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Glenn A. Delgado, Associate Administrator. NASA Update High-Tech Small Business Industry Day March 3, 2014. NASA Agency Final FY13 Prime Goals vs. Actual Percentages Data generated November 4, 2013 from FPDS-NG.
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Glenn A. Delgado, Associate Administrator NASA UpdateHigh-Tech Small Business Industry DayMarch 3, 2014
NASA Agency Final FY13Prime Goals vs. Actual PercentagesData generated November 4, 2013 from FPDS-NG
NASA Agency January FY14Prime Goals vs. Actual PercentagesData generated February 4, 2014 from FPDS-NG
NASA Small Business Scorecard NASA’s SBA Small Business Scorecard over the previous three fiscal years and future projection. *Preliminary.
Fiscal Year 2013 Top 20 NASA Vendors(As of January 24, 2014 from FPDS-NG) 6
NASA Industry Forum • The NASA Industry Forum (NIF) is an agency-wide endeavor to share center-level information that is of concern to both NASA as well as NASA’s contractors. • Meets twice a year for no more than 2 days • Inaugural meeting at HQ on March 18-19, 2014 • NASA Agency-level Small Business Industry Awards to be presented at meeting on March 18th: • Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year • Small Business Subcontractor of the Year • Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year
NASA Acquisition Forecast • Acquisition Forecasts are posted by each Center • Redesigned to assist small businesses to locate NASA’s future acquisitions • Database Search Capabilities • Center • Status • NAICS Codes • Product Service Code • Type of Requirement • Value • Quarter & Government Fiscal Year • Socioeconomic Preference • Competition 8
Active Contract Listings • Recurring Buys • OSBP consolidated like items from all Centers onto a single sheet for use at outreach events: • Information Technology • Environmental Remediation • Protective Services • Facilities • Occupational Health • Laboratory Services • Administrative Services 9
NASA Small Business Initiatives • Small Business Technical Coordinator Program • Small Businesses work with NASA technical offices to better understand the Agency’s requirements • Making the Grade • NASA issued letter(s) requesting each Center to identify breakout opportunities for small businesses in their large contracts • Letter(s) signed by Associate Administrator of the Office of Small Business Programs and NASA’s Senior Procurement Executive on: • February 8, 2011: FY 2011/2012 • April 23, 2013: FY 2014/2015 • This initiative has helped NASA increase its Prime Small Business dollars by approximately $100M each of the last three FY’s despite declining Procurement budgets
NASA Small Business Initiatives • Small Business Improvement Plan (SBIP) • Established in FY 2008 • All Agency acquisition stakeholders involved in developing plan to improve NASA Small Business Program
NASA Small Business Initiatives • FY 2014 & 2015 SBIP Initiatives • Inreach to the NASA Community • Strengthen small business awareness and opportunities through stakeholder advocacy, training, and participation through existing resources. • Outreach and Social Media • Enhance small business awareness of NASA mission requirements through traditional and non-traditional outreach methodologies. • Procurement • Improve Agency small business contracting performance through evaluating and evolving procurement guidance.
NASA Small Business Initiatives • Small Business Training • Developed six different courses to train NASA’s acquisition, technical, and program personnel to better understand the benefits of the Small Business Program • Conducted 75 different classes with a total of 965 attendees since its inception in FY 2009
National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Goaling and Reporting: • Section 1631 (b)(2): Requires head of federal agencies to develop a plan for achieving small business prime and subcontracting goals. (Status: Plan in development) • Section 1631(d): Requires SBA’s Office of Advocacy to conduct independent assessment and provide recommendations to improve small business; must coordinate with DoD to avoid duplication. (Status: Fiscal Year 2014) • Section 1632: Requires SBA to submit to President and Congress goaling report and scorecard of fiscal year’s small business contracting participation. (Status: Plan in development)
National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Mentor-Protégé Program: • Section 1641: Establishes a MPP modeled after the 8(a) MPP for all small businesses. Exceptions for DoD MPPs, mentoring assistance provided under SBIR and STTR, and other agency programs. (Status: Proposed rule drafted) • Section 1641: Requires SBA to submit a report on the government-wide MPP. (Status: Due January 2015)
National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Transparency in sub-contracting: • Section 1651: Prohibits a small business awarded a contract under one of the contracts. Exemption provided for similar situated subcontractors. (Status: SBA drafting proposed rule) • Section 1653: Agencies directed to collect, report and periodically review data to ensure contractors meet subcontracting goals established in subcontracting plans. (Status: Office of General Counsel drafting proposed rule) • Section 1653: Requires SBA to establish reporting mechanism that allows subcontractor to report fraudulent activity. (Status: Pending)
National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Transparency in sub-contracting: • Section 1653: SBA required to provide Congress a report setting forth agencies’ subcontracting data-number in compliance or failing to file subcontracting plans. (Status: Subcontracting working group) Size and Status Misrepresentation/Fraud/Suspension and Debarment: • Section 1692: Small Business Procurement Advisory Council required to submit annual report to Congress reflecting comments on small business contracting goals, results of reviews of OSDBUs and best practices. (Status: Proposal to include as part of Success factors for FY 2014)
National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Women-Owned Small Business Program: • Section 1697: Eliminates the award caps ($6.5 million and $4 mill) from set-asides. (Status: Effective May 7, 2013) • Section 1697: Gives SBA authority to conduct study to identify industries underrepresented by small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Must submit findings every 5 years. (Status: Due January 2018)
NASA Small Business Social Media About OSBP Social Media: OSBP social media sites that provide instant access to procurement opportunities, small business information, or small business community, outreach and matchmaking events Facebook Likes: 10,572 Weekly Total Reach: 432 People Talking About the OSBP Page: 72 http://www.facebook.com/NASASmallBusiness NASASmallBusiness Twitter Followers: 773 http://twitter.com/NASA_OSBP @NASA_OSBP Blogger (Glenn Delgado’s Blog) Monthly Pageviews: 157 All time Pageviews: 2,998 http://nasaosbp.blogspot.com/ NASAOSBP 21
Contact OSBP NASA Office of Small Business Programs 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546 Tel: (202) 358-2088 Fax: (202) 358-3261 E-mail: smallbusiness@nasa.gov Web site: www.osbp.nasa.gov NASA Vendor Database: https://vendors.nvdb.nasa.gov