OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

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OSDBUOffice of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization

• VAs Thriving Through Partnership Industry
  Conference
• October 3-4, 2005
• Small Business Special Emphasis Program
  Considerations

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OSDBUOffice of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization

• Mission Advocate for all Small Businesses in VA
  Acquisitions
• Functions Aid and Counsel Small Businesses
• Provide what, when who and how
• Identification of Small Businesses
• Monitor Program Goals
• Train VA Acquisition Staff
• Assist SB to Resolve Payment Problems
• Represent VA at Trade Associations and Government
  agencies
• www.va.gov/osdbu

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Small BusinessThe Secretarys Goals

• ARE THE GOALS
• OF
• EVERYONE IN VA!

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Americas Small Businesses The Engine That
Drives the Economy

• They represent more than 99 of all businesses
• They employ more than one-half of the private
  U.S. work force
• They create 66 of all new jobs nationwide
• They generate more than 50 of the Nations Gross
  Domestic Product

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Small Business Programs

• Set-Asides -- Total Partial (FAR 19.5)
• 8(a) Set-Asides -- (FAR 19.8)
• Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration
  Program (FAR 19.10)
• Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone
  (FAR 19.13)
• Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
  Procurement Program (FAR 19.14)

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Contract Bundling?

• The definition of contract bundling is the
  consolidation of two (2) or more procurement
  requirements for goods or services previously
  provided or performed under separate smaller
  contracts into a solicitation of offers for a
  single contract. The single contract is likely to
  be unsuitable for award to a small business
  concern due to the variance, size, or specialized
  nature of the elements of the performance
  specified or the aggregate dollar value of the
  anticipated award or the geographical dispersion
  of the contract performance sites or any
  combination of the above.

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Contract Bundling Hurts Small Business

• For every increase of 100 bundled contracts,
  there is a decrease of 60 contracts for small
  businesses.

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Contract Bundling Review

• Contracts with estimated value of 1M and above,
  to include option years, task and delivery
  orders, and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs)
  will require a contract bundling review
  performed by OSDBU
• OSDBU will be given 15 working days to perform
  the bundling review

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Bundling Reviews

• Contract bundling reviews are also applicable to
  multiple award contracts (MACs), multi-agency
  contracts, Government-wide acquisition contracts
  (GWACs), and GSAs Multiple award schedule
  program.

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Bundling Reviews

• Have now been revised to include review of
  sources listed under FAR Subpart 8.404(a)

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Subcontracting Statutory Requirements

• FAR 19.702
• Required when the contract award or mod will
  exceed 500 K (1M for construction) AND awardee
  is a large business.
• Subcontracting plans are reviewed by OSDBU prior
  to contract award

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Subcontracting Results of Reviews
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Veterans Enterprise

• Public Law 106-50
• 3 Statutory Goal
• Public Law 108-183
• Set-Asides for SDVOSBs
• Sole Source Awards for SDVOSBs

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Public Law 108-183

• THE VETERANS BENEFITS ACT OF 2003

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Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Set-Aside and Sole Source Awards

• signed into law on December 16, 2003.

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• Permits contracting officers to restrict
  competition if there is a reasonable expectation
  of offers from at least two service-disabled
  veteran owned small businesses.
• Sole source permitted under certain
  circumstances.
• Does not override existing law or regulations,
  FAR 8 and 19.

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Set-Aside Authority

• 2 or more firms
• Contract award made at fair and reasonable price

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Sole Source Award

• If 2 or more firms are not available, and
• Award price is fair and reasonable, and
• Under 5M with manufacturing NAICS
• Under 3M for all other NAICS

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Executive Order 13360

• Signed into law October 20, 2004
• Purpose is to increase federal prime and
  subcontracting opportunities for service-disabled
  veteran owned small businesses

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Executive Order 13360

• Each Agency Head required to develop strategy to
  implement requirements of E.O. 13360

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FY 2005 VOSB SDVOSB Accomplishments
FY 2005 VOSB SDVOSB Accomplishments
Through March 31, 2005
(Total Procurement Dollars Reported all
categories 2,598,147,383)
(546 Transactions)
(69 Transactions)
Source FPDS-NG Administrator
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CVE Products Online VetBiz Vendor Information
Pages (VIP)
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How to Access VA Services for Enterprising
Veterans

• VA Center for Veterans Enterprise
• Web Portal http//www.vetbiz.gov
• Email VACVE_at_mail.va.gov
• Toll Free 1-866-584-2344 or
• Local [phone]
• Mail
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Center for Veterans Enterprise (00VE)
• 810 Vermont Ave. NW
• Washington, DC 20420

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Who To Contact For Help
Mr. Wayne Simpson Deputy Director, Small Business
Programs [phone] or 800-949-8387 Ms.
Deborah Van Dover Senior Procurement
Analyst [phone] E-mail
deborah.vandover_at_va.gov