Office of Small Business Programs

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Office of Small Business Programs

• Doing Business with the
• National Security Agency

SMARTProc 08 NSA Office of Small Business
Programs Pamela L. Porter, Director October 31,
2008 Frederick, MD
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Welcome!Introduction and Agenda

• NSA FY08 Small Business Goals
• Mission
• Vision
• What Is NSA Looking For?
• How Do We Acquire?
• Acquisition Resource Center
• Networking

• Marketing Opportunities
• Additional Support
• PISA
• Contract Opportunities
• AXISS
• NSETS II
• Points of Contact
• Questions

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NSA Small Business Goals
Small Disadvantaged Businesses participating in
the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program are not
tracked separately from the SDB socio-economic
category.
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MISSION

• The mission of the NSA Office of Small Business
  Programs
• is to ensure maximum practicable opportunities in
  NSA
• Acquisitions to Small Business, Veteran-Owned
  Small
• Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small
  Business,
• HUB Zone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged
  Business,
• And Woman-Owned Small Business concerns. Such
  concerns
• must also have maximum opportunity to participate
  as
• subcontractors in NSA contracts consistent with
  efficient
• Contract performance.

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VISION

• NSAs Office of Small Business Programs vision
  is to provide new and innovative approaches to
  maximize NSA prime contract and subcontract
  opportunities for small businesses while
  maintaining a vigilant, effective, approachable,
  and visible small business advocacy program.

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What is NSA Looking For?

• The breadth of products and services NSA acquires
  is varied.
• Your Agency customer base breaks into three broad
  categories
• Signals Intelligence, or SIGINT This is the
  classic codebreaking
• Information Assurance, or IA This is the
  codemaking side of the Agencys mission.
• Mission Enablers. This is the glue that holds
  everything together.

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What is NSA Looking For?(contd)

• General
• Signal Processing
• Cryptanalysis
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science
• High Performance Computing
• Telecommunications Systems Architecture

• Particular Products
• System/Software Engineer Solutions
• Data, voice, and wireless technologies
• Training Services
• Hardware/Software
• Workstations
• Software Licenses
• Servers

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How Do We Acquire?

• NSA does not openly advertise our business
  opportunities on FEDBIZOPPS www.fedbizopps.gov
• NSA follows the Federal Acquisition Regulation
  (FAR) www.arnet.gov/far and Defense supplement
  to FAR (DFARS) www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/htm
  l/r20070913/tochtml.htm
• NSA makes use of the National Security Exception
  which allows for Other Than Full and Open
  Competition
• We match our requirements with potential vendors
  through market research
• Market Research Tool - ARC

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Acquisition Resource Center

• The ARC is NSAs principal market research tool
• Vendors with appropriate clearances will be able
  to
• Review acquisition related announcements
• Business Forecasts
• Requests for Information/Request for Proposals
• Search on Business Registry, Contractor
  Bidders Library, and make inquiries on-line
  (future)
• Must register and keep current You will become
  part of the Business Registry from which NSA
  will be able to conduct market surveys

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Networking

• Build your web of contacts
• Network and market There are 2 types
• Focused
• Shotgun
• A process--not an event
• Spend time meeting different people
• Define your success
• New contact information
• Firm promise of action

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Marketing Opportunities

• Capability Briefings
• NSA Commercial Solutions Center (NCSC)
• Initial entry point for vendors who want to
  establish partnerships with the agency.
• This office has a Vendor Capabilities
  Presentation Program for vendors with security
  enhancing products.
• Cutting edge technology
• www.nsa.gov/ia/industry/index.cfm
• ist_at_nsa.gov
• Conferences
• NSA Acquisition/Industry Symposium (NA/IS)
  (Spring)
• NSA Commercial Acquisition Conference (NCAC)
  (Fall)
• Business-In-A-Minute (Twice a year)
• Tech Expos
• Events are excellent for any company with a
  gee-whiz technology
• FBC at www.fbcinc.com and NCSI at
  www.ncsievents.com.

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Additional Support

• One-on-One Counseling
• Clarify questions remaining from briefing
• Discuss specific obstacles and challenges to
  marketing
• Email smallbusiness_at_nsa.gov to schedule
• Must be registered in ARC

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Provisional Industrial Security Approval (PISA)

• Located within the Industry Outreach and
  Facilitation office
• To facilitate classified discussions on
  technologies and capabilities of interest and
  benefit to the NSA
• Sponsors small business entities that offer
  unique capabilities required by the NSA and where
  there is a clear need for increased
  socio-economic development.
• Cultivates a healthy competitive environment

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NSA Contract Opportunities

• There are currently two contract opportunities we
  can discuss here.
• AXISS
• CACI
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Computer Science Corporation
• Northrup Grumman
• NSETS II
• 34 Prime contractors

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AXISS

• AXISS supports IT requirements in many areas, to
  include
• Infrastructure Management
• Information Systems
• Intelligence Support and Information Systems
• Corporate Business Information Systems
• It will continue to be ITDs primary vehicle for
  Internal Service Provider requirements

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NSETS II

• Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
  contract vehicle
• Five functional areas are
• Business/SETA
• Engineering
• Training
• Information Technology
• Operations

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Points of Contact

• Office of Small Business Programs
• 443-479-9560
• smallbusiness_at_nsa.gov
• Acquisition Resource Center
• 443-479-9560
• nsaarc_at_nsaarc.net
• PISA Program
• 443-479-9560
• pisa_at_nsa.gov

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