# Presentation: 715207

***NASA******Johnson Space Center******Small Business Roundtable ***

***Glenn****** ******A. Delgado***
***Assistant Administrator***
***Office of Small Business Programs***

***June 12, 2007***

## To the Moon, Mars and Beyond

## NASA Mission

- To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.  The main focus over previous decade in supporting the NASA mission was the space shuttle.  The shuttle program is currently scheduled to retire not later than 2010.
- With the NASA mission shifting from shuttle to exploration the opportunities for prime contracting with small business will probably decline during the early research and development phases.
- The shuttle program is a mature program which provides opportunities to qualified small business to be both prime and subcontractors.

## Small Business Performance History

|  | FY-03 | FY-04 | FY-05 | FY-06* |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PRIME |  |  |  |  |
| Goal | 17.0% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 16.2% |
| Actual | 13.9% | 14.4% | 14.4% | 15.4% |
| Dollars | $1,628,279,000 | $1,752,777,000 | $1,797,265,503 | $1,850,400,766 |
| SUBCONTRACTING |  |  |  |  |
| Goal | 42.0% | 49.0% | 49.0% | 47.0% |
| Actual | 40.1% | 49.0% | 43.6% | 47.2% |
| Dollars | $1,676,717,277 | $1,928,594,745 | $1,718,660,668 | $1,373,254,949 |

- * Preliminary data

## NASA Prime Goals vs.Actual Percentages as of 05/31/07

## JSC FY07 Prime Goals vs.Actual Percentages as of 05/31/07

## NASA Prime Small Business Dollars by Category as of 05/31/2007

## Issues

***Decreasing Prime Awards to Small Businesses ***
- Shuttle vs. Exploration
- Recertification issues
***Communications and Working Relationships***
- With Industry partners
- Mission Directorates
- Procurement
- Among agency Small Business Specialists
- Small Business Administration

## Initiatives

***Enhance Communications***
- Establish Industry Councils to enhance idea exchanges to increase small business participation in both prime and subcontracting
- Create a NASA Small Business Specialist Council
- Meet on a regular basis with Center Procurement Offices
- Meet on a regular basis with personnel from the Mission Directorates

## Initiatives

***Enhance communications (cont’d)***
- Meet on a regular basis with the SBA and other Federal agencies
- Electronic newsletter to publicize agency small business success stories
- Enhance OSBP website

## NEW OSBP Website

**www.osbp.nasa.gov **

## Initiatives

***Develop Agency Policies and Procedures***
- Establishing Small Business Program Goals for each Center / agency
- Market Surveys
- Acquisition Planning
- Solicitations – Past Performance
- Subcontracting Plans
- Award fees

## Initiatives

***Review Current / Implement New Programs to Enhance SB Participation***
- Mentor-Protégé Program
- SBIR Program
- HBCU/MI
- SB Technical Advisors Role
- Small Business Training Sessions for Procurement & Mission Directorates
- Small Business Improvement Plan

## Small Business Improvement Plan

_***Ensure Accurate Reporting and Data***_***:***
- Establish a standardized method for accurate data input and retrieval.
_***Improve Actuals and Goals***_***:***
- Increase the use of set-aside authorities to meet at least two additional socio-economic goals and improve performance on one other unmet prime goal; take on a more proactive practice to meet subcontracting goals.

## Small Business Improvement Plan

_***Obtain Management Commitment***_***:***
- Demonstrate management commitment to the small business program by inserting standard small business performance evaluation criteria into the performance appraisal for NASA acquisition personnel and require performance evaluation procedures for prime contractors related to small business subcontracting.

## Initiatives

***Review Current / Implement New Programs to Enhance SB Participation  (cont’d)***
- Small Business Program Award
- Recognize Center Winners and Chose agency wide winner
- Program Manager
- Technical
- Procurement
- Small Business Specialist
- Center Awards for best over all FY-08 SB Program (Administrator’s Cup)