# Presentation: 723930

## Homesteading for Small Businesses:  How to Grow the Role of Small Businesses in Your Agency’s Portfolio Federal Acquisition Conference & Exposition

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

## GSA SUPPORTS SMALL   BUSINESS THROUGH ...

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

##  A SCHEDULE IS... 

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

##  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.

## GSA SCHEDULES

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

## 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

## 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

## Small Business GWACs

| HUBZone

29 Industry Partners
Contract period  2003-2008
Fair opportunity must be provided unless exception applies
 | 8(a) STARS

416 Industry Partners
Contract period  2004-2011
Directed orders allowed up to $3.5 million
Fair opportunity must be used in orders in excess of $3.5 million
 | VETS

43 Industry Partners
Awarded December 2006
Expires 2017
Fair Opportunity must be provided unless exception applies
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## Small Business GWACs

| HUBZone

4 Functional Areas
7 to 9 contract awards in each FA
8 firms with task orders worth $30.6 million
Top 3 customers: DOJ, Navy, EPA

www.gsa.gov/hubzone | 8(a) STARS

8 Functional Areas
Multiple contract awards in each FA
229 firms with task orders worth $630.6 million 
Top 3 customers: Air Force, Army, Navy

www.gsa.gov/8astars
 | VETS

2 Functional Areas
Multiple awards in each FA
New contract

www.gsa.gov/vetsgwac |
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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

## 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

## SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

- GSA’s 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.

## 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)

## 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@gsa.gov