‘SMALL’ HAS BIG MEANING
goals in four small business subcategories: small
disadvantaged
business, women-
owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and certified HUBZone [Historically Under- utilized Business Zone] small business. We continue to exceed our annual small business goals, and I’m very proud of our exceptional performance.
AGILE AND INNOVATIVE Small businesses play a vital role in our nation’s security. In general, they are able to move faster, and with greater flexibil- ity in their niche core-competency areas, than larger companies. Small companies are also critical to large companies because they constitute a large share of lower-tier suppliers’ innovation. I had the oppor- tunity to visit several small companies in the past year and was very impressed with their
focus on delivering high-quality
products, their ability to innovate rapidly and their pride in helping our Soldiers.
Tese small companies cover a broad spectrum, from performing analysis on technical problems, to producing soft- ware applications for design engineers, to machining rapid prototypes, to designing and producing rucksacks for a variety of applications, to developing low-cost vir- tual training for Soldiers.
Small businesses lead the way in three of
the Army’s key service acquisition
portfolios: knowledge-based services, facility-related services, and electronic and communication services. In FY15, more than $9 billion was awarded in these three service areas.
CONCLUSION DOD’s Better Buying Power initiative is fostering small business partnerships. DOD’s Office of Small Business Programs has helped the Army accomplish our tough small business goals. As an example, at the
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Program Executive Office for Ammuni- tion, the Combat Ammunition Team developed a business model that high- lights small business innovation and rapid response capability while reducing cost, risk and cycle time. Tis multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, best-value, 100 percent small business set-aside plan for recurring production of ammunition eliminated an estimated
$60 million in labor costs and potentially years in the average time from receipt of a requirement to delivery order award.
Te Army remains dedicated to working with the small business community to innovate rapidly, enhance competition, reduce cost and deliver solutions to our Soldiers.
SET-ASIDE STRATEGY Mortarmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade out of Vicenza, Italy, load an M224 60 mm mortar during a live-fire exercise at Novo Selo Train- ing Area, Bulgaria, in September 2015. Under a single acquisition strategy developed by the Combat Ammunition Team at the Program Executive Office for Ammunition, 53 artillery and mortar components are procured through a 100 percent set-aside for small business. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity vehicle for recurring production of ammunition created ef- ficiencies so significant as to earn the team a David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award, the highest award in DOD acquisition, in 2012. (Photo by SSG Brooks Fletcher, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Army AL&T Magazine
January-March 2016
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