# Presentation: 209535

## OSDBUOffice of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

_**VA’s Thriving Through Partnership Industry Conference**_
_**October 3-4, 2005**_
_**Small Business & Special Emphasis Program Considerations**_

**Notes:**
These are some of our major responsibilities.  We cover these areas in a variety of methods to include, review of the VA form 2268 at the appropriate thresholds; perform contract bundling reviews when required, perform reviews of subcontracting plans and resultant Standard Forms 294 and 295, and work to provide the acquisition professionals with timely assistance and guidance.

## OSDBUOffice 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**_

**Notes:**
These are some of our major responsibilities.  We cover these areas in a variety of methods to include, review of the VA form 2268 at the appropriate thresholds; perform contract bundling reviews when required, perform reviews of subcontracting plans and resultant Standard Forms 294 and 295, and work to provide the acquisition professionals with timely assistance and guidance.

##   Small BusinessThe Secretary’s Goals

**ARE THE GOALS **
**OF **
**EVERYONE IN VA!**

**Notes:**
Although the oversight of the prime contracting and subcontracting goals are a major responsibility of OSDBU, the prime contracting goals are set annually by the Secretary and truly are everyone’s goals

## America’s 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 Nation’s Gross Domestic Product

## 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)

**Notes:**
The set-aside programs

## 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.

**Notes:**
This is the official definition of contract bundling.

## Contract Bundling Hurts Small Business

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

## 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

## Bundling Reviews

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

## Bundling Reviews

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

**Notes:**
Individual orders and BPAs against Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts.  

## 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

**Notes:**
In negotiated acquisitions and sealed bids, EACH solicitation over $500K and any contract modification expected to exceed $500K ($1 million for construction in both cases), and that has subcontracting possibilities, shall require the apparently successful offeror to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan. 
Subcontracting plans are NOT required from small businesses, for personal services contracts, or for contracts or contract modifications that will be performed entirely outside of any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or any possessions of the United States.  For those facilities with an officially assigned Procurement Center Representative, or PCR, the PCR shall review the subcontracting plan in lieu of OSDBU.

## Subcontracting – Results of Reviews

**Notes:**
In negotiated acquisitions and sealed bids, EACH solicitation over $500K and any contract modification expected to exceed $500K ($1 million for construction in both cases), and that has subcontracting possibilities, shall require the apparently successful offeror to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan. 
Subcontracting plans are NOT required from small businesses, for personal services contracts, or for contracts or contract modifications that will be performed entirely outside of any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or any possessions of the United States.  For those facilities with an officially assigned Procurement Center Representative, or PCR, the PCR shall review the subcontracting plan in lieu of OSDBU.

## Veterans Enterprise

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

**Notes:**
Public Law 106-50 established the statutory goal of 3% in prime contracts for service disabled veterans.
Public Law 108-183 established the set-aside mechanisms to assist us in achieving that goal.

## Public Law 108-183

- THE VETERANS BENEFITS ACT OF 2003

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

- signed into law on December 16, 2003.

## 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.

- Sole source permitted under certain circumstances.
- Does not override existing law or regulations, FAR 8 and 19.

## Set-Aside Authority

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

## 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

## 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

## Executive Order 13360

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

**Notes:**
VA established a task force to devise an implementation plan for E.O. 13360. VA’s plan is an aggressive one.  This implementation strategy can be obtained from the website of CVE at www.vetbiz.gov

## Slide 21

## FY 2005 VOSB& SDVOSB Accomplishments

**FY 2005 VOSB& SDVOSB Accomplishments**

**Through March 31, 2005***

***Source:  FPDS-NG Administrator**

**(Total Procurement Dollars Reported – all categories:  $2,598,147,383)**

**(546 Transactions)**

**(69 Transactions)**

**FY 2005 VOSB& SDVOSB Accomplishments**

## CVE Products

**CVE Products**
**Online VetBiz Vendor Information Pages (VIP)**

## How to Access VA Services for Enterprising Veterans

- VA Center for Veterans Enterprise
- Web Portal:  _http://www.vetbiz.gov_
- Email:  _VACVE@mail.va.gov_
- Toll Free: 1-866-584-2344 or
- Local:  (202) 254-0233
- Mail:
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Center for Veterans Enterprise (00VE)
- 810 Vermont Ave. NW
- Washington, DC  20420

## Who To Contact For Help

- Mr. Wayne Simpson
- Deputy Director, Small Business Programs
- (202) 565-8124 or 800-949-8387
- Ms. Deborah Van Dover
- Senior Procurement Analyst
- (202) 565-7795
- E-mail:  deborah.vandover@va.gov

**Notes:**
Please feel free to contact us for assistance.