Small Business National Security Innovation Act of 2016

To promote greater efficiency in contracting associated with the SBIR and STTR programs of the Department of Defense. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business National Security Innovation Act of 2016 2. Pilot program (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the terms commercialization SBIR STTR Phase I Phase II Phase III 15 U.S.C. 638(e) (2) the term covered small business concern (A) a small business concern that completed a Phase II award under the SBIR or STTR program of the Department of Defense; or (B) a small business concern that— (i) has completed a Phase I award under the SBIR or STTR program of the Department of Defense; and (ii) a contracting officer for the Department of Defense recommends for inclusion in the multiple task or delivery order contract described in subsection (b); (3) the terms delivery order contract task order contract (4) the term pilot program (5) the term Rapid Innovation Fund Public Law 111–383 10 U.S.C. 2359 (6) the term small business concern 15 U.S.C. 632 (b) Establishment The Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Director of the SBIR program at the Department of the Navy and the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense, shall establish a pilot program for the commercialization of products and services produced by covered small business concerns under which the Secretary of the Navy shall set up a multiple task or delivery order contract for those products and services. (c) Technical assistance The Administrator of General Services shall provide technical assistance to the Secretary of the Navy for purposes of establishing and administering the pilot program. (d) Waiver of Competition in Contracting Act (1) In general The Secretary of the Navy may establish procedures to waive provisions of chapter 33 (2) Requirement Before establishing any procedures under paragraph (1), and not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, the Director of the SBIR program at the Department of the Navy, and the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense shall provide a briefing on why provisions of chapter 33 (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and (D) the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives. (e) Use of contract vehicle A multiple task or delivery order contract described in subsection (b) may be used by any service or component of the Department of Defense. (f) Policy directive After implementation of the pilot program, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall update the SBIR and STTR program policy directives issued under subsections (j) and (p) of section 9 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638 (g) Termination The pilot program established under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2022. (h) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the commercialization of products and services produced by a small business concern under an SBIR or STTR program of a Federal agency through— (1) direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR or STTR program; (2) awards made under the Rapid Innovation Fund; or (3) any other contract vehicle.

Summary: Small Business National Security Innovation Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of the Navy to establish a pilot program for the commercialization of products and services produced by covered small business concerns under which the Department shall set up a multiple task or delivery order contract for those products and services. Nothing in this bill shall be construed to prevent the commercialization of products and services produced by a small business concern under a federal agency Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program through: direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR or STTR program; awards made under the Rapid Innovation Fund (for accelerating the fielding of innovative technologies developed using Department of Defense [DOD] research funding, and expedient DOD use of such technologies in defense acquisition programs); or any other contract vehicle.