# Presentation: 148401

## Presentation by
Diana Mukitarian
Former Chief, Former Small Business Office
National Institutes of Health

- <date/time>

- Presentation by
- Diana Mukitarian
- Former Chief, Former Small Business Office
- National Institutes of Health

## Why are Small Businesses Important?

- Creates approximately 75% of the net new jobs added to the economy
- Provides 67% of workers with their first jobs and initial on-the-job training in basic skills – employs 53% of the private work force
- Accounts for 35% of federal contract dollars
- Accounts for 51% of private sector output
- Accounts for 47% of all sales in the country
- Produces 40% of the gross national products, and invents 55% of the nation’s innovation
- Accounts for 38% of jobs in high technology sectors
- Represents 96% of all U.S. exporters

## Senator Christopher S. Bond, ChairmanSenate Committee on Small Business

***“******the view from a small business level storefront is not the same as the view from the executive suite of a large business”***

## Federal Laws & Regulations

**P.L. 85 - 536**, The Small Business Act, as amended, 12/2000
**P.L. 85 - 699**, Small Business Investment Act of 1958 as amended, 12/2000
**P.L. 95 - 507**, Establishes Small Business Offices and subcontracting requirements
**P.L. 100 - 656**, The Business Opportunity Development Act
**Executive Order 11625**, Minority Business Enterprise Program - 1978
**Executive Order 12138 and 13157 and P.L. 103 - 355 and P.L. 106 – 554** establish the Woman-owned Business Enterprise Program, 1988, and a 5% WOB contracting goal and set-asides, respectively.
**P.L. 103 - 403**, The Very Small Business Pilot Program
**P.L. 105 - 135**, Small Business Reauthorization Act extended Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program, permanently
**P.L. 105 - 135**, The HUBZone Act of 1997 or “Empowerment Contracting”
**P.L. 106 - 50**, The Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Developmental Act of 1999
**13 CFR part 124**- Small Disadvantage Business Price Adjustment and Participation Program and other preferences, 8(a) Business Development Program, Size regulation program, Prime and subcontract assistance program

## NIH Small Business Office

- Implements the Federal Small Business Program at Federal agencies
- Engages in various activities to provide maximum practicable acquisition opportunities at the prime and subcontract level for small, disadvantaged, woman-owned, veteran, service-disabled veteran, and HUBZone small concerns

## Acquisition Milestone Schedule

- Presolicitation Activities
- Solicitation Activities
- Award

## Small Business Programs and Initiatives

- 8(a) Contracting Program
- HUBZone Contracting Program
- The Very Small Business Pilot Contracting Program
- Small Business Set-Aside Contracting Program
- Small Disadvantaged Business Price Evaluation Adjustment and Participant Contracting Program
- Woman-owned Business Procurement Assistance
- Veteran and Service-Disabled Veteran Procurement Assistance
- Subcontracting Assistance Program
- Competitive Demonstration Program
- Contract Bundling
- Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) Pilot Program

## For Contracting Opportunities and Business Development Assistance

- Visit our website:
***http://sbo.od.nih.gov***

## Any Questions?

**Any Questions?**