Homesteading for Small Businesses: How to Grow the Role of Small Businesses in Your Agencys Portfoli

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Homesteading for Small Businesses How to Grow
the Role of Small Businesses in Your Agencys
Portfolio Federal Acquisition Conference
Exposition

• Rhonda Cundiff, Procurement Analyst
• GSA Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer

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GSA SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESS THROUGH

• THE MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE PROGRAM
• THE SMALL BUSINESS GWACs
• THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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A SCHEDULE IS

• A Commercial Catalog
• Over 10 million commercial supplies and services
• Volume Discount Pricing

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GSA SCHEDULES

• Supplies/services can be ordered directly from
  GSA Schedule contractors or through GSA Advantage
  online shopping and ordering system.
• Benefits to agencies shorter lead-times, lower
  administrative costs, and credit toward small
  business goals.

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GSA SCHEDULES

• 14,800 Small Business Contracts
• Small Business Contracts account for 81 of the
  MAS Program business

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GSA SCHEDULE SALES FY 06

• SMALL BUSINESS 13,209,548,725
• SDB 1,585,722,022
• WOSB 2,431,719,032
• SDVOSB 737,168,972
• HUBZONE 30,317,474

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Current GSA Small Business GWACs

• HUBZone Historically Underutilized Business
  Zones
• Set aside for HUBZone certified firms
• HUBZone Act of 1997, Title VI of P.L. 105-135
  created the HUBZone Empowerment Contracting
  Program
• 8(a) STARS - Streamlined Technology Acquisition
  Resources for Services
• Competitive 8(a) contract
• Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (P.L.
  85-536) FAR Part 19
• New! VETS Veterans Technology Services
• Set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned
  firms
• Executive Order 13350

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Small Business GWACs
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Small Business GWACs
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SMALL BUSINESS GWAC

• COMING SOON!!
• Alliant Small Business
• Small Business set-aside
• 1st GSA small business GWAC with
  cost-reimbursement
• Award Summer 2007

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Small Business GWAC Use

• To use effectively, we recommend the following
• Obtain training and delegation of ordering
  authority
• Review scope, terms and pricing data posted
  online
• www.gsa.gov/vetsgwac
• www.gsa.gov/hubzone
• www.gsa.gov/8astars
• Contact GSA for up-front review of work
  statements
• Report task into FPDS-NG to obtain socioeconomic
  credit
• Contact GSA for questions

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SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• GSAs Small Business Advisory Committee (SBAC)
  was created by a charter filed with Congress on
  August 29, 2005. 
• Mission Provide recommendations to the AA for
  OSBU that will allow GSA to advance and improve
  its small business procurement program. 
• Members have been selected based on their
  individual experience in small business or as
  recognized experts and advocates for their
  program area. 

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Resources

• Center for Acquisition Excellence
  www.fsstraining.gsa.gov
• GWAC Overview seminar
• 8(a) STARS Delegation of Ordering Authority
  seminar
• GSA Schedules
• Using GSA Schedules for Customers
• GSA GWAC Centers
• Customer training onsite, by phone or web
• Events (GSA Expo, NCMA, AFCEA, FOSE)

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Resources

• E-Library www.gsa.gov/elibrary
• E-Buy www.gsa.gov/ebuy
• www.gsaadvantage.gov
• www.gsa.gov/sbgwac
• www.gsa.gov/schedules
• rhonda.cundiff_at_gsa.gov