for
finding suitable small business firms for your
requirement  
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Points of Contact
Mr. Eric Mens, Associate Director Telephone
703.695.0382 E-Mail eric.mens_at_hqda.army.mil   Mr.
Larry Hicks, Management Analyst Telephone
703.697.6024 E-Mail larry.hicks_at_hqda.army.mil