SMALL BUSINESS SOUNDING BOARD Hallock listens as Paul Gierow, right, president and CEO of GATR Technologies, talks with Roy Priest, GATR’s vice president of sales and customer support, during the 2013 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, DC. Small busi- ness owners are concerned about today’s ever-changing economic environment, the declining budget and their impact on contracting. (Photo by Kathie Scarrah, Office of the DASA(P))


business opportunities. In FY13, the Army awarded 142,237 actions to small businesses, valued at roughly $17 billion. Of our total contract actions, 27.31 per- cent went to small businesses, exceeding the FY13 goal established by DOD. Kudos to the Army contracting commu- nity and to our customers and requiring activities that support the small business program, ultimately supporting our Sol- diers in the field.


I’m very proud of the Army contracting enterprise support to America’s small businesses. As we march on in an era of constrained resources, we must ensure that our buying actions are prudent busi- ness decisions that help strengthen the


U.S. industrial base and sustain our lead- ing technological edge.


It takes strong teamwork at all levels of the acquisition process to research and identify small business opportuni- ties with each and every contract action. Early collaboration and partnering with our Army customers and requiring activi- ties are critical. Success lies in engaging small business strategies at the earliest point of acquisition planning to identify small business resources, and to explore new avenues of acquiring services and supplies that both support our small busi- ness industrial base and provide fair and reasonable prices to the taxpayer. I am pleased to see these processes resulting in


positive strides in our acquisition plan- ning and market research. Let me share some examples of what the contracting community is doing to improve processes by teaming and disseminating informa- tion to the small business community. Tese actions help us reach our goals and increase small business participation:


 Our use of indefinite-delivery, indefi- nite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts offers a streamlined approach to bid and proposal of


submissions and issuance task order awards. Tese contract


arrangements have given small busi- nesses an edge, and we have evolved to better address small business oppor- tunities


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