Small Business National Security Innovation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2898
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2016-04-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development

Public contracts and procurement

Small business

Technology transfer and commercialization
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Small Business National Security Innovation Act of 2016</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p> 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:</p> <ul> <li>direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR or STTR program;</li> <li>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</li> <li>any other contract vehicle.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2898 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2016 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL 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 , and Phase III have the meanings given those terms in section 9(e) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638(e) ); (2) the term covered small business concern means— (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 and task order contract have the meanings given those terms in section 2304d of title 10, United States Code; (4) the term pilot program means the pilot program established under subsection (b); (5) the term Rapid Innovation Fund means the program under section 1073 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 ( Public Law 111–383 ; 124 Stat. 4366; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note); and (6) the term small business concern has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 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 of title 41, United States Code, for purposes of carrying out the pilot program. (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 of title 41, United States Code, shall be waived for purposes of carrying out the pilot program to— (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 ) to reflect programmatic changes at the Department of Defense. (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.