# Presentation: 425535

## Department of Veteran Affairs	

**VA National Acquisition Center & **
**Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization**
**Subcontracting Plans and You**

## HISTORY & REQUIREMENTS

- Public Law 95-507, The Small Business Act
**“****it is the policy of the Government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned businesses, HubZone businesses, and veteran-owned businesses.”**

## HISTORY & REQUIREMENTS

- Clause 52.219-9 – Small Business Subcontracting Plans
- Application
**Large Business**
**Estimated Contract Value is $550,000 or greater**
**Applicable to all FSS and National potential and current contracts **

## MAJOR CHANGES

- Plan periods to coincide with vendor’s fiscal year
**Coordination with current plan periods (i.e. less than one year plan or more than one year follow-on plan)**
- Reporting of actual achievements due within 30 days of the end of the vendor’s fiscal year
**e-SRS (electronic subcontracting reporting system)**
_**[www.esrs.gov](http://www.esrs.gov/)**_

## PREPARING YOUR PLAN

- Plan Types
_*Individual *_**– includes only purchases of products and services needed to maintain VA contract.  Effective for life of contract.**
_*Commercial*_** – includes purchases of all commercial products and services.  Annual plans are required for the period of the vendor’s fiscal year. **
- Divisional
- Company-wide
***Premise of presentation will be implementation of commercial plan type***

## PREPARING YOUR PLAN

- Categories & Suggested SBA Goals
**Small – 23%**
**Veteran – 7%**
- Service-disabled – 3%
**Disadvantaged – 5%**
**HubZone -3%**
**Women-owned – 5%**

## EXPLANATION OF CHALLENGES

- Information that can enhance your plan to explain conditions affecting your proposal
- If growth from previous plan is not projected
- If experience change to business model that affects subcontracting opportunities
- If goals are affected by controls from within the industry and/or company
**FDA regulatory issues**
**ISO requirements**
**Market limitations**
**Business process requirements**

## Subcontracting Plans and You

- Timelines
**30-60 days prior to expiration of plan, follow-on plan should be submitted for review and approval**
**Contract Officer will coordinate with SBA**
**Plan must be approved prior to finalizing contract award or contract extension**

## Subcontracting Plans and You

- e-SRS (Electronic Subcontract Reporting System)
_**[www.esrs.gov](http://www.esrs.gov/)**_
**Reports due 30 days after vendor’s fiscal year ends (commercial type)**
- Submit as Prime Contractor
**Contract office must accept/reject**
**% attributable to agency should never be 100% (Select 3600, Veterans Affairs)**
**NAICS code as listed on contract**
**SBA on-line training**

## Subcontracting Plans and You

- VA NAC Points of Contact
**Contracting Officer**
**National Contract Service**
- Pharmaceuticals, Teresa Hussain, 708-786-5852
- Other Branches – Assigned Contracting Officer, 708-786-5150
**Federal Supply Schedule Service**
- FSS –Helpdesk: 708-786-7737 or _[helpdesk.ammhinfss@va.gov](mailto:helpdesk.ammhinfss@va.gov)_

## Subcontracting Plans and You

- Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
**Total Subcontracting Plans in OSDBU: 319**
- Distributors – 21
- Manufacturers – 117
- Manufacturers/Distributors – 68
- Architect-Engineers – 24
- Construction – 22
- Information Technology – 15
- Other - 52

## Subcontracting Plans and You

- Services to Contracting Officers
- Small Business Liaison/Company

## Subcontracting Plans and You

- Public Law 109-461 – Veterans First
- Priority
- Goals
- Documentation

## Subcontracting Plans and You

- VA OSDBU Points of Contact
**Website: **_**[www.va.gov/osdbu](http://www.va.gov/osdbu)**_** **
**OSDBU Direct Line, 800-949-8387 **
**Mark J. Taylor, Small Business Specialist, 202-461-4258, **_**[mark.taylor@va.gov](mailto:mark.taylor@va.gov)**_
**Lynette Simmons, Procurement Analyst,  202-461-4256, **_**[lynette.simmons@va.gov](mailto:lynette.simmons@va.gov)**_

## Thank You!

**Thank You!**