CLM 059 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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h with its own interests and influence on small business participation in Governme
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nt acquisition - ans-
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Congress generates the legislation that impacts acquisition regulations and policy.
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businesses recover from financial difficulties, Congress has enacted a number of l
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aws; such as the Budget Control Act of 2010 and an annual National Defense Aut
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horization Act (NDAA), that support and promote small businesses. The Small Busi
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ness Act of 1953 created national policy to provide maximum opportunity for small
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businesses to participate in Government acquisitions as prime contractors and sub
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contractors. Additionally, the Act officially established the Small Business Administr
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ation (SBA) to implement the national policy. Other laws have established procure
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ment goals for small businesses in Federal acquisitions.
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ess Development Centers, and Chambers of Commerce provide assistance to sma
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usiness with their agency. - ans-
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Small businesses see the federal government as potential customer that is rich wit
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h opportunities
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) /
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Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)
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e management, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) promulgates many p
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olicies that impact small businesses. These are issued as OMB circulars and mem
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os. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), which is part of OMB, provi
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des overall direction for Government-
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wide procurement policies, regulations and procedures to promote economy, efficie
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ncy, and effectiveness in acquisition processes, including Small Business Programs
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. - ans-Federal Agencies
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ged with maximizing opportunities for small businesses. Each agency has small bu
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,siness and socioeconomic goals to achieve, including the Department of Defense (
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DoD).
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ment's budget and thus the greatest responsibility for doing business with small bu
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sinesses. For the Government to achieve the Federal-
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wide small business goal, DoD must achieve its small business goal.
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Small Business Administration (SBA)The Small Business Administration (SBA) creat
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es regulations that ensure that small business interests will be protected. SBA's re
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presentatives are responsible for aiding, assisting, and protecting the interests of s
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mall businesses in Government procurements. - ans-Other Than Small Business
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profits and other entities that are not small businesses may view small businesses
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as privileged competitors, they also recognize that there are benefits in partnering
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with small businesses in Government contracts.
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Small businesses are important to our nation; they strengthen the foundation of ou
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r economic security and industrial base. Additionally, small businesses are just as i
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mportant to DoD. Because small businesses are nimble and can respond rapidly t
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o our needs, they can help DoD realize greater efficiency and flexibility, take adva
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ntage of innovative technologies and approaches, and improve military readiness. -
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nd statistics, their Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document is very helpful for
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learning and communicating national small business contributions.
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gram basis (cost, schedule and performance contributions) are difficult to track in
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DoD. There is no centralized database to capture and report these types of small
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business success stories. As Acquisition Professionals, you can help mitigate these
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challenges by sharing your small business success stories (quantitative and qualit
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ative) with your local SBP and leadership. These success stories generally make it
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into public affairs articles, annual performance appraisals/
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recognition, and your Component/ ww ww ww
agency annual inputs for SBA's Scorecard, which SBA uses for measuring and gr
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ading agency small business performance.
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reporting the tangible small business contributions, the DoD is the most significant
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,agency when it comes to influencing Federal small business performance outcome
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interests of small businesses in Government procurements.
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The Office of Federal Procurement Policy provides overall direction for Government
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ncy, and effectiveness in acquisition processes, including Small Business Programs
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ent's Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP).
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r the Department's Small Business Programs through the operation of Component
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(Military Departments and Other Defense Agencies) Small Business Program office
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OSBP's focus on small business utilization in acquisitions supports several key initi
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atives within DoD, such as Better Buying Power (BBP). Small business acquisition
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s contribute directly to achieving these DoD initiatives and objectives for improved
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efficiency, increased innovation, and improved tradecraft in the acquisition of servic
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mproved tradecraft in the acquisition of services, DoD uses a variety of Small Busi
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ness Programs to support DoD's missions, which in turn ensures compliance with
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national policy to maximize opportunities for small businesses.
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ncy responsible for administering the Small Business Programs. The categories of
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Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)/Economically Disadvantaged Women-
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Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) - ans-Mentor-Protégé Program
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, Through this program DoD encourages prime contractors to support the developme
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nt of technical, management, and other business capabilities of small businesses t
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o enable them to be viable DoD contractors.
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Trans
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fer (STTR) Programs
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promote development of innovative technologies. - ans-Indian Incentive Program
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ontracting to Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises or Indian Organizations.
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Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF)
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based program accelerates the fielding of innovative technologies into military syst
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ems. Its purpose is to stimulate innovation while reducing acquisition or life cycle
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costs, addressing technical risks, and improving the timeliness and thoroughness o
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f test and evaluation outcomes. - ans-The Small Business Subcontracting Program
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Under defined circumstances, requires that negotiated and sealed bid acquisitions i
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nclude a subcontracting plan requirement when subcontracting possibilities exist.
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A primary overarching objective for the 2017 fiscal year of the Department regardi
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ng small business is to access innovations and realize efficiencies that will result i
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n improved support of the warfighter. To achieve this objective, DoD's OSBP strive
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s to increase small business utilization in DoD acquisitions. One measure of succe
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ss of increased small business utilization is to achieve or exceed the department's
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small business and socioeconomic program goals. - ans-
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overarching objective: access innovation, realize efficiencies and improve support t
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o the warfighter
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increased small business utilization in DoD acquisitions
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DoD uses a number of small business programs to maximize opportunities for sm
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all businesses to support DoD's missions. - ans-
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Meeting or exceeding your organization's assigned small business and socioecono
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mic program goals is one way to demonstrate successful small business performa
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nce. Your organization's performance is aggregated at the agency level to help in
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meeting or exceeding agency goals.
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nt acquisition - ans-
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Congress generates the legislation that impacts acquisition regulations and policy.
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businesses recover from financial difficulties, Congress has enacted a number of l
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aws; such as the Budget Control Act of 2010 and an annual National Defense Aut
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horization Act (NDAA), that support and promote small businesses. The Small Busi
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ness Act of 1953 created national policy to provide maximum opportunity for small
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businesses to participate in Government acquisitions as prime contractors and sub
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contractors. Additionally, the Act officially established the Small Business Administr
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ation (SBA) to implement the national policy. Other laws have established procure
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ment goals for small businesses in Federal acquisitions.
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ess Development Centers, and Chambers of Commerce provide assistance to sma
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usiness with their agency. - ans-
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h opportunities
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) /
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Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)
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e management, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) promulgates many p
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olicies that impact small businesses. These are issued as OMB circulars and mem
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des overall direction for Government-
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wide procurement policies, regulations and procedures to promote economy, efficie
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ncy, and effectiveness in acquisition processes, including Small Business Programs
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ged with maximizing opportunities for small businesses. Each agency has small bu
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,siness and socioeconomic goals to achieve, including the Department of Defense (
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DoD).
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ment's budget and thus the greatest responsibility for doing business with small bu
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sinesses. For the Government to achieve the Federal-
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wide small business goal, DoD must achieve its small business goal.
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Small Business Administration (SBA)The Small Business Administration (SBA) creat
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es regulations that ensure that small business interests will be protected. SBA's re
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presentatives are responsible for aiding, assisting, and protecting the interests of s
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mall businesses in Government procurements. - ans-Other Than Small Business
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profits and other entities that are not small businesses may view small businesses
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as privileged competitors, they also recognize that there are benefits in partnering
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with small businesses in Government contracts.
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Small businesses are important to our nation; they strengthen the foundation of ou
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r economic security and industrial base. Additionally, small businesses are just as i
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mportant to DoD. Because small businesses are nimble and can respond rapidly t
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o our needs, they can help DoD realize greater efficiency and flexibility, take adva
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ntage of innovative technologies and approaches, and improve military readiness. -
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learning and communicating national small business contributions.
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gram basis (cost, schedule and performance contributions) are difficult to track in
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DoD. There is no centralized database to capture and report these types of small
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business success stories. As Acquisition Professionals, you can help mitigate these
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challenges by sharing your small business success stories (quantitative and qualit
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ative) with your local SBP and leadership. These success stories generally make it
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recognition, and your Component/ ww ww ww
agency annual inputs for SBA's Scorecard, which SBA uses for measuring and gr
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ading agency small business performance.
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Despite the difficulties in manually collecting/
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reporting the tangible small business contributions, the DoD is the most significant
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,agency when it comes to influencing Federal small business performance outcome
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interests of small businesses in Government procurements.
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The Office of Federal Procurement Policy provides overall direction for Government
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atives within DoD, such as Better Buying Power (BBP). Small business acquisition
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s contribute directly to achieving these DoD initiatives and objectives for improved
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efficiency, increased innovation, and improved tradecraft in the acquisition of servic
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mproved tradecraft in the acquisition of services, DoD uses a variety of Small Busi
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ness Programs to support DoD's missions, which in turn ensures compliance with
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national policy to maximize opportunities for small businesses.
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ncy responsible for administering the Small Business Programs. The categories of
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Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business (HUBZone)
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Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)/Economically Disadvantaged Women-
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Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) - ans-Mentor-Protégé Program
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, Through this program DoD encourages prime contractors to support the developme
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nt of technical, management, and other business capabilities of small businesses t
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o enable them to be viable DoD contractors.
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Trans
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fer (STTR) Programs
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These programs provide research and development funding to small businesses to
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promote development of innovative technologies. - ans-Indian Incentive Program
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Through incentive payments to the prime contractor, this program incentivizes subc
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ontracting to Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises or Indian Organizations.
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Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF)
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This competitive, merit-
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based program accelerates the fielding of innovative technologies into military syst
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ems. Its purpose is to stimulate innovation while reducing acquisition or life cycle
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costs, addressing technical risks, and improving the timeliness and thoroughness o
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f test and evaluation outcomes. - ans-The Small Business Subcontracting Program
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Under defined circumstances, requires that negotiated and sealed bid acquisitions i
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nclude a subcontracting plan requirement when subcontracting possibilities exist.
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A primary overarching objective for the 2017 fiscal year of the Department regardi
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ng small business is to access innovations and realize efficiencies that will result i
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n improved support of the warfighter. To achieve this objective, DoD's OSBP strive
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s to increase small business utilization in DoD acquisitions. One measure of succe
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ss of increased small business utilization is to achieve or exceed the department's
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small business and socioeconomic program goals. - ans-
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overarching objective: access innovation, realize efficiencies and improve support t
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o the warfighter
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accomplished by: ww ww
increased small business utilization in DoD acquisitions
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DoD Prime contracting goals and DoD Subcontracting goals
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DoD uses a number of small business programs to maximize opportunities for sm
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all businesses to support DoD's missions. - ans-
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Meeting or exceeding your organization's assigned small business and socioecono
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mic program goals is one way to demonstrate successful small business performa
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nce. Your organization's performance is aggregated at the agency level to help in
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meeting or exceeding agency goals.
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