# Presentation: 755173

## SBO

- Trivia

## SBO Trivia Instructions

- This game is best played with teams
- Each slide will present you with a question related to a small business issue
- Each correct answer is worth 1 point
- There are two “Bonus Questions” each worth 5 points
- The first team to gain fifteen points wins!
- Have Fun!!

## Let's Begin

## Question

- What are the three (3) types of subcontracting plans?

## Answer

- Individual
- Commercial
- Master

## Question

- What “efforts” do not satisfy the intent of the statutory mandate to provide for maximum practicable subcontract opportunities?

## Answer

- Zero subcontracting goals generally are not considered acceptable efforts.

## Question

- What does the acronym NAICS stands for?

## Answer

- The North American Industrial Classification System.

## Question

- What is the Federal targeted  prime and subcontract goal for service-disabled veteran-owned small business?

## Answer

- 3%

## Question

- What is the flow down FAR provision for utilization of small business concerns?

## Answer

- 52.219-8

## Question

- Who is the new DHHS Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Director?

## Answer

- Debbie Ridgely

## Question

- What is the part of the FAR that governs the small business programs?

## Answer

- FAR Part 19

## Question

- What does the acronym CMR
- stand for?

## Answer

- The SBA Commercial Market Representative.

## Question

- What is a small business?

## Answer

- A business that falls below the NAICS-related size threshold, which sets forth size criteria either by number of employees or average annual sales.

## “Bonus Question”

- Where do you refer Certificate of Competency requests as well as size protests and appeals?

## “Answer”

- The SBA area office where a contractor’s headquarters is located.

## Question

- What is the “rule of two”?

## Answer

- An acquisition condition whereby two or more small businesses are identified, serving criteria necessary for conducting a small business set-aside.

## Question

- What is the NIH vendor source library?

## Answer

- e-Portals in Commerce or better known as e-PIC.

## Question

- Who is the NIH HCA?

## Answer

- Diane Frasier

## Question

- What is the NIH Small Business Office Web site address?

## Answer

- http://sbo.od.nih.gov

## Question

- Name the Small Business Administration’s vendor source system

## Answer

- PRO-Net

## Question

- What part of the Code of Federal Regulations govern the 8(a) program?

## Answer

- Title 13

## Question

- How many “Restricted Acquisition” categories are listed in Block 10 on the DHHS Form 653?

## Answer

- 8

## Question

- What is bundling?

## Answer

- The consolidation of two or more contracts, previously set-aside for small business or susceptible to a small business set-aside.

## Question

- Name the DHHS small business set-aside review form and/or small business review coordinating document

## Answer

- HHS Form 653

## Question

- What Public Law mandates that prime contractors develop a subcontracting plan?

## Answer

- Public Law 95-507

## Question

- Who is the official representative and liaison from the Small Business Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services?

## Answer

- The Small Business Administration Procurement Center Representative or better known as the SBA/PCR.

## Question

- What is the “bundling” threshold for Federal Register notices?

## Answer

- $750 K

## Question

- What are the thresholds for 8(a) competition?

## Answer

- $3 million for services and $5 million for manufacturing

## Question

- What do you call a market survey conveying a synopsis of a proposed requirement?

## Answer

- Sources Sought Synopsis

## Question 

- Who are the five (5) NIH Small Business Specialists?

## Answer

- Diana Mukitarian
- Annette Owens-Scarboro
- Stanley Canton
- Joe Bowe
- Mary Workman

## Question

- Where can one learn about all of the set-aside programs on the SBO Web site?

## Answer

- Under “Program Notes”

## Question

- What event takes place the first Wednesday of each month at the NIH, except in January, July, August or official Federal closings?

## Answer

- The NIH SBO monthly small business seminar.

## Question

- What does the acronym OSDBU stand for?

## Answer

- The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

## Question

- What must a Contracting Officer do before making an award under a small business set-aside?

## Answer

- Notify all small business offerors five (5) days prior to award of the contract.

## “Bonus Question”

- NAICS appeals are referred to what office in which agency?

## “Answer”

- The SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals.

## Question

- Name some of the Federal socio-economic programs?

## Answer 

- Initiatives for small businesses owned by the disadvantaged, women, HUBZone, and veterans, e.g., small business set-asides, prime and subcontract goaling, 8(a) contracting, etc.

## Question

- Name an exception for which a Contracting Officer _does_ _not_ have to conduct small business set-asides.

## Answer

- Micropurchases

## Question

- What is a HUBZone?

## Answer

- A small firm located in a Federally designated Historically Underutilized Business Zone.

## Question

- What does the acronym SBA/PCR mean?

## Answer

- The Small Business Administration Procurement Center Representative.

## Question

- Which requirements below the $100k threshold do not need to be synopsized in the FedBizOpps?

## Answer

- Requirements below $25,000 and 8(a) sole source acquisitions.

## Thank You for Playing SBO Trivia

- Hope you enjoyed the game!!