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In this Issue
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Director’s Message
Senior Leader Corner
• Director’s Message - Strengthening the Army — and America —
through Small Business
• Interview with Mr. Andre Gudger, Director, Department of Defense
Office of Small Business Programs
• Army OSBP Participates in Minority Enterprise Development Week
Conference
• OSBP Director Attends Honolulu Small Business Conference
• Army OSBP Honored at Chief of Staff Farewell
• Army Exceeds Statutory Three Percent Prime Contracting Goal for
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Program Focus
• Army Connects With Entrepreneurs at National Veteran Small Business
Conference
• National Veteran Small Business Coalition Recognizes Army
Commands’ Veteran-Owned Business Programs
• USACE Grows Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Program
• New Army Mentor-Protégé Program Agreements
• Army Mentor-Protégé Program Return on Investment
• Recent Army Mentor-Protégé Program Success Stories
• US Army Corps of Engineers Partnership with HBCU
• Army Supports Senator Menendez Latino Leadership Series Forum
Success Stories
• HBCU Week: A Tribute to Dr. Norman Francis and Historically Black
Colleges and Universities Across the Nation
• Commands, Small Business Specialists Recognized for FY10
Performance
• Orlando DoD Small Business Conference
Command Focus
• Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Small Business Construction Conference
• MICC Supports the Indian Country Business Summit
• Army Sustainment Command OSBP Attends Rock Island Arsenal
Industry Day
• Pacific NW Regional Council for Small Business Education and
Advocacy
• ACC-NCR Awards $400 Million IDIQ to Sixteen Small Businesses
• Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Awards $97 Million to
Woman-Owned Small Business
Small Business by the Numbers
Calendar of Events
U.S. Army OSBP
106 Army Pentagon
Room 3B514
Washington, DC 20310
Phone: 703.697.2868
Fax: 703.693.3898
www.sellingtoarmy.com
Points of Contact
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson
Director
tracey.pinson@us.army.mil
Ms. Suellen Jeffress
Deputy Director
suellen.jeffress@conus.army.mil
Mr. James Lloyd
Assistant to the Director,
Program Manager, SDVOSB & HUBZone
james.lloyd@us.army.mil
Ms. Peggy Butler
Assistant to the Director
Program Manager, Mentor-Protégé &
Subcontracting
peggy.w.butler@conus.army.mil
Ms. Cynthia Lee
Assistant to the Director
Program Manager, HBCU/MI and 8(a)/SDB
cynthia.r.lee@conus.army.mil
Ms. Stacy Watson
Assistant to the Director
Program Manager, Women Owned Small
Business, Major Programs and Training
stacy.r.watson@conus.army.mil
Ms. Portia Deans
Assistant to the Director
Procurement Analyst
portia.l.deans@us.army.mil
Ms. Edith St. Catherine
Staff Action Control Specialist
edith.stcatherine@conus.army.mil
Ms. Veronica Atkinson
Administrative Officer
veronica.atkinson@us.army.mil
....................................................
Strengthening the Army — and
America — through Small Business
s America enters a difficult era of
simultaneous economic weakness
and government spending cuts,
the Army small business community has
an important role to play in ensuring that
small businesses -- our nation’s largest
source of job creation – have every
opportunity to compete effectively for
Army procurements.
A
Furthermore, our analysis of historical
spending data shows that the share of
Army spending going to small businesses
typically spikes at the end of the fiscal
year. So as the last contract action reports
come in, we hope to see our percentages
rise a little more. Besides the numbers,
this translates into more jobs for veterans,
more investment in HUBZones throughout
the country, and further empowerment of
women- and minority-owned firms.
As we look ahead to the next fiscal
year, we anticipate higher goals and are
taking action to ensure we are prepared
to meet the challenge. In order to foster
collaboration between small business
offices, we will soon be launching an
online internal file-sharing tool called the
Army OSBP Knowledge Repository. This
tool will allow small business specialists
Army-wide to share ideas and information
such as statistics, briefings, and best
practices, in accordance with Dr. Ashton
Carter’s Better Buying Initiative. On
the outreach front, we are considering
conducting a national conference aimed
at woman-owned and veteran-owned
small businesses to take place in the
2nd quarter of FY12. Also, there are a
number of initiatives that were outlined
in a memorandum from the Army Senior
Procurement Executive, Ms. Heidi Shyu,
to the Heads of Contracting Activities
that we will be monitoring for aggressive
implementation. I ask that all Army
small business advocates do their part
by not only supporting these initiatives,
but also redoubling their efforts to work
with contracting officers early to develop
small business acquisition strategies and
getting more involved in associations
that cater to their local small business
community.
Without a doubt, the tireless dedication
of our acquisition workforce has been
instrumental to our remarkable success
this year. Across the country, Army small
business and other acquisition personnel
have organized and attended outreach
Fortunately, we have strong support
from the President and DoD in meeting
the challenges of the coming year. On
September 14, the President announced
a new initiative to accelerate contract
payments to small businesses. Agencies
It is a true testament to the hard work of
the Army Small Business community and
the acquisition workforce as a whole, that
in this crucial time for our economy, FY11
appears to be the Army’s best year yet
for small business utilization across all
socioeconomic programs.
Preliminary data from the Federal
Procurement Data System (see chart
below) show that Army has exceeded all
DoD-assigned goals. Most notably, for the
first time, Army has achieved a long-term
OSBP strategic goal by meeting, and far
surpassing, the three percent ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned Program goal.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ms. Marina Sullivan
Program Manager
New Concepts & Associates
Marina.sullivan@conus.army.mil
Please visit www.sellingtoarmy.com and click on “Calendar of Events”.
Newsletter Produced By
Program
FOLLOW ARMY OSBP
Halfaker & Associates, LLC
Support Contractor to the Army OSBP
www.twitter.com/ArmySmallBiz
www.flickr.com/ArmySmallBiz
www.facebook.com/ArmySmallBiz
1
Newsletter | July - September 2011
Mr. Cameron Miles
cameron.edward.miles@us.army.mil
Mr. Anthony Braun
anthony.braun1@us.army.mil
Mr. Ricardo Ruiz
ricardo.ruiz@halfaker.com
events, met one-on-one with small
businesses to guide them through the
acquisition process, and worked vigilantly
to identify every opportunity for small
business participation.
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson, Director
are now required to make payments to
small businesses as soon as practicable,
with the goal of making payments within
15 days of receipt of goods and services
and proper invoices, down from the
current requirement of 30 days. A FAR
case (2011-024) has been drafted to
provide initial implementation of section
1331 of the Small Business Jobs Act (PL
111-240). This will reinforce the authority
to set-aside part or parts of multipleaward contracts and task and delivery
orders under multiple-award contracts. I
ask that small business specialists work
closely with contracting officers to ensure
the Army takes full advantage of these
new tools to assist small businesses.
As we endeavor to build upon our
success this year, keep in mind that
increasing small business participation
in Army contracts has benefits that
extend well beyond the Army. We are
an important part of the efforts by the
US government to revive the American
economy. ■
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson
Director
FY11 Goal
FY11 SB Percentage
FY10 SB Percentage
Small Business
25.37%
26.35%
25.41%
Small Disadvantaged
8.84%
10.56%
10.03%
Women-owned
3.84%
4.56%
4.25%
HUBZone
4.13%
5.17%
5.40%
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
3.00%
3.51%
2.81%
Source: FPDS-NG on 10/17/11
U.S. Army OSBP • Building the Future of the Army through Small Business Utilization | www.sellingtoarmy.com
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In this Issue
2
9
17
22
26
Director’s Message
Senior Leader Corner
• Director’s Message - Strengthening the Army — and America —
through Small Business
• Interview with Mr. Andre Gudger, Director, Department of Defense
Office of Small Business Programs
• Army OSBP Participates in Minority Enterprise Development Week
Conference
• OSBP Director Attends Honolulu Small Business Conference
• Army OSBP Honored at Chief of Staff Farewell
• Army Exceeds Statutory Three Percent Prime Contracting Goal for
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Program Focus
• National Veteran Small Business Conference and Expo
• National Veteran Small Business Coalition Recognizes Army
Commands’ Veteran-Owned Business Programs
• USACE Grows Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Program
• New Army Mentor-Protégé Program Agreements
• Army Mentor-Protégé Program Return on Investment
• Recent Army Mentor-Protégé Program Success Stories
• US Army Corps of Engineers Partnership with HBCU
• Army Supports Senator Menendez Latino Leadership Series Forum
Success Stories
• HBCU Week: A Tribute to Dr. Norman Francis and Historically Black
Colleges and Universities Across the Nation
• Commands, Small Business Specialists Recognized for FY10
Performance
• Orlando DoD Small Business Conference
Command Focus
• Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Small Business Construction Conference
• MICC Supports the Indian Country Business Summit
• Army Sustainment Command OSBP Attends Rock Island Arsenal
Industry Day
• Pacific NW Regional Council for Small Business Education and
Advocacy
• ACC-NCR Awards $400 Million IDIQ to Sixteen Small Businesses
• Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Awards $97 Million to
Woman-Owned Small Business
Small Business by the Numbers
Calendar of Events
U.S. Army OSBP
106 Army Pentagon
Room 3B514
Washington, DC 20310
Phone: 703.697.2868
Fax: 703.693.3898
www.sellingtoarmy.com
Points of Contact
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson
Director
tracey.pinson@us.army.mil
Ms. Suellen Jeffress
Deputy Director
suellen.jeffress@conus.army.mil
Mr. James Lloyd
Assistant to the Director,
Program Manager, SDVOSB & HUBZone
james.lloyd@us.army.mil
Ms. Peggy Butler
Assistant to the Director
Program Manager, Mentor-Protégé &
Subcontracting
peggy.w.butler@conus.army.mil
Ms. Cynthia Lee
Assistant to the Director
Program Manager, HBCU/MI and 8(a)/SDB
cynthia.r.lee@conus.army.mil
Ms. Stacy Watson
Assistant to the Director
Program Manager, Women Owned Small
Business, Major Programs and Training
stacy.r.watson@conus.army.mil
Ms. Portia Deans
Assistant to the Director
Procurement Analyst
portia.l.deans@us.army.mil
Ms. Edith St. Catherine
Staff Action Control Specialist
edith.stcatherine@conus.army.mil
Ms. Veronica Atkinson
Administrative Officer
veronica.atkinson@us.army.mil
....................................................
Strengthening the Army — and
America — through Small Business
s America enters a difficult era of
simultaneous economic weakness
and government spending cuts,
the Army small business community has
an important role to play in ensuring that
small businesses -- our nation’s largest
source of job creation – have every
opportunity to compete effectively for
Army procurements.
A
Furthermore, our analysis of historical
spending data shows that the share of
Army spending going to small businesses
typically spikes at the end of the fiscal
year. So as the last contract action reports
come in, we hope to see our percentages
rise a little more. Besides the numbers,
this translates into more jobs for veterans,
more investment in HUBZones throughout
the country, and further empowerment of
women- and minority-owned firms.
Without a doubt, the tireless dedication
of our acquisition workforce has been
instrumental to our remarkable success
this year. Across the country, Army small
business and other acquisition personnel
have organized and attended outreach
Fortunately, we have strong support
from the President and DoD in meeting
the challenges of the coming year. On
September 14, the President announced
a new initiative to accelerate contract
payments to small businesses. Agencies
It is a true testament to the hard work of
the Army Small Business community and
the acquisition workforce as a whole, that
in this crucial time for our economy, FY11
appears to be the Army’s best year yet
for small business utilization across all
socioeconomic programs.
Preliminary data from the Federal
Procurement Data System (see chart
below) show that Army has exceeded all
DoD-assigned goals. Most notably, for the
first time, Army has achieved a long-term
OSBP strategic goal by meeting, and far
surpassing, the three percent ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned Program goal.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Please visit www.sellingtoarmy.com and click on “Calendar of Events”.
Newsletter Produced By
Program
FOLLOW ARMY OSBP
Halfaker & Associates, LLC
Support Contractor to the Army OSBP
www.flickr.com/ArmySmallBiz
www.facebook.com/ArmySmallBiz
1
Newsletter | July - September 2011
Mr. Cameron Miles
cameron.edward.miles@us.army.mil
Mr. Anthony Braun
anthony.braun1@us.army.mil
Mr. Ricardo Ruiz
ricardo.ruiz@halfaker.com
events, met one-on-one with small
businesses to guide them through the
acquisition process, and worked vigilantly
to identify every opportunity for small
business participation.
As we look ahead to the next fiscal
year, we anticipate higher goals and are
taking action to ensure we are prepared
to meet the challenge. In order to foster
collaboration between small business
offices, we will soon be launching an
online internal file-sharing tool called the
Army OSBP Knowledge Repository. This
tool will allow small business specialists
Army-wide to share ideas and information
such as statistics, briefings, and best
practices, in accordance with Dr. Ashton
Carter’s Better Buying Initiative. On
the outreach front, we are considering
conducting a national conference aimed
at woman-owned and veteran-owned
small businesses to take place in the
2nd quarter of FY12. Also, there are a
number of initiatives that were outlined
in a memorandum from the Army Senior
Procurement Executive, Ms. Heidi Shyu,
to the Heads of Contracting Activities
that we will be monitoring for aggressive
implementation. I ask that all Army
small business advocates do their part
by not only supporting these initiatives,
but also redoubling their efforts to work
with contracting officers early to develop
small business acquisition strategies and
getting more involved in associations
that cater to their local small business
community.
Ms. Marina Sullivan
Program Manager
New Concepts & Associates
Marina.sullivan@conus.army.mil
www.twitter.com/ArmySmallBiz
Senior Leader Corner
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson, Director
are now required to make payments to
small businesses as soon as practicable,
with the goal of making payments within
15 days of receipt of goods and services
and proper invoices, down from the
current requirement of 30 days. A FAR
case (2011-024) has been drafted to
provide initial implementation of section
1331 of the Small Business Jobs Act (PL
111-240). This will reinforce the authority
to set-aside part or parts of multipleaward contracts and task and delivery
orders under multiple-award contracts. I
ask that small business specialists work
closely with contracting officers to ensure
the Army takes full advantage of these
new tools to assist small businesses.
As we endeavor to build upon our
success this year, keep in mind that
increasing small business participation
in Army contracts has benefits that
extend well beyond the Army. We are
an important part of the efforts by the
US government to revive the American
economy. ■
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson
Director
FY11 Goal
FY11 SB Percentage
FY10 SB Percentage
Small Business
25.37%
26.35%
25.41%
Small Disadvantaged
8.84%
10.56%
10.03%
Women-owned
3.84%
4.56%
4.25%
HUBZone
4.13%
5.17%
5.40%
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
3.00%
3.51%
2.81%
Source: FPDS-NG on 10/17/11
U.S. Army OSBP • Building the Future of the Army through Small Business Utilization | www.sellingtoarmy.com
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Senior Leader Corner
Interview with Mr. Andre Gudger, Director,
Department of Defense Office of Small
Business Programs
M
r. Andre J. Gudger was
appointed as the Director of
the Office of Small Business
Programs in March 2011. Mr. Gudger
serves as the principal advisor to
the Secretary of Defense on small
business matters.
Mr. Gudger’s career spans more
than 15 years in the defense,
intelligence, and investment banking
industries. Previously, Mr. Gudger
worked on key technical and financial
initiatives with the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Union Bank of
Switzerland, and AT&T.
• Ms. Pinson: What is your vision for
the DoD Small Business Program?
• Mr. Gudger: My vision is for
DoD OSBP to be recognized as
a high performing organization
with exceptional staff who create
opportunities for small businesses.
The significance of small business
is not often realized when it
comes to product and technology
innovation that protect our troops.
In order to meet DoD’s current and
future urgent needs, we need to
create an environment within the
Department that reduces barriers
for small businesses and allow for
rapid development of products.
As a result, this should clearly
articulate the contributions that
small businesses make to the men
and women in uniform who protect
our nation.
• Ms. Pinson: What impact do you
think the proposed Defense budget
cuts will have on the small business
community?
• Mr. Gudger: As of now, I cannot
say for certain what type of
impact the Defense budget cuts
will have on the small business
3
community, but I remain optimistic.
I always say that from chaos
comes opportunity, and I strongly
believe that if we can create an
environment that allows small
businesses the opportunity to
effectively compete, we could
potentially see a positive impact. I
believe this to be especially true
with the companies who have
aligned their capabilities with the
needs of DoD as small businesses
are potentially more cost effective
and agile than larger companies.
• Ms. Pinson: How can the Defense
agencies work together to enhance
the DoD Small Business Program?
• Mr. Gudger: I think it is important
for Defense agencies to share
best practices and market
research techniques with each
other. I believe this to be the
cornerstone for ongoing and future
success of modernizing the DoD
industrial base. For example,
taking an analytical approach
to market research methods
allows for defense agencies to
pinpoint areas where their small
business performance can improve
compared to other agencies. Using
this information, defense agencies
can share data and best practices
and work in a collaborative manner
to assist each other to improve
small business performance.
• Ms. Pinson: What resources and
or initiatives will your office provide
to help small businesses access
defense contracts?
• Mr. Gudger: As a former business
owner, I know how difficult it can
be to do business with the federal
government and DoD in specific. Raising awareness and bringing
visibility to the resources that
Newsletter | July - September 2011
OSBP has to offer is paramount.
Additionally, one of our major
focuses has been to try to reduce
barriers for small businesses
that do not have the resources
large companies have to access
government contracts. Since I took
this position, we have been working
to reduce these barriers through
our accelerated payments program,
the development of new programs
such as the Rapid Innovation
Program, the use of improved
market research techniques and
several other initiatives. Some of
the fruits of what we have done
will take some time to be seen,
but I think we are creating an
environment within the Department
that will benefit small businesses
for years to come.
• Ms. Pinson: How can the small
business community benefit from
Dr. Ashton Carter’s Better Buying
Initiatives?
• Mr. Gudger: We are currently in
a time in which DoD is looking to
buy smarter, increase competition
and obtain better pricing while not
reducing quality. These are all
areas where small businesses have
the ability to excel. Why is it that
while most consumer technology
gets better and cheaper over time,
the Defense Department continues
to buy the same technologies at
higher prices? This is no longer
acceptable, and potentially creates
opportunities for small businesses.
However, small businesses need to
ensure that they are aligning their
capabilities with the Departments’
needs in order to benefit from
guidance of the efficiency
initiatives.
• Ms. Pinson: With the current effort
to grow the acquisition workforce,
Ms. Tracey Pinson and Mr. Andre Gudger.
what steps can be taken to better
prepare acquisition professionals
to support the small business
mission? Do you envision a
growth in the DoD small business
workforce as well?
• Mr. Gudger: I think that the number
one thing we can do to prepare
acquisition professionals to support
the small business mission is to
help them get better and relevant
training on small business. As
we have defined DoD direction
through better buying power,
this will potentially improve the
general culture to be supportive
of small business by recognizing
the dynamic role they play in the
marketplace. As a result, we will
clearly articulate the small business
mission, bring awareness and
include the appropriate training
to help our workforce understand
the importance and the numerous
benefits that come with working
with small companies. We have
begun some of these initiatives for
program managers and contracting
officers and will continue working
hard to ensure that small
businesses are considered at the
earliest parts of the acquisition
process.
• Ms. Pinson: What advice do you
have for small businesses that wish
to provide a product or service to
the Defense Department?
• Mr. Gudger: I would advise small
businesses to understand the
massive structure of DoD, know
who their potential customers are,
be knowledgeable, and persistent.
The more knowledge you have on
what the needs of the department
are, the better your chances are of
success. Make use of your local
Procurement Technical Assistance
Centers, your local SBA business
development centers and make
sure you look at the acquisition
forecasting of the defense agencies
on their websites. I would also
encourage companies to reach
out to the offices of small business
programs within Defense agencies.
Most importantly, I want companies
to align their capabilities with the
future needs of the Department. I
believe this to be one of the most
critical steps a company can take. ■
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson
Director
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Senior Leader Corner
Interview with Mr. Andre Gudger, Director,
Department of Defense Office of Small
Business Programs
M
r. Andre J. Gudger was
appointed as the Director of
the Office of Small Business
Programs in March 2011. Mr. Gudger
serves as the principal advisor to
the Secretary of Defense on small
business matters.
Mr. Gudger’s career spans more
than 15 years in the defense,
intelligence, and investment banking
industries. Previously, Mr. Gudger
worked on key technical and financial
initiatives with the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Union Bank of
Switzerland, and AT&T.
• Ms. Pinson: What is your vision for
the DoD Small Business Program?
• Mr. Gudger: My vision is for
DoD OSBP to be recognized as
a high performing organization
with exceptional staff who create
opportunities for small businesses.
The significance of small business
is not often realized when it
comes to product and technology
innovation that protect our troops.
In order to meet DoD’s current and
future urgent needs, we need to
create an environment within the
Department that reduces barriers
for small businesses and allow for
rapid development of products.
As a result, this should clearly
articulate the contributions that
small businesses make to the men
and women in uniform who protect
our nation.
• Ms. Pinson: What impact do you
think the proposed Defense budget
cuts will have on the small business
community?
• Mr. Gudger: As of now, I cannot
say for certain what type of
impact the Defense budget cuts
will have on the small business
3
community, but I remain optimistic.
I always say that from chaos
comes opportunity, and I strongly
believe that if we can create an
environment that allows small
businesses the opportunity to
effectively compete, we could
potentially see a positive impact. I
believe this to be especially true
with the companies who have
aligned their capabilities with the
needs of DoD as small businesses
are potentially more cost effective
and agile than larger companies.
• Ms. Pinson: How can the Defense
agencies work together to enhance
the DoD Small Business Program?
• Mr. Gudger: I think it is important
for Defense agencies to share
best practices and market
research techniques with each
other. I believe this to be the
cornerstone for ongoing and future
success of modernizing the DoD
industrial base. For example,
taking an analytical approach
to market research methods
allows for defense agencies to
pinpoint areas where their small
business performance can improve
compared to other agencies. Using
this information, defense agencies
can share data and best practices
and work in a collaborative manner
to assist each other to improve
small business performance.
• Ms. Pinson: What resources and
or initiatives will your office provide
to help small businesses access
defense contracts?
• Mr. Gudger: As a former business
owner, I know how difficult it can
be to do business with the federal
government and DoD in specific. Raising awareness and bringing
visibility to the resources that
Newsletter | July - September 2011
OSBP has to offer is paramount.
Additionally, one of our major
focuses has been to try to reduce
barriers for small businesses
that do not have the resources
large companies have to access
government contracts. Since I took
this position, we have been working
to reduce these barriers through
our accelerated payments program,
the development of new programs
such as the Rapid Innovation
Program, the use of improved
market research techniques and
several other initiatives. Some of
the fruits of what we have done
will take some time to be seen,
but I think we are creating an
environment within the Department
that will benefit small businesses
for years to come.
• Ms. Pinson: How can the small
business community benefit from
Dr. Ashton Carter’s Better Buying
Initiatives?
• Mr. Gudger: We are currently in
a time in which DoD is looking to
buy smarter, increase competition
and obtain better pricing while not
reducing quality. These are all
areas where small businesses have
the ability to excel. Why is it that
while most consumer technology
gets better and cheaper over time,
the Defense Department continues
to buy the same technologies at
higher prices? This is no longer
acceptable, and potentially creates
opportunities for small businesses.
However, small businesses need to
ensure that they are aligning their
capabilities with the Departments’
needs in order to benefit from
guidance of the efficiency
initiatives.
• Ms. Pinson: With the current effort
to grow the acquisition workforce,
Ms. Tracey Pinson and Mr. Andre Gudger.
what steps can be taken to better
prepare acquisition professionals
to support the small business
mission? Do you envision a
growth in the DoD small business
workforce as well?
• Mr. Gudger: I think that the number
one thing we can do to prepare
acquisition professionals to support
the small business mission is to
help them get better and relevant
training on small business. As
we have defined DoD direction
through better buying power,
this will potentially improve the
general culture to be supportive
of small business by recognizing
the dynamic role they play in the
marketplace. As a result, we will
clearly articulate the small business
mission, bring awareness and
include the appropriate training
to help our workforce understand
the importance and the numerous
benefits that come with working
with small companies. We have
begun some of these initiatives for
program managers and contracting
officers and will continue working
hard to ensure that small
businesses are considered at the
earliest parts of the acquisition
process.
• Ms. Pinson: What advice do you
have for small businesses that wish
to provide a product or service to
the Defense Department?
• Mr. Gudger: I would advise small
businesses to understand the
massive structure of DoD, know
who their potential customers are,
be knowledgeable, and persistent.
The more knowledge you have on
what the needs of the department
are, the better your chances are of
success. Make use of your local
Procurement Technical Assistance
Centers, your local SBA business
development centers and make
sure you look at the acquisition
forecasting of the defense agencies
on their websites. I would also
encourage companies to reach
out to the offices of small business
programs within Defense agencies.
Most importantly, I want companies
to align their capabilities with the
future needs of the Department. I
believe this to be one of the most
critical steps a company can take. ■
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson
Director
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Senior Leader Corner
Army OSBP Participates in Minority Enterprise
Development Week Conference
T
he Minority Business Development
Agency held their annual conference
in Washington, DC, September
27-30. The theme of the conference
was Emerging Industries and Markets: A
Blueprint for Success. It highlighted the
importance of exploiting new technologies
and markets both home and abroad.
A variety of workshops and learning
sessions were conducted in support
of efforts to reach out and to enable
firms to stretch themselves for greater
competitiveness. Sessions were delivered
by a wide range of individuals that included
representatives from President Barack
Obama’s administration, federal agencies,
and private industry. The event also
included an expo that allowed businesses
to network with each other as well as with
federal government officials.
1
O
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson
Director
Photos:
1.Ms. Pinson with USACE Pacific Ocean
Division staff.
2.Ms. Pinson greets USACE Honolulu
District staff.
3.Mr. Sean Crean, Director, Navy OSBP,
with Ms. Pinson.
4.Ms. Nancy Small, Associate Director,
AMC OSBP, Ms. Pinson, and Ms. Alice
Williams, Associate Director, ACC
OSBP, at the small business outreach
conference, Honolulu.
5.BG Richard L. Stevens, USACE Pacific
Ocean Division Commander, with Ms.
Pinson.
2
Ms. Stacy Watson, Program Manager, Women-Owned Small Business Program, and Ms. Portia
Deans, Procurement Analyst, man the Army OSBP booth at the MEDWeek Expo.
Ms. Tracey Pinson (far left) moderated the “Manufacturing Industry – Aerospace and Defense” panel. Also on the panel (from left to right): Mr. Dan
Wilkins, Vice President, Contracts and Supply Chain, Raytheon Company; Ms. Susan Cote, Vice President of Contracts, Pricing and Supply Chain,
Northrop Grumman; Mr. Dan Pleshko, Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Mr. Kenneth Shaw, Vice
President, Supply Chain Management Global Services & Support, the Boeing Company.
5
OSBP Director
Attends
Honolulu
Small Business
Conference
n July 11th, Ms. Pinson
participated as a speaker at
a small business outreach
conference in Honolulu, HI. While there
she met with BG Richard L. Stevens,
Commander, Pacific Ocean Division of
the Army Corps of Engineers. She also
visited the 413th Contracting Support
Brigade and the Honolulu District of the
Army Corps of Engineers. ■
The Army Office of Small Business
Programs (OSBP) was amongst the
numerous sponsors for the event.
Sponsorship included many advantages
such as attendance of and participation in
the various workshops, and a booth at the
expo. Ms. Tracey Pinson, Director OSBP,
spoke at two of the workshops. She
served as panelist on the panel entitled
“Access to Contracts-Federal Mentor
Protégé Program”, and she moderated the
“Manufacturing Industry-Aerospace and
Defense” panel. Our booth was manned
by OSBP staff, which afforded them many
opportunities to counsel small businesses,
learn of their capabilities, and to support
minority and small disadvantaged
businesses. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Cynthia Lee
Program Manager
HBCU/MI and SDB/8(a) Programs
Senior Leader Corner
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Senior Leader Corner
Army OSBP Participates in Minority Enterprise
Development Week Conference
T
he Minority Business Development
Agency held their annual conference
in Washington, DC, September
27-30. The theme of the conference
was Emerging Industries and Markets: A
Blueprint for Success. It highlighted the
importance of exploiting new technologies
and markets both home and abroad.
A variety of workshops and learning
sessions were conducted in support
of efforts to reach out and to enable
firms to stretch themselves for greater
competitiveness. Sessions were delivered
by a wide range of individuals that included
representatives from President Barack
Obama’s administration, federal agencies,
and private industry. The event also
included an expo that allowed businesses
to network with each other as well as with
federal government officials.
1
O
Ms. Tracey L. Pinson
Director
Photos:
1.Ms. Pinson with USACE Pacific Ocean
Division staff.
2.Ms. Pinson greets USACE Honolulu
District staff.
3.Mr. Sean Crean, Director, Navy OSBP,
with Ms. Pinson.
4.Ms. Nancy Small, Associate Director,
AMC OSBP, Ms. Pinson, and Ms. Alice
Williams, Associate Director, ACC
OSBP, at the small business outreach
conference, Honolulu.
5.BG Richard L. Stevens, USACE Pacific
Ocean Division Commander, with Ms.
Pinson.
2
Ms. Stacy Watson, Program Manager, Women-Owned Small Business Program, and Ms. Portia
Deans, Procurement Analyst, man the Army OSBP booth at the MEDWeek Expo.
Ms. Tracey Pinson (far left) moderated the “Manufacturing Industry – Aerospace and Defense” panel. Also on the panel (from left to right): Mr. Dan
Wilkins, Vice President, Contracts and Supply Chain, Raytheon Company; Ms. Susan Cote, Vice President of Contracts, Pricing and Supply Chain,
Northrop Grumman; Mr. Dan Pleshko, Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Mr. Kenneth Shaw, Vice
President, Supply Chain Management Global Services & Support, the Boeing Company.
5
OSBP Director
Attends
Honolulu
Small Business
Conference
Senior Leader Corner
n July 11th, Ms. Pinson
participated as a speaker at
a small business outreach
conference in Honolulu, HI. While there
she met with BG Richard L. Stevens,
Commander, Pacific Ocean Division of
the Army Corps of Engineers. She also
visited the 413th Contracting Support
Brigade and the Honolulu District of the
Army Corps of Engineers. ■
The Army Office of Small Business
Programs (OSBP) was amongst the
numerous sponsors for the event.
Sponsorship included many advantages
such as attendance of and participation in
the various workshops, and a booth at the
expo. Ms. Tracey Pinson, Director OSBP,
spoke at two of the workshops. She
served as panelist on the panel entitled
“Access to Contracts-Federal Mentor
Protégé Program”, and she moderated the
“Manufacturing Industry-Aerospace and
Defense” panel. Our booth was manned
by OSBP staff, which afforded them many
opportunities to counsel small businesses,
learn of their capabilities, and to support
minority and small disadvantaged
businesses. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Cynthia Lee
Program Manager
HBCU/MI and SDB/8(a) Programs
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Senior Leader Corner
Army OSBP Honored at Chief of Staff Farewell
O
n September 6th, the 37th Chief
of Staff for the Army, General
Martin E. Dempsey invited Ms.
Suellen Jeffress, Deputy Director and Mr.
James Lloyd, Program Manager, ServiceDisabled / Veteran-Owned Program,
along with other Army personnel from all
around the Pentagon to his office to say
thank you for in his words, “a job well
done”. General Dempsey wanted those
invited to know that he could not have
accomplished what he did during his
tenure as Chief of Staff without their help.
In keeping with the tradition of previous
Chiefs of Staff, General Dempsey left a
note for the next Chief of Staff to read
before taking over the duties of that office. General Dempsey will be leaving his
position to become the Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff, replacing Admiral Mullen
who is retiring.
On behalf of the Army Office of Small
Business Programs, we wish General
Dempsey the very best in his new
endeavors. ■
The General handed out his coin to
everyone. He took pictures and wished
everyone well before continuing on with
his schedule for the day.
Photos:
Army Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business Program
Achievements FY05 - FY11
Since FY05, Army has grown its Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
Business (SDVOSB) Program by over $2.6 billion or 511 percent. Based
on preliminary spending data for FY11, Army far surpassed
the 3 percent statutory goal for the first time
by a wide margin of 0.5 percent.
Submitted by:
Mr. Cameron Miles
Support Contractor
1.Ms. Suellen Jeffress, Deputy Director;
General Martin Dempsey, Former
Army Chief of Staff; Mr. James Lloyd,
Program Manager, Service-Disabled /
Veteran-Owned Program.
2.General Dempsey distributed his coin
to senior Army leaders as a gesture of
appreciation for supporting him during
his tenure as Chief of Staff.
3.Army senior leaders with General
Dempsey (center).
Source: FPDS-NG on 10/17/11. Note: FY11 data are not yet certified by the SBA
2
P
reliminary data from the Federal
Procurement Data System-Next
Generation as of mid-October
show that prime contracting awards to
small businesses owned and operated by
service-disabled veterans are in excess of
$3.15 billion. This equates to 3.51 percent
of the total available procurement dollars
spent by the Army for fiscal year 2011. This outstanding achievement marks the
first time that the Army has surpassed
the 3 percent statutory goal established
by the Veterans Entrepreneurship and
Small Business Development Act of 1999,
Public Law 106-50.
1
3
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Army Exceeds Statutory Three Percent Prime
Contracting Goal for Service-Disabled VeteranOwned Small Business Program
This success can be attributed to the
hard work and commitment of the Army
acquisition team and small business
community. Through their diligence
in identifying appropriate set-aside
opportunities as well as organizing
numerous outreach events, training
sessions and one-on-one meetings with
veteran entrepreneurs, our acquisition
personnel have rapidly grown the ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
(SDVOSB) Program since its inception
in 1999. Special kudos to the Army
Materiel Command and the Army Corps of
Engineers for awarding approximately $1
billion in prime awards to SDVOSBs firms.
Mr. James Lloyd, Army SDVOSB Program
Manager stated, “Beyond achieving
the goal, by increasing the amount of
business the Army does with SDVOSB
firms as well as Veteran-owned small
business firms it means more jobs for
our veterans in this difficult economic
time. We look forward to building on this
success and finding new ways to assist
those who have served this Nation and
now continue in the private sector to
contribute to the Army’s mission.”
The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
and Veteran-Owned Small Business
(SDVO/VOSB) Program was established
DOD-wide under Sections 501, 502,
and 604 of Public Law 106-50, the
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small
Business Development Act of 1999.
The purpose of the program is primarily
to increase prime and subcontracting
opportunities for SDVO/VOSB concerns.
From its inception, this program has
been identified as a special focus area
of the Army. As a result, the Army
Office of Small Business Program
implemented a business development
program that maximized resources
through partnering with other DOD and
other federal agencies, developed and
maintained a robust SDVO/VOSB web
portal, sponsored outreach events and
implemented an innovative training
program for both government personnel
and the veteran business community.
Public Law 108-183, the Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003, provided for sole-source and
restricted-competition contract awards
to SDVOSBs. Executive Order 13360
of 2004 mandated that federal agencies
support the SDVOSB Program through
maximizing contracting opportunities
for SDVOSBs. Both the Public Law and
the Executive order aided the Army in
exceeding the statutory goal. ■
Submitted by:
Mr. Anthony Braun
Support Contractor
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Small Business Program
Senior Leader Corner
Army OSBP Honored at Chief of Staff Farewell
O
n September 6th, the 37th Chief
of Staff for the Army, General
Martin E. Dempsey invited Ms.
Suellen Jeffress, Deputy Director and Mr.
James Lloyd, Program Manager, ServiceDisabled / Veteran-Owned Program,
along with other Army personnel from all
around the Pentagon to his office to say
thank you for in his words, “a job well
done”. General Dempsey wanted those
invited to know that he could not have
accomplished what he did during his
tenure as Chief of Staff without their help.
In keeping with the tradition of previous
Chiefs of Staff, General Dempsey left a
note for the next Chief of Staff to read
before taking over the duties of that office. General Dempsey will be leaving his
position to become the Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff, replacing Admiral Mullen
who is retiring.
On behalf of the Army Office of Small
Business Programs, we wish General
Dempsey the very best in his new
endeavors. ■
The General handed out his coin to
everyone. He took pictures and wished
everyone well before continuing on with
his schedule for the day.
Photos:
Achievements FY05 - FY11
Since FY05, Army has grown its Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
Business (SDVOSB) Program by over $2.6 billion or 511 percent. Based
on preliminary spending data for FY11, Army far surpassed
the 3 percent statutory goal for the first time
by a wide margin of 0.5 percent.
Submitted by:
Mr. Cameron Miles
Support Contractor
1.Ms. Suellen Jeffress, Deputy Director;
General Martin Dempsey, Former
Army Chief of Staff; Mr. James Lloyd,
Program Manager, Service-Disabled /
Veteran-Owned Program.
2.General Dempsey distributed his coin
to senior Army leaders as a gesture of
appreciation for supporting him during
his tenure as Chief of Staff.
3.Army senior leaders with General
Dempsey (center).
Source: FPDS-NG on 10/17/11. Note: FY11 data are not yet certified by the SBA
2
P
reliminary data from the Federal
Procurement Data System-Next
Generation as of mid-October
show that prime contracting awards to
small businesses owned and operated by
service-disabled veterans are in excess of
$3.15 billion. This equates to 3.51 percent
of the total available procurement dollars
spent by the Army for fiscal year 2011. This outstanding achievement marks the
first time that the Army has surpassed
the 3 percent statutory goal established
by the Veterans Entrepreneurship and
Small Business Development Act of 1999,
Public Law 106-50.
1
3
7
Newsletter | July - September 2011
Army Exceeds Statutory Three Percent Prime
Contracting Goal for Service-Disabled VeteranOwned Small Business Program
This success can be attributed to the
hard work and commitment of the Army
acquisition team and small business
community. Through their diligence
in identifying appropriate set-aside
opportunities as well as organizing
numerous outreach events, training
sessions and one-on-one meetings with
veteran entrepreneurs, our acquisition
personnel have rapidly grown the ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
(SDVOSB) Program since its inception
in 1999. Special kudos to the Army
Materiel Command and the Army Corps of
Engineers for awarding approximately $1
billion in prime awards to SDVOSBs firms.
Mr. James Lloyd, Army SDVOSB Program
Manager stated, “Beyond achieving
the goal, by increasing the amount of
business the Army does with SDVOSB
firms as well as Veteran-owned small
business firms it means more jobs for
our veterans in this difficult economic
time. We look forward to building on this
success and finding new ways to assist
those who have served this Nation and
now continue in the private sector to
contribute to the Army’s mission.”
The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
and Veteran-Owned Small Business
(SDVO/VOSB) Program was established
DOD-wide under Sections 501, 502,
and 604 of Public Law 106-50, the
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small
Business Development Act of 1999.
The purpose of the program is primarily
to increase prime and subcontracting
opportunities for SDVO/VOSB concerns.
From its inception, this program has
been identified as a special focus area
of the Army. As a result, the Army
Office of Small Business Program
implemented a business development
program that maximized resources
through partnering with other DOD and
other federal agencies, developed and
maintained a robust SDVO/VOSB web
portal, sponsored outreach events and
implemented an innovative training
program for both government personnel
and the veteran business community.
Public Law 108-183, the Veterans Benefits
Act of 2003, provided for sole-source and
restricted-competition contract awards
to SDVOSBs. Executive Order 13360
of 2004 mandated that federal agencies
support the SDVOSB Program through
maximizing contracting opportunities
for SDVOSBs. Both the Public Law and
the Executive order aided the Army in
exceeding the statutory goal. ■
Submitted by:
Mr. Anthony Braun
Support Contractor
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Program Focus
Program Focus
Army Connects With Entrepreneurs at National
Veteran Small Business Conference
T
his year’s National Veteran
Small Business Conference
and Expo was hosted by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
from 15 – 18 August, 2011 at the
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
in New Orleans, LA.
In its 7th year, this conference is the
largest nationwide conference for
veteran-owned and service-disabled
veteran-owned small businesses. The
attendance at this year’s conference
was made up of representatives
from both industry and the federal
government numbering in excess of
5,000 participants. The attendees
were able to connect with program
managers and procurement decision
makers from many federal agencies,
learn about acquisition forecasts
from various agencies, expand their
knowledge, and develop relationships
through networking to enhance their
contracting opportunities.
Participants received keynote
addresses from senior government
and industry officials such as GEN.
(Ret) Eric Shinseki, Secretary
of Veterans Affairs; Mr. Mitchell
Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans;
Mr. Frank Kendall, Principal Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
for the Department of Defense; Ms.
Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary,
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security; Mr. W. Scott Gould, Deputy
Secretary, Veterans Affairs and Mr.
Anthony Jimenez, Founder, President
and CEO, MicroTech.
In addition to the keynote
addresses, the conference provided
an opportunity for attendees to
participate in plenary sessions where
senior Agency leaders communicated
their vision for enabling small
businesses to contribute to their
agency missions. Of particular note
is the session presented by Corps of
9
Engineers – Introduction to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. Attendees
were also able to participate in
concurrent general sessions that
covered topics of broad interest
and breakout learning sessions
that presented more focused “how
to” topics. The breakout learning
sessions included topics beneficial
to individuals interested in starting
a business as well as existing small
businesses. Some of the topics
addressed included acquisition,
business development, compliance,
construction, finance, healthcare,
human resources, information
technology and marketing.
Additionally, there was a VA Open
House included on the agenda that
showcased the VA benefits, health
and wellness opportunities as well as
discussions on the benefits of hiring
veterans and the Veterans Affairs
verification process. The Army was well represented at the
conference with over 100 registered
attendees from the various buying
commands and HQDA Office of Small
Business Programs (OSBP). The
Army team participated as speakers
for the various sessions, mentors
during the matchmaking event and
counseled vendors as they visited the
OSBP booth at the exhibit hall. Each
mentor counseled up to six vendors
during each of the ten scheduled
sessions on how to do business
with the Army and their specific
contracting activity. The vendors
received copies of acquisition
forecasts, information concerning
the types of supplies and services
the contracting activity procures
and copies of brochures containing
points of contact information on small
business specialists assigned to Army
buying commands.
The number of conference
attendees, booth sponsors along
Newsletter | July - September 2011
with the overwhelming response
to the matchmaking event, expo
participation and demand for buying
commands literature is a clear
indication of the growth in veteran
small businesses interested in
doing business with the federal
government. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Sharon Morrow, MICC OSBP
Fort Eustis, and Mr. James Lloyd,
Program Manager, SDVOSB and
HUBZone Programs
Photos:
1
1.Mr. James Lloyd, Progam Manager,
Army Service-Disabled / VeteranOwned Program, counsels Paula
Fialkoff, Owner of E-Synergy LP, a
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Firm. Mr. Lloyd and other Army
Small Business representatives
provided guidance on navigating
the contracting process through
one-on-one mentoring sessions.
2.Army Small Business
representatives man the OSBP
booth at the expo. From Left to
Right: Ms. Nancy Villarreal, Deputy
Small Business Associate Director,
MEDCOM; Ms. Portia Deans,
Procurement Analyst, Army OSBP;
Mr. Thomas Dembowski, Executive
Services Program Specialist,
National Guard Bureau; David
Christ, Small Business Advisor,
Army Research Office.
3.US Army Corps of Engineers
leadership provides “how-to”
information on contracting with
the Corps. Represented are COL
Dionysios Anninos, Chief of Staff,
Army Corps of Engineers, Ms.
Jackie Robinson-Burnette, Small
Business Associate Director,
Army Corps of Engineers, and
BG Theodore Harrison, Director,
National Contracting Organization,
Army Corps of Engineers.
2
3
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Program Focus
Program Focus
Army Connects With Entrepreneurs at National
Veteran Small Business Conference
T
his year’s National Veteran
Small Business Conference
and Expo was hosted by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
from 15 – 18 August, 2011 at the
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
in New Orleans, LA.
In its 7th year, this conference is the
largest nationwide conference for
veteran-owned and service-disabled
veteran-owned small businesses. The
attendance at this year’s conference
was made up of representatives
from both industry and the federal
government numbering in excess of
5,000 participants. The attendees
were able to connect with program
managers and procurement decision
makers from many federal agencies,
learn about acquisition forecasts
from various agencies, expand their
knowledge, and develop relationships
through networking to enhance their
contracting opportunities.
Participants received keynote
addresses from senior government
and industry officials such as GEN.
(Ret) Eric Shinseki, Secretary
of Veterans Affairs; Mr. Mitchell
Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans;
Mr. Frank Kendall, Principal Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
for the Department of Defense; Ms.
Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary,
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security; Mr. W. Scott Gould, Deputy
Secretary, Veterans Affairs and Mr.
Anthony Jimenez, Founder, President
and CEO, MicroTech.
In addition to the keynote
addresses, the conference provided
an opportunity for attendees to
participate in plenary sessions where
senior Agency leaders communicated
their vision for enabling small
businesses to contribute to their
agency missions. Of particular note
is the session presented by Corps of
9
Engineers – Introduction to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. Attendees
were also able to participate in
concurrent general sessions that
covered topics of broad interest
and breakout learning sessions
that presented more focused “how
to” topics. The breakout learning
sessions included topics beneficial
to individuals interested in starting
a business as well as existing small
businesses. Some of the topics
addressed included acquisition,
business development, compliance,
construction, finance, healthcare,
human resources, information
technology and marketing.
Additionally, there was a VA Open
House included on the agenda that
showcased the VA benefits, health
and wellness opportunities as well as
discussions on the benefits of hiring
veterans and the Veterans Affairs
verification process. The Army was well represented at the
conference with over 100 registered
attendees from the various buying
commands and HQDA Office of Small
Business Programs (OSBP). The
Army team participated as speakers
for the various sessions, mentors
during the matchmaking event and
counseled vendors as they visited the
OSBP booth at the exhibit hall. Each
mentor counseled up to six vendors
during each of the ten scheduled
sessions on how to do business
with the Army and their specific
contracting activity. The vendors
received copies of acquisition
forecasts, information concerning
the types of supplies and services
the contracting activity procures
and copies of brochures containing
points of contact information on small
business specialists assigned to Army
buying commands.
The number of conference
attendees, booth sponsors along
Newsletter | July - September 2011
with the overwhelming response
to the matchmaking event, expo
participation and demand for buying
commands literature is a clear
indication of the growth in veteran
small businesses interested in
doing business with the federal
government. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Sharon Morrow, MICC OSBP
Fort Eustis, and Mr. James Lloyd,
Program Manager, SDVOSB and
HUBZone Programs
Photos:
1
1.Mr. James Lloyd, Progam Manager,
Army Service-Disabled / VeteranOwned Program, counsels Paula
Fialkoff, Owner of E-Synergy LP, a
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Firm. Mr. Lloyd and other Army
Small Business representatives
provided guidance on navigating
the contracting process through
one-on-one mentoring sessions.
2.Army Small Business
representatives man the OSBP
booth at the expo. From Left to
Right: Ms. Nancy Villarreal, Deputy
Small Business Associate Director,
MEDCOM; Ms. Portia Deans,
Procurement Analyst, Army OSBP;
Mr. Thomas Dembowski, Executive
Services Program Specialist,
National Guard Bureau; David
Christ, Small Business Advisor,
Army Research Office.
3.US Army Corps of Engineers
leadership provides “how-to”
information on contracting with
the Corps. Represented are COL
Dionysios Anninos, Chief of Staff,
Army Corps of Engineers, Ms.
Jackie Robinson-Burnette, Small
Business Associate Director,
Army Corps of Engineers, and
BG Theodore Harrison, Director,
National Contracting Organization,
Army Corps of Engineers.
2
3
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Program Focus
National Veteran Small Business
Coalition Recognizes Army
Commands’ Veteran-Owned
Business Programs
F
or over 20 years various
veteran small business groups
have achieved success in
advocating for veterans to be seen
as a viable force in the federal
government acquisition landscape.
Beginning with the enactment of
Public Law 106-50 in 1999, the nation
began to understand the earned
benefit of honorable military service
and veterans continuing to serve their
nation through entrepreneurship and
selling goods and services to the
federal government.
On June 28, 2011 the National
Veteran Small Business Coalition
held an awards ceremony in Reno,
NV to recognize those major
organizations, both federal agencies
and large business prime contractors,
who successfully achieved the 3
percent goal in Fiscal Year 2010.
The Army Commands honored at
this ceremony were the Army Corps
of Engineers, the Army Intelligence
& Security Command, and the Army
Medical Command.
Awards presented by the
NVSBC on June 28, 2011 in
Reno, NV
For Exceptional Support of Veteran
and Service-Disabled VeteranOwned Small Business in FY2010
• BAE Systems Information
Technology
• Honeywell Technology Solutions
• IBM Federal Sector
• L3 C2S2 Division
• L3 Stratis
• Lockheed Martin Information &
Global Solutions
• SAIC
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Program Focus
USACE Grows Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business Program
• TASC
• Weston Solutions Civilian Division
• Department of Veterans Affairs
For Exceptional Support of
Service-Disabled Veteran Small
Business in FY 2010
• Computer Sciences Defense Group
• Northrop Grumman Information
Systems
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Labor
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Social Security Administration
• Air Force Air Combat Command
• Air Force Air Education & Training
Command
• Air Force District of Washington
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Army Intelligence &. Security
Command
• Army Medical Command
• Headquarters Marine Corps
• Naval Supply Systems Command
For Exceptional Support of Veteran
Small Business in FY2010
• General Dynamics Ordnance &
Tactical Systems
• Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire
Control
Submitted by:
Dan Shackelford
Associate Director for Small Business
U.S. Army Medical Command
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n FY07 US Army Corps of
Engineers began a concerted effort
to increase contract awards to
small businesses owned by servicedisabled veterans. Looking back at
the previous four years at that time,
FY04-07, USACE had awarded a
total of $597M to Service-Disabled
Veteran-Owned Small Businesses,
never finishing above 1.42 percent of
its total spending. From FY08-FY11
(15 Sep) we have awarded $2.8
Billion to SDVOSBs across the US
and are poised to exceed the three
percent goal for the second year
in a row, FY10 - 3.65 percent and
FY11 - 4.88 percent. To take a small
business category from 1.42 percent
and $597M to 4.88 percent and $2.8
billion in four years is an amazing
accomplishment that requires a lot of
team work.
As the USACE SDVOSB Program
Manager, I have been asked how
USACE turned this program around
in such a dramatic fashion. My reply
is that there are several factors, and
chief among them is the support
of leadership. Two Flag Officers,
MG Bo Temple, current Acting
Chief USACE, and retired USACE
Commander LTG Robert Van Antwerp
were and still are fully supportive.
We have dedicated people at the field
levels but without leadership support
at the top I don’t believe our SDVOSB
Program would be as strong as it is
today.
The dining facility at Ft. Lee, VA, built by Leebcor Services, an SDVOSB, is one of many recent
USACE SDVOSB success stories.
Above and beyond the numbers,
SDVOSBs are doing some great
work for us as we support the Army’s
military and civil mission. One
example of a successful military
project is a new dining facility at Ft
Lee, Virginia awarded during our
BRAC mission years. That dining
facility, designed and built by Leebcor
Services was the only LEED Gold
BRAC project at Ft Lee. It’s one of
the best looking buildings at Ft Lee
and our troops are enjoying a stateof-the-art facility to eat meals. A
great example of a successful civil
project done by an SDVOSB is a
Spill Way Repair in New Orleans
that was performed by Lamplighter
Construction. Our SDVOSBs even
assisted in the rebuilding efforts
in New Orleans after Hurricane
Katrina. As we move into FY12 and
beyond, SDVOSBs will be assisting
us on other important missions like
construction projects at Arlington
National Cemetery and assisting us
as we renovate schools on military
bases across the U.S. The skill sets
and dedication to duty that SDVOSBs
bring to the table will help USACE
meet mission requirements and will
help keep Americans working.
As the USACE SDVOSB Program
Manager, I am very proud of what
our team has accomplished in this
important small business category
over the last four years. I am looking
forward to FY12 and beyond as we
continue to keep this program on the
path to being great. ■
Submitted by:
Jack Beecher
Program Manager
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Program
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Program Focus
National Veteran Small Business
Coalition Recognizes Army
Commands’ Veteran-Owned
Business Programs
F
or over 20 years various
veteran small business groups
have achieved success in
advocating for veterans to be seen
as a viable force in the federal
government acquisition landscape.
Beginning with the enactment of
Public Law 106-50 in 1999, the nation
began to understand the earned
benefit of honorable military service
and veterans continuing to serve their
nation through entrepreneurship and
selling goods and services to the
federal government.
On June 28, 2011 the National
Veteran Small Business Coalition
held an awards ceremony in Reno,
NV to recognize those major
organizations, both federal agencies
and large business prime contractors,
who successfully achieved the 3
percent goal in Fiscal Year 2010.
The Army Commands honored at
this ceremony were the Army Corps
of Engineers, the Army Intelligence
& Security Command, and the Army
Medical Command.
Awards presented by the
NVSBC on June 28, 2011 in
Reno, NV
For Exceptional Support of Veteran
and Service-Disabled VeteranOwned Small Business in FY2010
• BAE Systems Information
Technology
• Honeywell Technology Solutions
• IBM Federal Sector
• L3 C2S2 Division
• L3 Stratis
• Lockheed Martin Information &
Global Solutions
• SAIC
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Program Focus
USACE Grows Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business Program
• TASC
• Weston Solutions Civilian Division
• Department of Veterans Affairs
For Exceptional Support of
Service-Disabled Veteran Small
Business in FY 2010
• Computer Sciences Defense Group
• Northrop Grumman Information
Systems
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Labor
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Social Security Administration
• Air Force Air Combat Command
• Air Force Air Education & Training
Command
• Air Force District of Washington
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Army Intelligence &. Security
Command
• Army Medical Command
• Headquarters Marine Corps
• Naval Supply Systems Command
For Exceptional Support of Veteran
Small Business in FY2010
• General Dynamics Ordnance &
Tactical Systems
• Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire
Control
Submitted by:
Dan Shackelford
Associate Director for Small Business
U.S. Army Medical Command
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n FY07 US Army Corps of
Engineers began a concerted effort
to increase contract awards to
small businesses owned by servicedisabled veterans. Looking back at
the previous four years at that time,
FY04-07, USACE had awarded a
total of $597M to Service-Disabled
Veteran-Owned Small Businesses,
never finishing above 1.42 percent of
its total spending. From FY08-FY11
(15 Sep) we have awarded $2.8
Billion to SDVOSBs across the US
and are poised to exceed the three
percent goal for the second year
in a row, FY10 - 3.65 percent and
FY11 - 4.88 percent. To take a small
business category from 1.42 percent
and $597M to 4.88 percent and $2.8
billion in four years is an amazing
accomplishment that requires a lot of
team work.
As the USACE SDVOSB Program
Manager, I have been asked how
USACE turned this program around
in such a dramatic fashion. My reply
is that there are several factors, and
chief among them is the support
of leadership. Two Flag Officers,
MG Bo Temple, current Acting
Chief USACE, and retired USACE
Commander LTG Robert Van Antwerp
were and still are fully supportive.
We have dedicated people at the field
levels but without leadership support
at the top I don’t believe our SDVOSB
Program would be as strong as it is
today.
The dining facility at Ft. Lee, VA, built by Leebcor Services, an SDVOSB, is one of many recent
USACE SDVOSB success stories.
Above and beyond the numbers,
SDVOSBs are doing some great
work for us as we support the Army’s
military and civil mission. One
example of a successful military
project is a new dining facility at Ft
Lee, Virginia awarded during our
BRAC mission years. That dining
facility, designed and built by Leebcor
Services was the only LEED Gold
BRAC project at Ft Lee. It’s one of
the best looking buildings at Ft Lee
and our troops are enjoying a stateof-the-art facility to eat meals. A
great example of a successful civil
project done by an SDVOSB is a
Spill Way Repair in New Orleans
that was performed by Lamplighter
Construction. Our SDVOSBs even
assisted in the rebuilding efforts
in New Orleans after Hurricane
Katrina. As we move into FY12 and
beyond, SDVOSBs will be assisting
us on other important missions like
construction projects at Arlington
National Cemetery and assisting us
as we renovate schools on military
bases across the U.S. The skill sets
and dedication to duty that SDVOSBs
bring to the table will help USACE
meet mission requirements and will
help keep Americans working.
As the USACE SDVOSB Program
Manager, I am very proud of what
our team has accomplished in this
important small business category
over the last four years. I am looking
forward to FY12 and beyond as we
continue to keep this program on the
path to being great. ■
Submitted by:
Jack Beecher
Program Manager
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Program
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Program Focus
Program Focus
New Army Mentor-Protégé Program Agreements
H
OOAH! We are all anxiously
awaiting final word on the
extension of the DOD Mentor
Protégé (MP) Program beyond 30
September 2011. The MP program
is expected to be authorized for an
additional five years, through 30
September 2016 for approval and
award of new agreements, pursuant to
language at Section 887 of the proposed
FY 12 National Defense Authorization
Act (NDAA).
September was a busy month as we are
pleased to announce the award of six
new MP Agreements. First off, we want
to say thank you to all of our awardees
for their dedication and patience awaiting
the execution of these awards. It’s
been a long time coming and we are
looking forward to working with all of our
new mentors and protégés to ensure
successful outcomes.
Here’s a brief synopsis of our new
mentor-protégé contracts:
Participating Minority Institution:
Tennessee State University
Northwind provides a broad range
of services that includes military
construction, remediation, facility
management and operations,
transportation, and disaster response.
Jacobs Engineering will transfer
technologies to Northwind that focus on
firing ranges and combat training ranges,
DoD facility operation/management
including Army Green and LEED Silver,
construction management, virtual private
network utilization, project management,
corporate infrastructure assistance with
a strong focus on DCAA audits, and
health and safety standards.
Mentor: Science Applications
International Corp (SAIC)
Protégé: Minerva Engineering, Inc.
Participating Minority Institution:
Florida International University
SBG provides professional management,
engineering, and intelligence services
to federal government agencies. MVM,
as their mentor, will provide cutting
edge security service training to SBG
along with wiretapping and intelligence
training. An emphasis is strongly
placed on global contingency operation
requirements, translation training with a
focus on Middle Eastern languages, and
anti-terrorism force protection and critical
infrastructure protection.
Minerva Engineering (Minerva) has
a demonstrated history of providing
quality information protection analysis,
security architecture design, information
assurance analysis, security policy
evaluations and new technology
assessments in accordance with
DIACAP/DITSCAP standards. This
protégé also provides hardware and
software products to DOD and industry
partners for use in live, virtual and
constructive training environments –
providing realistic training that makes
the war fighter more effective. SAIC
will assist Minerva in obtaining PMP
certifications and DAWIA Level 3 PM
certifications, in addition to practices
and processes involved with Intellectual
Property Protection, CRADA, ITAR and
other strategic business infrastructure
initiatives.
Mentor: Jacobs Engineering Group,
Inc.
Protégé: Northwind Engineering, LLC.
Participating HBCU: University of
Texas at San Antonio
Mentor: Binary Group, Inc. Protégé: Credence Management
Solutions, LLC.
Participating HBCU: North Carolina
A&T State University
Mentor: MVM, Inc.
Protégé: SBG Technology Solutions,
Inc.
Participating Minority Institution:
University of the District of Columbia
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Newsletter | July - September 2011
Credence provides management
and technology consulting, strategy,
business transformation, and advisory
services to government agencies. Their
primary focus is to improve the business
mission area for Army, DoD, intelligence,
homeland security, and public safety
agencies. The Binary Group is an
experienced WOSB providing SAGE
model practices to the Army, specifically
to build an enterprise architecture and
management support tool which has
been successfully used in enabling the
Army to transform, improve, and become
a more effective enterprise delivering
capabilities to the war fighter. This tool
saves the Army immeasurable time and
resources by shortening the architecture
lifecycle and by making the decision
process easier. The mentor-protégé
effort under this agreement will focus
on transferring these technologies to
Credence, in addition to establishing a
Protégé Center of Excellence that will be
ISO 9001 certified.
Mentor: Science Applications
International Corp (SAIC)
Protégé: Cybernet Systems Corp.
Participating Minority Institution:
Florida International University
Mentor: Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
Protégé: Green Seal Environmental,
Inc.
Participating Minority Institution:
Tennessee State University
GSE is a full service civil/environmental
engineering and construction
management firm. Under this
agreement, TtEC will mentor GSE in
renewable energy and green remediation
technologies that can be used for cost
effective and environmentally responsible
remediation of properties formerly used
or currently under use by the military.
TtEC will also provide developmental
assistance in organizational planning
management, business development,
facilities and plant management to include
security, health and safety, and OSHA
standards.
Congratulations to all of you again and we
look forward to working with each of you!
We also want to express sincere thanks
to our SMDC contracting team Huntsville,
AL - Rebecca, Erica, and Deanna - for
ensuring these contracts were awarded in
the midst of year-end closing – thank you
ladies!
Again, this is just a brief synopsis of
the new agreements recently awarded
in September by the Department of
Army. We anticipate the award of three
additional MP contracts as soon as
authority is extended in the FY12 NDAA.
news to share with the community on the
creative and innovative accomplishments
our teams are achieving. Look for
success stories on our website in the
coming weeks. Good luck to our new
teams, continued success to our current
teams and stay tuned for more MPP news
from the Army! Have a happy new (fiscal)
year! ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Peggy Butler
Program Manager
Mentor-Protégé and Subcontracting
Programs
It’s Nunn Perry Nomination time again.
Our current participants should be on
the lookout for Nunn Perry Nomination
packets expected to be released by DoD
in the beginning of October 2011.
Finally, over the past several months
we have held several program reviews
with our current teams and have exciting
Army Mentor-Protégé Program Return on Investment
Total New Awards Received by Proteges (FY06 - FY10)
to Include DoD and Other Federal Agencies
Cybernet has completed more than 200
SBIR contracts and has developed more
than 20 original devices and systems
and has been awarded 31 patents.
They are focused on creating and
commercializing innovative, high quality,
leading-edge solutions in the areas
of defense, medical instrumentation
and informatics, human-computer
interaction, networking solutions,
robotics, sensors, virtual reality systems,
artificial intelligence, and automation
applications. SAIC will assist Cybernet
with strategic business planning,
Program Management certifications, HR
Recruitment/Retainment, and Capture
Management while leveraging SBIR
opportunities. The Minority Institution
participating in this effort is Florida
International University.
*FY represents the fiscal year agreement was awarded. Data represents cumulative contract and subcontract awards over the period of performance.
Note: There were no new agreements awarded in FY09
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Program Focus
Program Focus
New Army Mentor-Protégé Program Agreements
H
OOAH! We are all anxiously
awaiting final word on the
extension of the DOD Mentor
Protégé (MP) Program beyond 30
September 2011. The MP program
is expected to be authorized for an
additional five years, through 30
September 2016 for approval and
award of new agreements, pursuant to
language at Section 887 of the proposed
FY 12 National Defense Authorization
Act (NDAA).
September was a busy month as we are
pleased to announce the award of six
new MP Agreements. First off, we want
to say thank you to all of our awardees
for their dedication and patience awaiting
the execution of these awards. It’s
been a long time coming and we are
looking forward to working with all of our
new mentors and protégés to ensure
successful outcomes.
Here’s a brief synopsis of our new
mentor-protégé contracts:
Participating Minority Institution:
Tennessee State University
Northwind provides a broad range
of services that includes military
construction, remediation, facility
management and operations,
transportation, and disaster response.
Jacobs Engineering will transfer
technologies to Northwind that focus on
firing ranges and combat training ranges,
DoD facility operation/management
including Army Green and LEED Silver,
construction management, virtual private
network utilization, project management,
corporate infrastructure assistance with
a strong focus on DCAA audits, and
health and safety standards.
Mentor: Science Applications
International Corp (SAIC)
Protégé: Minerva Engineering, Inc.
Participating Minority Institution:
Florida International University
SBG provides professional management,
engineering, and intelligence services
to federal government agencies. MVM,
as their mentor, will provide cutting
edge security service training to SBG
along with wiretapping and intelligence
training. An emphasis is strongly
placed on global contingency operation
requirements, translation training with a
focus on Middle Eastern languages, and
anti-terrorism force protection and critical
infrastructure protection.
Minerva Engineering (Minerva) has
a demonstrated history of providing
quality information protection analysis,
security architecture design, information
assurance analysis, security policy
evaluations and new technology
assessments in accordance with
DIACAP/DITSCAP standards. This
protégé also provides hardware and
software products to DOD and industry
partners for use in live, virtual and
constructive training environments –
providing realistic training that makes
the war fighter more effective. SAIC
will assist Minerva in obtaining PMP
certifications and DAWIA Level 3 PM
certifications, in addition to practices
and processes involved with Intellectual
Property Protection, CRADA, ITAR and
other strategic business infrastructure
initiatives.
Mentor: Jacobs Engineering Group,
Inc.
Protégé: Northwind Engineering, LLC.
Participating HBCU: University of
Texas at San Antonio
Mentor: Binary Group, Inc. Protégé: Credence Management
Solutions, LLC.
Participating HBCU: North Carolina
A&T State University
Mentor: MVM, Inc.
Protégé: SBG Technology Solutions,
Inc.
Participating Minority Institution:
University of the District of Columbia
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Newsletter | July - September 2011
Credence provides management
and technology consulting, strategy,
business transformation, and advisory
services to government agencies. Their
primary focus is to improve the business
mission area for Army, DoD, intelligence,
homeland security, and public safety
agencies. The Binary Group is an
experienced WOSB providing SAGE
model practices to the Army, specifically
to build an enterprise architecture and
management support tool which has
been successfully used in enabling the
Army to transform, improve, and become
a more effective enterprise delivering
capabilities to the war fighter. This tool
saves the Army immeasurable time and
resources by shortening the architecture
lifecycle and by making the decision
process easier. The mentor-protégé
effort under this agreement will focus
on transferring these technologies to
Credence, in addition to establishing a
Protégé Center of Excellence that will be
ISO 9001 certified.
Mentor: Science Applications
International Corp (SAIC)
Protégé: Cybernet Systems Corp.
Participating Minority Institution:
Florida International University
Mentor: Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
Protégé: Green Seal Environmental,
Inc.
Participating Minority Institution:
Tennessee State University
GSE is a full service civil/environmental
engineering and construction
management firm. Under this
agreement, TtEC will mentor GSE in
renewable energy and green remediation
technologies that can be used for cost
effective and environmentally responsible
remediation of properties formerly used
or currently under use by the military.
TtEC will also provide developmental
assistance in organizational planning
management, business development,
facilities and plant management to include
security, health and safety, and OSHA
standards.
Congratulations to all of you again and we
look forward to working with each of you!
We also want to express sincere thanks
to our SMDC contracting team Huntsville,
AL - Rebecca, Erica, and Deanna - for
ensuring these contracts were awarded in
the midst of year-end closing – thank you
ladies!
Again, this is just a brief synopsis of
the new agreements recently awarded
in September by the Department of
Army. We anticipate the award of three
additional MP contracts as soon as
authority is extended in the FY12 NDAA.
news to share with the community on the
creative and innovative accomplishments
our teams are achieving. Look for
success stories on our website in the
coming weeks. Good luck to our new
teams, continued success to our current
teams and stay tuned for more MPP news
from the Army! Have a happy new (fiscal)
year! ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Peggy Butler
Program Manager
Mentor-Protégé and Subcontracting
Programs
It’s Nunn Perry Nomination time again.
Our current participants should be on
the lookout for Nunn Perry Nomination
packets expected to be released by DoD
in the beginning of October 2011.
Finally, over the past several months
we have held several program reviews
with our current teams and have exciting
Army Mentor-Protégé Program Return on Investment
Total New Awards Received by Proteges (FY06 - FY10)
to Include DoD and Other Federal Agencies
Cybernet has completed more than 200
SBIR contracts and has developed more
than 20 original devices and systems
and has been awarded 31 patents.
They are focused on creating and
commercializing innovative, high quality,
leading-edge solutions in the areas
of defense, medical instrumentation
and informatics, human-computer
interaction, networking solutions,
robotics, sensors, virtual reality systems,
artificial intelligence, and automation
applications. SAIC will assist Cybernet
with strategic business planning,
Program Management certifications, HR
Recruitment/Retainment, and Capture
Management while leveraging SBIR
opportunities. The Minority Institution
participating in this effort is Florida
International University.
*FY represents the fiscal year agreement was awarded. Data represents cumulative contract and subcontract awards over the period of performance.
Note: There were no new agreements awarded in FY09
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Program Focus
Recent Army Mentor-Protégé Program
Success Stories
• In February 2011, within three
months of starting a new
agreement, mentor DynCorp
International transitioned its
deployment centers in India,
Dubai, Kuwait, and Ft. Worth,
TX to their protégé Centerscope
Technology for total subcontract
value estimated at $15.1M with
over 75 jobs created.
• In Aug 2011, TANTARA Corp,
protégé to Jacobs Engineering,
won a major prime contract award
to perform remediation services
for the New England District, US
Army Corps of Engineers valued
at $10M.
• HCI Integrated Solutions (HCI),
protégé to Stanley Associates, is
one of the winners on the US Army
Field & Installation Readiness
Support Team (FIRST) contract
and ranked #3 on the 2010
Washington Technology Fast 50.
• Battelle Corp. protégé Native
Hawaiian Veterans, LLC
(NHV) started in 2005 with
$63K in revenues and four (4)
employees. Today, NHV has
over 85 employees and $5M+ in
subcontract revenues.
• Protégé N.E.T., 2010 Nunn Perry
winner, recently achieved CMMI
Level III rating and won a $3M
contract with Air National Guard
to develop/manage webbed
base tracking system for medical
commands/bases with their
mentor, ASM Research, Inc., as a
sub.
• EMR, a recent graduate of the
MPP and protégé to AECOM,
provided major assistance in the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and
has completed over 9,500 projects
at sites located in 35 states and
two foreign locations - Japan and
Canada.
• SAIC protégé White Horse R&D,
LLC has achieved ballistic and
fragmentation test verification
from (2) independent labs for
performance on lightweight
composite armor solution that
exceeds industry standards for
multiple hit capabilities and special
threats.
• Another SAIC protégé, CLogic,
LLC, currently has a $200M
IDIQ contract award for Rapid
Prototyping of Armaments
and $21M Other transaction
agreements (OTA’s) for
development of advanced force
protection and fire control systems.
Submitted by:
Ms. Peggy Butler
Program Manager
Mentor-Protégé and Subcontracting
Programs
US Army Corps of Engineers Partnership with HBCU
T
he US Army Corps of Engineers
is developing new initiatives to
continue support to Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs). The Little Rock District
finalized a partnership with the
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
to host educational outreach events
under the Corps’ national Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math
(STEM) Awareness Program.
The program’s goal is to stimulate
interest and academic achievement in
science, engineering and math among
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Army Supports
Senator
Menendez
Latino
Leadership
Series Forum
O
n Monday, 18 July, Senator
Robert Menendez of
New Jersey held a Latino
Leadership Series Forum: “Access
to Capital: Seizing Opportunities
for Latino Businesses in a Global
Economy” at the New Jersey Institute
of Technology in Newark, New
Jersey.
Other guest speakers included
representatives from the
Minority Business Development
Agency (under the Department
of Commerce), GSA Region II,
President of the Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce, and the owner of
a successful Latino construction
company. Approximately two
hundred small businesses attended
this event.
kindergarten through high school
students. The activities included a
STEM kick-off meeting, parental
orientations, and interactive student
awareness sessions at the Mann
Arts and Science Middle School and
the Parkview Arts and Science High
School within the Little Rock School
District.
choosing science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM)
careers. The program has a retention
rate of 81 percent and offers students
international internship opportunities,
support for graduate students
seeking degrees in STEM areas and
partnerships with numerous other
institutions.
The Army Office of Small Business
Programs (OSBP) was asked
to be an exhibitor. Army OSBP
representatives as well as small
business representatives from
Picatinny Arsenal and the National
Guard Bureau at Ft. Dix networked
with attendees.
This program allows the Corps’ Little
Rock District to broaden their STEM
education outreach to students
utilizing the vast resources of HBCU
that will help further the education
needed today to meet the engineering
challenges of tomorrow.
Speakers at the kick-off meeting
included UAPB’s Chancellor Dr.
Lawrence A. Davis, Jr., and Ms.
Sandra K. Easter, Chief, Contracting,
Little Rock District, US Army Corps of
Engineers.
This forum provided Latino
businesses with an opportunity to
meet with government and policy
leaders for a discussion on access
to capital, lending and government
contracting. ■
Submitted by:
USACE Public Affairs Office
Submitted by:
Ms. Stacy Watson
Program Manager
Women-Owned Small Business
Program
Began in 2003, the UAPB STEM
Academy is a federally funded
program designed to increase the
number of minorities and women
Newsletter | July - September 2011
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey.
Alejandra Castillo, National Deputy Director, Minority Business Development Agency; Denise
Pease, Regional Administrator, GSA Region II; Javier Palomarez, President & CEO, US Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce; Jose Rodriguez, President, MERIT Inc.
Ms. Suellen Jeffress, Deputy Director (third from left) and Ms. Stacy Watson, Women-Owned Small
Business Program Manager (far right), man the Army booth along with representatives from the
New Jersey National Guard Bureau and Picatinny Arsenal.
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Program Focus
Recent Army Mentor-Protégé Program
Success Stories
• In February 2011, within three
months of starting a new
agreement, mentor DynCorp
International transitioned its
deployment centers in India,
Dubai, Kuwait, and Ft. Worth,
TX to their protégé Centerscope
Technology for total subcontract
value estimated at $15.1M with
over 75 jobs created.
• In Aug 2011, TANTARA Corp,
protégé to Jacobs Engineering,
won a major prime contract award
to perform remediation services
for the New England District, US
Army Corps of Engineers valued
at $10M.
• HCI Integrated Solutions (HCI),
protégé to Stanley Associates, is
one of the winners on the US Army
Field & Installation Readiness
Support Team (FIRST) contract
and ranked #3 on the 2010
Washington Technology Fast 50.
• Battelle Corp. protégé Native
Hawaiian Veterans, LLC
(NHV) started in 2005 with
$63K in revenues and four (4)
employees. Today, NHV has
over 85 employees and $5M+ in
subcontract revenues.
• Protégé N.E.T., 2010 Nunn Perry
winner, recently achieved CMMI
Level III rating and won a $3M
contract with Air National Guard
to develop/manage webbed
base tracking system for medical
commands/bases with their
mentor, ASM Research, Inc., as a
sub.
• EMR, a recent graduate of the
MPP and protégé to AECOM,
provided major assistance in the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and
has completed over 9,500 projects
at sites located in 35 states and
two foreign locations - Japan and
Canada.
• SAIC protégé White Horse R&D,
LLC has achieved ballistic and
fragmentation test verification
from (2) independent labs for
performance on lightweight
composite armor solution that
exceeds industry standards for
multiple hit capabilities and special
threats.
• Another SAIC protégé, CLogic,
LLC, currently has a $200M
IDIQ contract award for Rapid
Prototyping of Armaments
and $21M Other transaction
agreements (OTA’s) for
development of advanced force
protection and fire control systems.
Submitted by:
Ms. Peggy Butler
Program Manager
Mentor-Protégé and Subcontracting
Programs
US Army Corps of Engineers Partnership with HBCU
T
he US Army Corps of Engineers
is developing new initiatives to
continue support to Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs). The Little Rock District
finalized a partnership with the
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
to host educational outreach events
under the Corps’ national Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math
(STEM) Awareness Program.
The program’s goal is to stimulate
interest and academic achievement in
science, engineering and math among
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Army Supports
Senator
Menendez
Latino
Leadership
Series Forum
O
n Monday, 18 July, Senator
Robert Menendez of
New Jersey held a Latino
Leadership Series Forum: “Access
to Capital: Seizing Opportunities
for Latino Businesses in a Global
Economy” at the New Jersey Institute
of Technology in Newark, New
Jersey.
Other guest speakers included
representatives from the
Minority Business Development
Agency (under the Department
of Commerce), GSA Region II,
President of the Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce, and the owner of
a successful Latino construction
company. Approximately two
hundred small businesses attended
this event.
kindergarten through high school
students. The activities included a
STEM kick-off meeting, parental
orientations, and interactive student
awareness sessions at the Mann
Arts and Science Middle School and
the Parkview Arts and Science High
School within the Little Rock School
District.
choosing science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM)
careers. The program has a retention
rate of 81 percent and offers students
international internship opportunities,
support for graduate students
seeking degrees in STEM areas and
partnerships with numerous other
institutions.
The Army Office of Small Business
Programs (OSBP) was asked
to be an exhibitor. Army OSBP
representatives as well as small
business representatives from
Picatinny Arsenal and the National
Guard Bureau at Ft. Dix networked
with attendees.
This program allows the Corps’ Little
Rock District to broaden their STEM
education outreach to students
utilizing the vast resources of HBCU
that will help further the education
needed today to meet the engineering
challenges of tomorrow.
Speakers at the kick-off meeting
included UAPB’s Chancellor Dr.
Lawrence A. Davis, Jr., and Ms.
Sandra K. Easter, Chief, Contracting,
Little Rock District, US Army Corps of
Engineers.
This forum provided Latino
businesses with an opportunity to
meet with government and policy
leaders for a discussion on access
to capital, lending and government
contracting. ■
Submitted by:
USACE Public Affairs Office
Submitted by:
Ms. Stacy Watson
Program Manager
Women-Owned Small Business
Program
Began in 2003, the UAPB STEM
Academy is a federally funded
program designed to increase the
number of minorities and women
Newsletter | July - September 2011
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey.
Alejandra Castillo, National Deputy Director, Minority Business Development Agency; Denise
Pease, Regional Administrator, GSA Region II; Javier Palomarez, President & CEO, US Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce; Jose Rodriguez, President, MERIT Inc.
Ms. Suellen Jeffress, Deputy Director (third from left) and Ms. Stacy Watson, Women-Owned Small
Business Program Manager (far right), man the Army booth along with representatives from the
New Jersey National Guard Bureau and Picatinny Arsenal.
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HBCU Week: A Tribute to Dr. Norman Francis
and Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Across the Nation
O
n September 16, 2011,
President Barack Obama
issued a proclamation
declaring September 18-24 as
National Historically Black Colleges
and Universities Week. In the
proclamation, President Obama
proclaimed this as a time that “we
pay homage to the daring leaders
who laid the foundation for these
institutions, and we reaffirm our
commitment to ensuring Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) remain pathways to
realizing the American Dream.”
Dr. Norman C. Francis, America’s
longest serving college president is
an individual for which we owe great
homage. In 2011, he celebrated his
43rd Anniversary as the president of
Xavier University of Louisiana, the
nation’s only Catholic HBCU. He has
distinguished himself as a leader of
great stamina and longevity, and as
a visionary with a knack for strategic
planning. The September 29, 2011
edition of Diverse Issues in Higher
Education was devoted to paying
tribute to him. It depicts him as a
“Living Legend” whose leadership
skills have allowed him to be at the
helm of a great institution for more
than six times the average length of a
college presidency. During his tenure,
he has weathered many storms,
which literally included Hurricane
Katrina. Several college presidents
and other leaders interviewed
attributed his success to “the quality
of his leadership, which they describe
as steady, energetic, dynamic and
shaped by his faith and power of
education.” They also expressed that
longevity does matter, and that he
demonstrated remarkable leadership
skills to maintain a high approval
rating and support/buy-in for over 40
years.
17
Volumes could be written about this
great man who was born in Lafayette,
Louisiana in 1931. He has been a trail
blazer and a beacon of light for others
to follow in education, the state, and
the nation. Dr. Francis continues to
forge on doing great things. Some
significant milestones in his life are
listed below. Within the timeframes
listed, he also served as adviser
to eight presidents of the United
States, starting with President Lyndon
Johnson.
1948
Entered Xavier University of
Louisiana on a work-study
scholarship.
1952
Earned his Bachelor of Science
degree from Xavier University of
Louisiana. Entered law school at
Loyola University of New Orleans,
becoming the first Black student
accepted into the school’s law
program.
1955
Earned law degree from Loyola
University of New Orleans, becoming
the first Black graduate of the
university’s law school. Married Ms.
Blanche Mcdonald, also a Xavier
graduate. Entered the U.S. Army for
two years of service.
1958
Recruited by Xavier University of
Louisiana to be dean of men.
1960
Recruited by the U.S. Attorney
General Robert Kennedy to help
integrate the employment ranks of the
Federal Housing Administration.
1968
Appointed president of Xavier
University of Louisiana.
Newsletter | July - September 2011
1972
Joined with colleagues to form Liberty
Bank and Trust, the first Black-owned
bank in New Orleans. Started as
founding chairman and he continues
to maintain that role. The bank
boasts assets of $340 million and 20
percent plus return on equity.
1987
Hosts Pope John Paul II.
2005
Appointed chairman of the Louisiana
Recovery Authority by Louisiana
Governor Kathleen Blanco, an
independent agency created to
oversee the distribution of more
than $12 billion in federal and state
recovery funds after Hurricane
Katrina.
2006
Awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom by President George W.
Bush, in recognition of his service in
higher education, the state and the
nation.
The Army Office of Small Business Programs
Congratulates
tribute to Dr. Francis. Additionally,
Dr. Wilson and his staff highlighted
HBCU Week from September 1920, 2011. They held a conference
in Washington, DC that attracted
HBCU presidents, faculty and staff
from around the country. There was
also representation from the various
federal agencies, and private industry
(small and large firms). Speakers
included several members from the
highest ranks of President Obama’s
administration, members from
Congress, government, and private
industry. The week concluded with
Dr. William Harvey presiding over
the President’s Board of Advisors
on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities’ board meeting, which
was open to the public. Dr. Harvey is
the President of Hampton University,
Hampton, VA and is also Chairman
of The President’s Board of Advisors
on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Cynthia Lee
Program Manager
HBCU/MI and SDB/8(a) Program
2010
Formally opens new Qatar Pharmacy
Pavilion expansion, built with a $17
million “windfall” gift from the nation
of Qatar as part of its post-Katrina
support of efforts to rebuild the Gulf
Coast.
Dr. Norman C. Francis
2010
Hosts President Barack Obama who
visits the school for a speech marking
the fifth anniversary of the Gulf Coast
region’s recovery from Hurricane
Katrina.
The Nation’s Longest
Serving College President
Dr. John Wilson, Jr, Executive
Director of the White House Initiative
on HBCUs is another great admirer
of Dr. Norman Francis. He devoted
a full page of comments that
contributed to Diverse magazine’s
President
Xavier University of Louisiana
Thank You for 43 Years of
Educating America
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HBCU Week: A Tribute to Dr. Norman Francis
and Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Across the Nation
O
n September 16, 2011,
President Barack Obama
issued a proclamation
declaring September 18-24 as
National Historically Black Colleges
and Universities Week. In the
proclamation, President Obama
proclaimed this as a time that “we
pay homage to the daring leaders
who laid the foundation for these
institutions, and we reaffirm our
commitment to ensuring Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) remain pathways to
realizing the American Dream.”
Dr. Norman C. Francis, America’s
longest serving college president is
an individual for which we owe great
homage. In 2011, he celebrated his
43rd Anniversary as the president of
Xavier University of Louisiana, the
nation’s only Catholic HBCU. He has
distinguished himself as a leader of
great stamina and longevity, and as
a visionary with a knack for strategic
planning. The September 29, 2011
edition of Diverse Issues in Higher
Education was devoted to paying
tribute to him. It depicts him as a
“Living Legend” whose leadership
skills have allowed him to be at the
helm of a great institution for more
than six times the average length of a
college presidency. During his tenure,
he has weathered many storms,
which literally included Hurricane
Katrina. Several college presidents
and other leaders interviewed
attributed his success to “the quality
of his leadership, which they describe
as steady, energetic, dynamic and
shaped by his faith and power of
education.” They also expressed that
longevity does matter, and that he
demonstrated remarkable leadership
skills to maintain a high approval
rating and support/buy-in for over 40
years.
17
Volumes could be written about this
great man who was born in Lafayette,
Louisiana in 1931. He has been a trail
blazer and a beacon of light for others
to follow in education, the state, and
the nation. Dr. Francis continues to
forge on doing great things. Some
significant milestones in his life are
listed below. Within the timeframes
listed, he also served as adviser
to eight presidents of the United
States, starting with President Lyndon
Johnson.
1948
Entered Xavier University of
Louisiana on a work-study
scholarship.
1952
Earned his Bachelor of Science
degree from Xavier University of
Louisiana. Entered law school at
Loyola University of New Orleans,
becoming the first Black student
accepted into the school’s law
program.
1955
Earned law degree from Loyola
University of New Orleans, becoming
the first Black graduate of the
university’s law school. Married Ms.
Blanche Mcdonald, also a Xavier
graduate. Entered the U.S. Army for
two years of service.
1958
Recruited by Xavier University of
Louisiana to be dean of men.
1960
Recruited by the U.S. Attorney
General Robert Kennedy to help
integrate the employment ranks of the
Federal Housing Administration.
1968
Appointed president of Xavier
University of Louisiana.
Newsletter | July - September 2011
1972
Joined with colleagues to form Liberty
Bank and Trust, the first Black-owned
bank in New Orleans. Started as
founding chairman and he continues
to maintain that role. The bank
boasts assets of $340 million and 20
percent plus return on equity.
1987
Hosts Pope John Paul II.
2005
Appointed chairman of the Louisiana
Recovery Authority by Louisiana
Governor Kathleen Blanco, an
independent agency created to
oversee the distribution of more
than $12 billion in federal and state
recovery funds after Hurricane
Katrina.
2006
Awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom by President George W.
Bush, in recognition of his service in
higher education, the state and the
nation.
The Army Office of Small Business Programs
Congratulates
tribute to Dr. Francis. Additionally,
Dr. Wilson and his staff highlighted
HBCU Week from September 1920, 2011. They held a conference
in Washington, DC that attracted
HBCU presidents, faculty and staff
from around the country. There was
also representation from the various
federal agencies, and private industry
(small and large firms). Speakers
included several members from the
highest ranks of President Obama’s
administration, members from
Congress, government, and private
industry. The week concluded with
Dr. William Harvey presiding over
the President’s Board of Advisors
on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities’ board meeting, which
was open to the public. Dr. Harvey is
the President of Hampton University,
Hampton, VA and is also Chairman
of The President’s Board of Advisors
on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Cynthia Lee
Program Manager
HBCU/MI and SDB/8(a) Program
2010
Formally opens new Qatar Pharmacy
Pavilion expansion, built with a $17
million “windfall” gift from the nation
of Qatar as part of its post-Katrina
support of efforts to rebuild the Gulf
Coast.
Dr. Norman C. Francis
2010
Hosts President Barack Obama who
visits the school for a speech marking
the fifth anniversary of the Gulf Coast
region’s recovery from Hurricane
Katrina.
The Nation’s Longest
Serving College President
Dr. John Wilson, Jr, Executive
Director of the White House Initiative
on HBCUs is another great admirer
of Dr. Norman Francis. He devoted
a full page of comments that
contributed to Diverse magazine’s
President
Xavier University of Louisiana
Thank You for 43 Years of
Educating America
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Commands, Small Business Specialists
Recognized for FY10 Performance
he Army Office of Small Business
Programs (OSBP) held its annual
awards program during the
National Veterans Conference, August
2011. Ms. Tracey Pinson, Director,
OSBP presented an award to the
Army Small Business Specialist (SBS)
of the Year, and to individual buying
commands. Special Recognition
Awards were also presented during the
program.
T
The Small Business Specialist of the
Year Award recognizes the SBS who
created/maintained a superior small
business program, and the MACOM
Award recognizes superior performance
for individual Small Business program
areas. Special Recognition Awards
were given to individuals who merited
special recognition for their outstanding
Small Business Programs, and to
those MACOMs who merited special
recognition for accomplishments/
improvements in specific small
business program areas. All award
recipients made contributions to their
respective Command’s Small Business
Program as well as the Army’s Small
Business Program for FY10.
SBS and MACOM Award
Recipients
1. Small Business Specialist of the
Year, Ms. Leila Hollis, Chief of
Small Business, Savannah District,
US Army Corps of Engineers.
2. MACOM Small Business Program
of the Year, US Army Space
and Missile Defense Command/
Army Forces Strategic Command
(SMDC). Ms. Christine Ryan,
Associate Director, Office of Small
Business Programs, SMDC,
accepts the award.
3. MACOM Small and Disadvantaged
Business Program Award, US Army
Materiel Command (AMC). Ms.
Mary Moore, Deputy Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, AMC, accepts the
award.
4. MACOM Service Disabled-Veteran
19
Owned Small Business Program,
US Army Medical Command
(MEDCOM). Ms. Nancy Villarreal,
Deputy Associate Director, Office
of Small Business Programs,
MEDOM, accepts the award.
5. MACOM Women Owned Small
Business Program, US Army Space
and Missile Defense Command/
Army Forces Strategic Command
(SMDC). Ms. Christine Ryan,
Associate Director, Office of
Small Business Programs, SMDC
accepts the award.
6. MACOM Historically Black
Colleges and Universities/Minority
Institutions (HBCU/MI). US
Army Corps of Engineers (ACE).
Ms. Jackie Robinson-Burnette,
Associate Director, Office of Small
Business Programs, ACE, accepts
the award.
7. MACOM Historically Underutilized
Business Zone Program, US Army
Intelligence Command (INSCOM).
Ms. Harriett Burton, Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, INSCOM, accepts the
award.
Special Recognition Award
Recipients
8. Outstanding Small Business
Program, Ms. Linda Spadaro,
Chief of Small Business Office,
Mobile District, US Army Corps of
Engineers.
9. Outstanding Small Business
Program, Ms. Cheryl Chandler,
Small Business Program Manager,
Philadelphia District, US Army
Corps of Engineers.
10. Service Disabled-Veteran Owned
Small Business Program, National
Guard Bureau (NGB). Mr. Tom
Dembowski, NGB, accepts the
award.
11. Service Disabled -Veteran Owned
Small Business Program, INSCOM.
Ms. Harriett Burton, Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, INSCOM, accepts the
award.
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12. Service Disabled-Veteran Owned
Small Business Program, ACE.
Ms. Jackie Robinson-Burnette,
Associate Director, Office of Small
Business Programs, ACE, accepts
the award.
13. Women Owned Small Business
Program, NGB. Mr. Tom
Dembowski, NGB, accepts the
award.
14. Women Owned Small Business
Program, AMC. Ms. Mary Moore,
Deputy Associate Director, Office
of Small Business Programs, AMC,
accepts the award.
15. Women Owned Small Business
Program, ACE. Ms. Jackie
Robinson-Burnette, Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, ACE, accepts the
award.
16. Women Owned Small Business
Program, MEDCOM. Ms. Nancy
Villarreal, Deputy Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, MEDCOM, accepts the
award.
17. Women Owned Small Business
Program, US Army Medical
Research and Materiel Command
(MRMC). Mr. Jerome Maultsby,
Associate Director, Office of Small
Business Programs, MRMC, and
Ms. Pamela Nevels, Supervisory
Contracting Officer, US Army
Medical Research Acquisition
Activity accepts the award.
18. Women Owned Small Business
Program, US Army Test and
Evaluation Command (ATEC).
Mr. Thomas Coburn, Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, ATEC, accepts the
award.
19. Women Owned Small Business
Program, INSCOM. Ms. Harriett
Burton, Associate Director, Office
of Small Business Programs,
INSCOM, accepts the award.
Submitted by:
Ms. Cynthia Lee
Program Manager
HBCU/MI and SDB/8(a) Programs
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Commands, Small Business Specialists
Recognized for FY10 Performance
he Army Office of Small Business
Programs (OSBP) held its annual
awards program during the
National Veterans Conference, August
2011. Ms. Tracey Pinson, Director,
OSBP presented an award to the
Army Small Business Specialist (SBS)
of the Year, and to individual buying
commands. Special Recognition
Awards were also presented during the
program.
T
The Small Business Specialist of the
Year Award recognizes the SBS who
created/maintained a superior small
business program, and the MACOM
Award recognizes superior performance
for individual Small Business program
areas. Special Recognition Awards
were given to individuals who merited
special recognition for their outstanding
Small Business Programs, and to
those MACOMs who merited special
recognition for accomplishments/
improvements in specific small
business program areas. All award
recipients made contributions to their
respective Command’s Small Business
Program as well as the Army’s Small
Business Program for FY10.
SBS and MACOM Award
Recipients
1. Small Business Specialist of the
Year, Ms. Leila Hollis, Chief of
Small Business, Savannah District,
US Army Corps of Engineers.
2. MACOM Small Business Program
of the Year, US Army Space
and Missile Defense Command/
Army Forces Strategic Command
(SMDC). Ms. Christine Ryan,
Associate Director, Office of Small
Business Programs, SMDC,
accepts the award.
3. MACOM Small and Disadvantaged
Business Program Award, US Army
Materiel Command (AMC). Ms.
Mary Moore, Deputy Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, AMC, accepts the
award.
4. MACOM Service Disabled-Veteran
19
Owned Small Business Program,
US Army Medical Command
(MEDCOM). Ms. Nancy Villarreal,
Deputy Associate Director, Office
of Small Business Programs,
MEDOM, accepts the award.
5. MACOM Women Owned Small
Business Program, US Army Space
and Missile Defense Command/
Army Forces Strategic Command
(SMDC). Ms. Christine Ryan,
Associate Director, Office of
Small Business Programs, SMDC
accepts the award.
6. MACOM Historically Black
Colleges and Universities/Minority
Institutions (HBCU/MI). US
Army Corps of Engineers (ACE).
Ms. Jackie Robinson-Burnette,
Associate Director, Office of Small
Business Programs, ACE, accepts
the award.
7. MACOM Historically Underutilized
Business Zone Program, US Army
Intelligence Command (INSCOM).
Ms. Harriett Burton, Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, INSCOM, accepts the
award.
Special Recognition Award
Recipients
8. Outstanding Small Business
Program, Ms. Linda Spadaro,
Chief of Small Business Office,
Mobile District, US Army Corps of
Engineers.
9. Outstanding Small Business
Program, Ms. Cheryl Chandler,
Small Business Program Manager,
Philadelphia District, US Army
Corps of Engineers.
10. Service Disabled-Veteran Owned
Small Business Program, National
Guard Bureau (NGB). Mr. Tom
Dembowski, NGB, accepts the
award.
11. Service Disabled -Veteran Owned
Small Business Program, INSCOM.
Ms. Harriett Burton, Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, INSCOM, accepts the
award.
Newsletter | July - September 2011
12. Service Disabled-Veteran Owned
Small Business Program, ACE.
Ms. Jackie Robinson-Burnette,
Associate Director, Office of Small
Business Programs, ACE, accepts
the award.
13. Women Owned Small Business
Program, NGB. Mr. Tom
Dembowski, NGB, accepts the
award.
14. Women Owned Small Business
Program, AMC. Ms. Mary Moore,
Deputy Associate Director, Office
of Small Business Programs, AMC,
accepts the award.
15. Women Owned Small Business
Program, ACE. Ms. Jackie
Robinson-Burnette, Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, ACE, accepts the
award.
16. Women Owned Small Business
Program, MEDCOM. Ms. Nancy
Villarreal, Deputy Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, MEDCOM, accepts the
award.
17. Women Owned Small Business
Program, US Army Medical
Research and Materiel Command
(MRMC). Mr. Jerome Maultsby,
Associate Director, Office of Small
Business Programs, MRMC, and
Ms. Pamela Nevels, Supervisory
Contracting Officer, US Army
Medical Research Acquisition
Activity accepts the award.
18. Women Owned Small Business
Program, US Army Test and
Evaluation Command (ATEC).
Mr. Thomas Coburn, Associate
Director, Office of Small Business
Programs, ATEC, accepts the
award.
19. Women Owned Small Business
Program, INSCOM. Ms. Harriett
Burton, Associate Director, Office
of Small Business Programs,
INSCOM, accepts the award.
Submitted by:
Ms. Cynthia Lee
Program Manager
HBCU/MI and SDB/8(a) Programs
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2
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3
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17
4
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Orlando DoD Small Business Conference
I
n support of Dr. Ashton D. Carter,
Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics, Better Buying Power Initiative,
Department of Defense (DoD) officials,
in partnership with the City of Orlando,
hosted a small business outreach event
on August 8. The event was targeted
at maximizing opportunities for small
businesses to contract with DoD.
Over 700 people, including 475 small
businesses, participated in this DoD-led
small business procurement summit
designed to give small businesses insight
into how to do business with the federal
government. Welcome and opening
remarks were made by Orlando Mayor
Buddy Dyer, Florida Senator Bill Nelson,
Cecilia Munoz, the Deputy Assistant
to the President and Director of White
House Intergovernmental Affairs, and the
keynote address was made by Dr. Ashton
B. Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
The event included government panel
discussions on how to do business
with DOD, an industry panel on how
to cultivate business-to-business
relationships, facilitated small business
networking opportunities, and
matchmaking sessions with major prime
contractors and government contracting
officials. The afternoon portion of the
event was devoted entirely to the small
business matchmaking with industry and
government representatives. The Army
had 19 different agencies represented at
the event.
Dr. Carter stated that dynamic small
businesses play a central role in
strengthening our defense industrial base
and improving our acquisition outcomes
in the DoD. Not only do small businesses
lead the nation in innovation, he said,
but they are also proven drivers of
competition and incubators for business
growth. He added that increasing small
business contracting opportunities is not
only a priority of this department but also
a priority of President Obama, who has
said, “If we want to keep America moving
forward, we need to keep investing in our
small businesses.” ■
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Small Business
Construction Conference
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Mr. Andre Gudger, Director, DoD OSBP, speaks during the Government Panel.
Mr. Andre Gudger, Director, DoD OSBP; Mr. Sean Crean, Director, Navy OSBP; Ms. Tracey Pinson,
Director; Mr. John Caporal, Deputy Director, Air Force OSBP; Ms. Cassandra Freeman, Office of
Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.
ocal, state and federal government
officials had an opportunity to join
small business owners August
10 at Fort Leonard, Mo., to conduct
discussions, training and outreach. The
event was sponsored by the Society of
American Military Engineer, Missouri
Procurement Technical Assistance
Center, Kansas City District Corp of
Engineers and Fort Leonard Wood.
the growth of the State of Missouri in
their respective districts and contracting
with the state in the future. Mr. William
McDaniel, Kansas City District of Corps
of Engineers (COE), also provided
a briefing on ongoing construction
opportunities on Fort Leonard Wood for
which the COE is responsible, to include
a long-term project over the next six
years.
David Hale, the Small Business
Specialist for the Mission Contracting
Office-Fort Leonard Wood, attended as
part of a council designed to facilitate
two-way communication about technical
and/or financial issues perceived to
affect bidding competitiveness. The
council’s assistance will be very useful
to businesses interested in the ongoing
construction boom at Fort Leonard
Wood.
Another feature of the conference was
a round of “speed networking,” where
half of the contractors were placed in
stationary locations and the other half
rotated through each of those locations
every five to seven minutes. This
allowed a large number of contractors to
meet each other, exchange information
and look for contracting, teaming and
subcontracting opportunities as well as
networking within the industry.
During the conference, Missouri House
of Representatives Dan Brown and Tom
Green both gave presentations as to
Ms. Mary Love, the Procurement
Director of the Springfield Missouri office
of the Missouri Procurement Technical
Assistance Center, spoke on the SBA
Mentor Protégé Program. Love and her
staff provided classes on business plans,
SBA Loans, joint ventures, relationship
building and labor laws.
The conference was very well planned
and provided some very useful
information and training. The speed
networking section presented a change
from the normal networking that occurs
at conferences by allowing a large
number of contractor and government
personnel to exchange information
quickly. This was the first event of this
nature on Fort Leonard Wood in many
years and talks for another conference
next year are already taking place. ■
Submitted by:
Mr. David Hale
MICC OSBP Assistant Director
Fort Leonard Wood
MICC Supports the Indian Country Business Summit
fficials from the Mission
and Installation Contracting
Command Installation
Contracting Office-Fort Sill Office of
Small Business Programs supported
the 5th Annual Indian Country Business
Summit held August 30-31, in Norman,
Oklahoma.
O
Ms. Tracey Pinson, Director, and Ms. Heidi Shyu, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army,
Acquisition, Logistics and Technology.
Submitted by:
Ms. Rosa Elmore
Assistant Director, MICC OSBP
Fort Campbell
Army OSBP representatives at the conference.
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Newsletter | July - September 2011
The conference’s theme “Teaming
for Success” focused on bringing
buyers from federal, state, local and
tribal governments together with
companies from Oklahoma and Texas.
The conference was attended by
representatives from the Small Business
Administration, U.S. General Services
Administration, the Oklahoma Bid
Assistance Network, the U.S. Army Corp
of Engineers Southwest Tulsa District,
Federal Aviation Administration, Air
Force and the Office of Small Business
Programs.
Annette Arkeketa-Rendon, Fort Sill’s
Small Business Specialist, participated
in the breakout session panel “Your
Gateway to Federal Buyers” with
representatives from the Air Force, FAA,
and the Army Corp of Engineers. Panel
members provided contract opportunities
respective to their installation. She
also participated in the day-long
matchmaking session sponsored by the
SBA.
Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole
was a keynote speaker on August
30. On August 31, Mark Masters,
Cherokee Nation tribal member and
owner of Chloeta Fire, was the keynote
speaker. Masters paid tribute to several
audience members from SBA, Small
Business Development Office, and the
Native American Business Enterprise
Center, and others who helped him work
through the various program registration
processes to be able to compete
for government contracts. He also
acknowledged the SBA Emerging 200
program.
Conference break-out sessions provided
participants a wide variety of topics
including Exploring Global Markets,
Doing Business with the Exchange
(Army Air Force Exchange Service),
Industry Recruitment & Economic
Development on Indian Lands, Business
Financing, Veteran Entrepreneurship,
GSA, and Construction Bonding
Options. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Annette Arkeketa-Rendon
MICC OSBP Fort Sill
U.S. Army OSBP • Building the Future of the Army through Small Business Utilization | www.sellingtoarmy.com
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Success Stories
Orlando DoD Small Business Conference
I
n support of Dr. Ashton D. Carter,
Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics, Better Buying Power Initiative,
Department of Defense (DoD) officials,
in partnership with the City of Orlando,
hosted a small business outreach event
on August 8. The event was targeted
at maximizing opportunities for small
businesses to contract with DoD.
Over 700 people, including 475 small
businesses, participated in this DoD-led
small business procurement summit
designed to give small businesses insight
into how to do business with the federal
government. Welcome and opening
remarks were made by Orlando Mayor
Buddy Dyer, Florida Senator Bill Nelson,
Cecilia Munoz, the Deputy Assistant
to the President and Director of White
House Intergovernmental Affairs, and the
keynote address was made by Dr. Ashton
B. Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
The event included government panel
discussions on how to do business
with DOD, an industry panel on how
to cultivate business-to-business
relationships, facilitated small business
networking opportunities, and
matchmaking sessions with major prime
contractors and government contracting
officials. The afternoon portion of the
event was devoted entirely to the small
business matchmaking with industry and
government representatives. The Army
had 19 different agencies represented at
the event.
Dr. Carter stated that dynamic small
businesses play a central role in
strengthening our defense industrial base
and improving our acquisition outcomes
in the DoD. Not only do small businesses
lead the nation in innovation, he said,
but they are also proven drivers of
competition and incubators for business
growth. He added that increasing small
business contracting opportunities is not
only a priority of this department but also
a priority of President Obama, who has
said, “If we want to keep America moving
forward, we need to keep investing in our
small businesses.” ■
Mr. Andre Gudger, Director, DoD OSBP, speaks during the Government Panel.
Mr. Andre Gudger, Director, DoD OSBP; Mr. Sean Crean, Director, Navy OSBP; Ms. Tracey Pinson,
Director; Mr. John Caporal, Deputy Director, Air Force OSBP; Ms. Cassandra Freeman, Office of
Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy.
Command Focus
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Small Business
Construction Conference
L
ocal, state and federal government
officials had an opportunity to join
small business owners August
10 at Fort Leonard, Mo., to conduct
discussions, training and outreach. The
event was sponsored by the Society of
American Military Engineer, Missouri
Procurement Technical Assistance
Center, Kansas City District Corp of
Engineers and Fort Leonard Wood.
the growth of the State of Missouri in
their respective districts and contracting
with the state in the future. Mr. William
McDaniel, Kansas City District of Corps
of Engineers (COE), also provided
a briefing on ongoing construction
opportunities on Fort Leonard Wood for
which the COE is responsible, to include
a long-term project over the next six
years.
David Hale, the Small Business
Specialist for the Mission Contracting
Office-Fort Leonard Wood, attended as
part of a council designed to facilitate
two-way communication about technical
and/or financial issues perceived to
affect bidding competitiveness. The
council’s assistance will be very useful
to businesses interested in the ongoing
construction boom at Fort Leonard
Wood.
Another feature of the conference was
a round of “speed networking,” where
half of the contractors were placed in
stationary locations and the other half
rotated through each of those locations
every five to seven minutes. This
allowed a large number of contractors to
meet each other, exchange information
and look for contracting, teaming and
subcontracting opportunities as well as
networking within the industry.
During the conference, Missouri House
of Representatives Dan Brown and Tom
Green both gave presentations as to
Ms. Mary Love, the Procurement
Director of the Springfield Missouri office
of the Missouri Procurement Technical
Assistance Center, spoke on the SBA
Mentor Protégé Program. Love and her
staff provided classes on business plans,
SBA Loans, joint ventures, relationship
building and labor laws.
The conference was very well planned
and provided some very useful
information and training. The speed
networking section presented a change
from the normal networking that occurs
at conferences by allowing a large
number of contractor and government
personnel to exchange information
quickly. This was the first event of this
nature on Fort Leonard Wood in many
years and talks for another conference
next year are already taking place. ■
Submitted by:
Mr. David Hale
MICC OSBP Assistant Director
Fort Leonard Wood
MICC Supports the Indian Country Business Summit
fficials from the Mission
and Installation Contracting
Command Installation
Contracting Office-Fort Sill Office of
Small Business Programs supported
the 5th Annual Indian Country Business
Summit held August 30-31, in Norman,
Oklahoma.
O
Ms. Tracey Pinson, Director, and Ms. Heidi Shyu, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army,
Acquisition, Logistics and Technology.
Submitted by:
Ms. Rosa Elmore
Assistant Director, MICC OSBP
Fort Campbell
Army OSBP representatives at the conference.
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Newsletter | July - September 2011
The conference’s theme “Teaming
for Success” focused on bringing
buyers from federal, state, local and
tribal governments together with
companies from Oklahoma and Texas.
The conference was attended by
representatives from the Small Business
Administration, U.S. General Services
Administration, the Oklahoma Bid
Assistance Network, the U.S. Army Corp
of Engineers Southwest Tulsa District,
Federal Aviation Administration, Air
Force and the Office of Small Business
Programs.
Annette Arkeketa-Rendon, Fort Sill’s
Small Business Specialist, participated
in the breakout session panel “Your
Gateway to Federal Buyers” with
representatives from the Air Force, FAA,
and the Army Corp of Engineers. Panel
members provided contract opportunities
respective to their installation. She
also participated in the day-long
matchmaking session sponsored by the
SBA.
Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole
was a keynote speaker on August
30. On August 31, Mark Masters,
Cherokee Nation tribal member and
owner of Chloeta Fire, was the keynote
speaker. Masters paid tribute to several
audience members from SBA, Small
Business Development Office, and the
Native American Business Enterprise
Center, and others who helped him work
through the various program registration
processes to be able to compete
for government contracts. He also
acknowledged the SBA Emerging 200
program.
Conference break-out sessions provided
participants a wide variety of topics
including Exploring Global Markets,
Doing Business with the Exchange
(Army Air Force Exchange Service),
Industry Recruitment & Economic
Development on Indian Lands, Business
Financing, Veteran Entrepreneurship,
GSA, and Construction Bonding
Options. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Annette Arkeketa-Rendon
MICC OSBP Fort Sill
U.S. Army OSBP • Building the Future of the Army through Small Business Utilization | www.sellingtoarmy.com
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Command Focus
Army
Sustainment
Command OSBP
Attends Rock
Island Arsenal
Industry Day
M
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Weapons and vehicles were on display at Rock Island Arsenal’s 5th Annual Industry Day.
r. Paul Ward and Ms. Dianne
Wheeler, ASC OSBP, manned
a booth at the Rock Island
Arsenal’s 5th Annual Industry Day at the
iWireless Center, Moline, IL., August 4,
2011. ASC has supported the event all
5 years which was previously held on
Arsenal Island.
manufacturing-related product lines and
services during the event. This was a
great opportunity to reach out to small
businesses and talk to them about how
to do business with the government. In
addition to the more than 800 registered
attendees, the event also drew hundreds
from the local community.
More than 200 vendors representing
private industry, academia, and the
Army’s industrial base showcased their
Speakers at the event included Col.
James O. Fly, Jr., commander of the
Rock Island Arsenal’s Joint Manufacturing
& Technology Center, Mr. Michael
Viggato, Deputy to the Commander,
TACOM LCMC; and Mr. Pat Pinkston,
John Deere’s Vice President for Global
Platform Services. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Dianne Wheeler
Small Business Specialist
ASC OSBP
Pacific NW Regional Council for Small Business
Education and Advocacy
overnment officials and small
business owners from throughout
the Pacific Northwest had the
opportunity to learn about updated
government legislation and regulations
during Pacific Northwest Regional
Council for Small Business Education and
Advocacy July 19-20 in Spokane, Wash.
G
Victoria Ghent, the Small Business
Specialist for the Mission Contracting
Office-JBLM, attended the council to
educate those in attendance on policies
that govern federal contracting with small
businesses.
In addition to learning about new
government policies, attendees also had
the opportunity to listen to concerns small
business owners are experiencing while
contracting with the federal government
or when they are trying to obtain federal
contracts.
Kevin Michael, a Procurement Center
Representative of the Seattle Small
Business Administration Office, discussed
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regulatory updates on the 2010 Small
Business Jobs Act and Women-Owned
Small Business Program. One of the
initiatives stemming from the act that
will have a direct impact on government
acquisition personnel is the development,
by the Federal Acquisition Institute, of
contracting courses regarding SBA size
and status issues. Additional information
and contact for the 2010 Small Business
Jobs Act is available at www.sba.gov/
content/small-business-jobs-act-2010.
Sharon Pataky, a business development
specialist from the Spokane SBA office,
spoke on the SBA Mentor Protégé
Program. New regulations governing
this program became effective March
14, 2011. Pataky discussed the primary
purpose of this program, the qualifications
required of the protégé and mentor, and
the overall program process.
James F. Nagle, a lawyer with Oles
Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, briefed the
audience on small business legislative
and regulatory developments. Nagel
Newsletter | July - September 2011
provided a re-cap of the regulatory
changes included in the Small
Business Jobs Act of 2011. It includes
a requirement by small businesses to
recertify their size status annually.
“All of the speakers were very
knowledgeable and the event provided
excellent training and networking
opportunities,” said Ghent. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Victoria Ghent
MICC OSBP Joint Base Lewis McChord
ITS-SB awardees representatives, CHESS representatives, NCC-ACC representatives.
ACC-NCR Awards $400 Million IDIQ to Sixteen
Small Businesses
D
id you hear that the Army
has added a new tool to
the toolbox? It’s a small
business tool, with a value of $400
million. Finally, after three years, 25
small business challenges and six
protests, the contracts for Information
Technology Services – Small
Business (ITS-SB) were awarded.
Army Contracting Command-National
Capital Region (ACC-NCR), in
coordination with Army Computer
Hardware, Enterprise Software and
Solutions (CHESS) awarded sixteen
Small Business performance-based,
Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity
(IDIQ) contracts.
The acquisition was 100 percent small
business set-aside. The awardees
are ActioNet Corporation; Creative
Computing Solutions Inc; Engineering
Services Network; Enterprise
Information Services; Exeter
Information Technology Services;
Future Research Corporation;
Information Innovators; Link Solutions,
Inc.; M-Cubed Information Systems;
MicroTechnologies; NetCentrics
Corporation; Network Connectivity
Solutions Corporation ; SNVC, LC;
Superlative Technologies; TantusOnPoint ATO Systems Support, LLC;
and T4, LLC.
The purpose of ITS-SB is to provide
a range of services and solutions
necessary for the Army to satisfy
its support of the Army enterprise
infrastructure and infostructure
goals with information technology
(IT) services within CONUS. The IT
services solutions are categorized in
the following task areas; Electronic
Product Environmental Assessment
Tool (EPEAT), Information Assurance
(IA), Independent Verification &
Validation (IV&V), Internet Protocol
Version 6 (IPv6) Engineering Services,
Migration / Integration IT Services, and
Warranty and Maintenance. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Stacy Watson
Program Manager
Women-Owned Small Business
Program
U.S. Army OSBP • Building the Future of the Army through Small Business Utilization | www.sellingtoarmy.com
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Command Focus
Army
Sustainment
Command OSBP
Attends Rock
Island Arsenal
Industry Day
M
Weapons and vehicles were on display at Rock Island Arsenal’s 5th Annual Industry Day.
r. Paul Ward and Ms. Dianne
Wheeler, ASC OSBP, manned
a booth at the Rock Island
Arsenal’s 5th Annual Industry Day at the
iWireless Center, Moline, IL., August 4,
2011. ASC has supported the event all
5 years which was previously held on
Arsenal Island.
manufacturing-related product lines and
services during the event. This was a
great opportunity to reach out to small
businesses and talk to them about how
to do business with the government. In
addition to the more than 800 registered
attendees, the event also drew hundreds
from the local community.
More than 200 vendors representing
private industry, academia, and the
Army’s industrial base showcased their
Speakers at the event included Col.
James O. Fly, Jr., commander of the
Rock Island Arsenal’s Joint Manufacturing
& Technology Center, Mr. Michael
Viggato, Deputy to the Commander,
TACOM LCMC; and Mr. Pat Pinkston,
John Deere’s Vice President for Global
Platform Services. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Dianne Wheeler
Small Business Specialist
ASC OSBP
Pacific NW Regional Council for Small Business
Education and Advocacy
overnment officials and small
business owners from throughout
the Pacific Northwest had the
opportunity to learn about updated
government legislation and regulations
during Pacific Northwest Regional
Council for Small Business Education and
Advocacy July 19-20 in Spokane, Wash.
G
Victoria Ghent, the Small Business
Specialist for the Mission Contracting
Office-JBLM, attended the council to
educate those in attendance on policies
that govern federal contracting with small
businesses.
In addition to learning about new
government policies, attendees also had
the opportunity to listen to concerns small
business owners are experiencing while
contracting with the federal government
or when they are trying to obtain federal
contracts.
Kevin Michael, a Procurement Center
Representative of the Seattle Small
Business Administration Office, discussed
23
Command Focus
regulatory updates on the 2010 Small
Business Jobs Act and Women-Owned
Small Business Program. One of the
initiatives stemming from the act that
will have a direct impact on government
acquisition personnel is the development,
by the Federal Acquisition Institute, of
contracting courses regarding SBA size
and status issues. Additional information
and contact for the 2010 Small Business
Jobs Act is available at www.sba.gov/
content/small-business-jobs-act-2010.
Sharon Pataky, a business development
specialist from the Spokane SBA office,
spoke on the SBA Mentor Protégé
Program. New regulations governing
this program became effective March
14, 2011. Pataky discussed the primary
purpose of this program, the qualifications
required of the protégé and mentor, and
the overall program process.
James F. Nagle, a lawyer with Oles
Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, briefed the
audience on small business legislative
and regulatory developments. Nagel
Newsletter | July - September 2011
provided a re-cap of the regulatory
changes included in the Small
Business Jobs Act of 2011. It includes
a requirement by small businesses to
recertify their size status annually.
“All of the speakers were very
knowledgeable and the event provided
excellent training and networking
opportunities,” said Ghent. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Victoria Ghent
MICC OSBP Joint Base Lewis McChord
ITS-SB awardees representatives, CHESS representatives, NCC-ACC representatives.
ACC-NCR Awards $400 Million IDIQ to Sixteen
Small Businesses
D
id you hear that the Army
has added a new tool to
the toolbox? It’s a small
business tool, with a value of $400
million. Finally, after three years, 25
small business challenges and six
protests, the contracts for Information
Technology Services – Small
Business (ITS-SB) were awarded.
Army Contracting Command-National
Capital Region (ACC-NCR), in
coordination with Army Computer
Hardware, Enterprise Software and
Solutions (CHESS) awarded sixteen
Small Business performance-based,
Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity
(IDIQ) contracts.
The acquisition was 100 percent small
business set-aside. The awardees
are ActioNet Corporation; Creative
Computing Solutions Inc; Engineering
Services Network; Enterprise
Information Services; Exeter
Information Technology Services;
Future Research Corporation;
Information Innovators; Link Solutions,
Inc.; M-Cubed Information Systems;
MicroTechnologies; NetCentrics
Corporation; Network Connectivity
Solutions Corporation ; SNVC, LC;
Superlative Technologies; TantusOnPoint ATO Systems Support, LLC;
and T4, LLC.
The purpose of ITS-SB is to provide
a range of services and solutions
necessary for the Army to satisfy
its support of the Army enterprise
infrastructure and infostructure
goals with information technology
(IT) services within CONUS. The IT
services solutions are categorized in
the following task areas; Electronic
Product Environmental Assessment
Tool (EPEAT), Information Assurance
(IA), Independent Verification &
Validation (IV&V), Internet Protocol
Version 6 (IPv6) Engineering Services,
Migration / Integration IT Services, and
Warranty and Maintenance. ■
Submitted by:
Ms. Stacy Watson
Program Manager
Women-Owned Small Business
Program
U.S. Army OSBP • Building the Future of the Army through Small Business Utilization | www.sellingtoarmy.com
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Command Focus
Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command Awards $97
Million to Woman-Owned Small
Business
Small Business by the Numbers | Calendar of Events
FY10 vs. FY11 Army Small Business Program
Accomplishments
T
he Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command (MRMC)
contracting support element –
the Army Medical Research Acquisition
Activity – awarded a five-year $97
million research support contract to
Clinical RM, a Woman-Owned Small
Business. The July 1 2011 contract
award is entitled “Support for Military
Medical Research for the Soldier,”
will be performed at the Walter
Reed Army Institute of Research
(WRAIR) located in Silver Spring, MD.
According to the performance work
statement, this contract will provide
support for WRAIR’s goal of improving
both national and international
efforts to develop drugs, vaccines
and associated products to address
diseases of strategic interest to the
United States Military and to develop
products to enhance warfighter
resilience, and reduce and mitigate
the impact of brain injury and combat
stress.
USAMRMC’s Mission is to “provide
medical knowledge and materiel
lifecycle management to protect, treat,
and optimize warfighter health and
performance across the full spectrum
of operations.” The WRAIR is one of
six USAMRMC subordinate research
laboratories or institutes with a global
mission.
The Army MRMC and Fort Detrick
OSBP is certainly pleased with the
recent contract award to Clinical RM,
which coincides with the command’s
vision – “We are the world’s experts
and leaders in the military relevant
biomedical research and military
materiel communities, delivering
the best medical solutions to
enhance, protect, treat and heal our
warfighters.” ■
Submitted by:
Mr. Jerome K. Maultsby
Associate Director, OSBP
USAMRMC and Fort Detrick
Clinical RM has worked closely with
USAMRMC over the years in an effort
to assist the command in its effort
to provide research related support
services. Clinical RM‘s President and
CEO is Ms. Victoria Tifft. Its corporate
headquarters is based in Ohio and a
federal services operations base is
located in Maryland. In a statement
made by Ms. Victoria Tifft on 22
June 2011, “We are very proud of
the support our company currently
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Source: FPDS-NG on 10/17/11
Note: FY11 data are not yet certified by the SBA
provides to WRAIR which makes this
award especially important. It is a
testament to the value that we bring
to critical research that supports the
warfighter and our country.”
Newsletter | July - September 2011
Preliminary data from FPDS-NG indicate that FY11
has been Army’s best year yet for small business
utilization across all socioeconomic programs.
Most notably, Army has surpassed the three
percent Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Program
goal for the first time. ■
Submitted by:
Mr. Anthony Braun
Support Contractor
U.S. Army OSBP
106 Army Pentagon
Room 3B514
Washington, DC 20310
Phone: 703.697.2868
Fax: 703.693.3898
www.sellingtoarmy.com
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Command Focus
Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command Awards $97
Million to Woman-Owned Small
Business
Small Business by the Numbers | Calendar of Events
FY10 vs. FY11 Army Small Business Program
Accomplishments
T
he Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command (MRMC)
contracting support element –
the Army Medical Research Acquisition
Activity – awarded a five-year $97
million research support contract to
Clinical RM, a Woman-Owned Small
Business. The July 1 2011 contract
award is entitled “Support for Military
Medical Research for the Soldier,”
will be performed at the Walter
Reed Army Institute of Research
(WRAIR) located in Silver Spring, MD.
According to the performance work
statement, this contract will provide
support for WRAIR’s goal of improving
both national and international
efforts to develop drugs, vaccines
and associated products to address
diseases of strategic interest to the
United States Military and to develop
products to enhance warfighter
resilience, and reduce and mitigate
the impact of brain injury and combat
stress.
USAMRMC’s Mission is to “provide
medical knowledge and materiel
lifecycle management to protect, treat,
and optimize warfighter health and
performance across the full spectrum
of operations.” The WRAIR is one of
six USAMRMC subordinate research
laboratories or institutes with a global
mission.
The Army MRMC and Fort Detrick
OSBP is certainly pleased with the
recent contract award to Clinical RM,
which coincides with the command’s
vision – “We are the world’s experts
and leaders in the military relevant
biomedical research and military
materiel communities, delivering
the best medical solutions to
enhance, protect, treat and heal our
warfighters.” ■
Submitted by:
Mr. Jerome K. Maultsby
Associate Director, OSBP
USAMRMC and Fort Detrick
Clinical RM has worked closely with
USAMRMC over the years in an effort
to assist the command in its effort
to provide research related support
services. Clinical RM‘s President and
CEO is Ms. Victoria Tifft. Its corporate
headquarters is based in Ohio and a
federal services operations base is
located in Maryland. In a statement
made by Ms. Victoria Tifft on 22
June 2011, “We are very proud of
the support our company currently
25
Source: FPDS-NG on 10/17/11
Note: FY11 data are not yet certified by the SBA
provides to WRAIR which makes this
award especially important. It is a
testament to the value that we bring
to critical research that supports the
warfighter and our country.”
Newsletter | July - September 2011
Preliminary data from FPDS-NG indicate that FY11
has been Army’s best year yet for small business
utilization across all socioeconomic programs.
Most notably, Army has surpassed the three
percent Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Program
goal for the first time. ■
Submitted by:
Mr. Anthony Braun
Support Contractor
U.S. Army OSBP
106 Army Pentagon
Room 3B514
Washington, DC 20310
Phone: 703.697.2868
Fax: 703.693.3898
www.sellingtoarmy.com
U.S. Army OSBP • Building the Future of the Army through Small Business Utilization | www.sellingtoarmy.com
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