Future of Federal Acquisition Small Business Calvin Jenkins Sr. Manager, Small Business SourceAmerica
Agenda Leadership at the Small Business Administration Small Business Administrations Small Business Contracting Priorities Congressional Small Business Action Recent Regulatory Changes Effecting AbilityOne Program Small Business Goaling Summary Report Procurement Data Graph List of Largest Federal AbilityOne Customers Procurement Challenges Next Steps AbilityOne Procurement Scorecard Fiscal Year 2015 Government-wide Small Business Scorecard 2
Leadership Changes at the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon assumed office as SBA Administrator on February 14, 2017 Revitalize the Agency Raise the Agency s Profile Robert Wong, Associate Administrator for Government Contracting & Business Development Rear Adm. Althea Coetzee Nominated as SBA s Deputy Administrator on March 27, 2017 3
SBA Small Business Contracting Priorities Meet and/or exceed Federal small business contracting goals Increase contract opportunities for certified socialeconomic small businesses Strengthen the integrity of the small business certification process and Procurement Data 4
Congressional Small Business Contracting Action Over the past several years Congress passed legislation that SBA is still working on: Small Business Jobs Act NDAA 2013 through 2017 These legislations contain a wide range of small business topics, including procurement integrity, goaling, training, and roles and responsibilities. 5
Recent Regulatory Change Effecting AbilityOne January 13, 2017 Federal Acquisition Regulations were amended to eliminated the requirement that Contracting Officers seek SBA approval before removing from the 8(a) Program follow-on requirements of products and/or services on the Procurement List SourceAmerica is coordinating with the Small Business Administration and other Federal agencies to ensure effective implementation of this change Federal Acquisition Regulations amendment at section 19.815(a) & (b) 6
Small Business Goaling Summary Report FY 2004 FY 2004 FY 2015 FY 2015 Category Goal % $ % $ Small Business 23% 23.08% $69.2 billion 25.74% $90.7 billion Small Disadvantage Business 5% 6.18% $18.5 billion 10.05% $35.4 billion Women Owned Small Business 5% 3.03% $9.1 billion 5.05% $17.8 billion Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 3% 0.38% $1.2 billion 3.92% $13.8 billion Historically Underutilized Business Zones 3% 1.59% $4.8 billion 1.82% $6.4 billion Data Source: Federal Procurement Data System AbilityOne Data Includes SourceAmerica and National Industries for the Blind 7
Procurement Data Data Source: Federal Procurement Data System AbilityOne Data Includes SourceAmerica & National Industries for the Blind 8
Largest Federal AbilityOne Customers FY 2015 Agency AbilityOne Dollars % of Total Dollars Spent DoD $1.8 Billion 0.668% GSA $202.1 Million 2.127% DoJ $84.5 Million 1.082% VA $72.2 Million 0.359% DHS $71.9 Million 0.535% Data Source: Federal Procurement Data System AbilityOne Data Includes SourceAmerica and National Industries for the Blind 9
Procurement Challenges Responsibility No One Official or Department in Federal Agencies Responsible for Implementation Accountability No Incentives for using the AbilityOne Program Lack of an Evaluation System for Assessing Level of Utilization Procurement Tools Mandatory Source - Authorized in 1938 10
Next Steps SourceAmerica is developing plans and potential strategies to eliminate these challenges and expand contract and job opportunities through: U.S. AbilityOne Commission Work to implement new procurement tools by leveraging successful small business models Congress Increase Advocacy Influence legislation that negatively impact AbilityOne Program 11
Next Steps Federal Agencies Increase program awareness Influence Policies that Support the AbilityOne Program Remove barriers to expand contract and job opportunities Nonprofit Agencies Feedback (What works and What Doesn't Work) Program advocacy 12
AbilityOne Procurement Scorecard Results Against an Established AbilityOne Goal Agency s Commitment to the AbilityOne Program Effective Engagement of Senior Management in Achieving the AbilityOne Goal Training of Acquisition Staff on the AbilityOne Program 13
Government-Wide Small Business Procurement Scorecard 14
Government-Wide Small Business Procurement Scorecard 15
Surveys Time to Give Your Feedback! We are going Green this year! To access the survey, log into the app, click on the session The survey link will be located at the top of the session description Thank you for participating! 16