BIG TURNOUT FOR SMALL BUSINESS LTC Amanda Flint addresses attendees during the U.S. Army Mission and Installation Con- tracting Command’s acquisition forecast open house, which was held in February 2015 and attracted more than 225 representatives from small businesses. The DACM’s efforts to develop and implement the small business ACF aim to strengthen the Army’s ability to leverage inno- vations and successes that often originate with small businesses—to ultimately benefit the warf- ighter. (Photo by Natasha Brown, Fayetteville Technical Community College)
to identify their acquisition workforce members who perform more than 50 percent of their duties on small business functions. Tis will allow the completion of the small business curriculum, which is currently in the pilot phase.
BEGINNING THE JOURNEY Te USAASC Office of the Army Direc- tor, Acquisition Career Management (DACM) and the Army Office of Small Business Programs
are partnering to
implement the newly established career field.
As with all of our acquisition career fields (ACFs), we listen and learn from our workforce with a continual dialogue to better understand their needs and goals. We apply lessons learned from other ACFs to identify the gap between where we are today and where we see ourselves need- ing to be. As a collaborative community, we are addressing the gaps by develop- ing and maintaining various
training,
educational and experiential programs, including DAU training classes, the Acquisition Leadership Challenge Pro- gram and the Competitive Development Group/Army Acquisition Fellowship, to name just a few. It is our enduring mission
to provide the workforce, including small business specialists, the skill sets needed to be highly successful and competitive in an ever-changing and complex military acquisition environment.
INTRODUCTION TO SMALL BUSINESS DAU released the first course focused on small business, SBP 101, Introduction to Small Business Programs, Part A, as a pilot, distance-learning course in Novem- ber 2015. Te pilot was a forum of selected DOD small business professionals from various demographics, skill sets and expe- rience levels, each offering insight and sharing experiences to help establish a cer- tification curriculum for the newest ACF. It also featured small business cases and success stories that have contributed to the overall success of DOD procurement.
Tis January, DAU will roll out the next small business-focused course, SBP 102, Introduction to Small Business Programs, Part B, at DAU’s Capital Northeast campus on Fort Belvoir, VA. Some of the participating students from SBP 101 will have the opportunity to attend and provide continuity to the training and development objectives.
CONCLUSION Together with the DACM office and the Army OSBP, we will develop an Army small business workforce
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fication process to provide the Army Acquisition Workforce with updates and progress reports on the implementation of this new and vital career field. But it takes more than a notification process to build and maintain a successful career field.
Te small businesses with which the Army does business, and those it will do business with in the future, consti- tute a community that is critical and integral to accomplishing the diverse missions of Army acquisition. Its history of innovative ideas and commitment has continually assisted our success, and it is to our advantage to find ways to train and develop the workforce to work effectively with small business. It is my hope that the creation of the small business career field will solidify our partnership with small business as we continually work to provide positive acquisition outcomes for our Soldiers.
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