Another of AMC’s long-term initiatives is developing and training Army acquisition’s small business workforce, supporting the professional growth of the small business specialist as a member of the Army Acquisition Workforce.
committed to helping small businesses explore opportunities to do business with their commands. Tese specialists are an excellent starting place to market a small business’s capabilities effectively. Te AMC OSBP website identifies the points of contact at each major subordinate command. Te website also links to the March 2015 guide “How to Do Business with the U.S. Army Materiel Command.”
A primary reason for the overall success of AMC’s OSBP results from engaging program executive officers, commanders and contracting professionals over the past two years in the outreach program it developed. Te office hosts one of the premier small business outreach events in the Army, the annual Team Redstone (AL) Small Business Industry Outreach, which has grown from 200 small busi- ness attendees to over 500 small business attendees and 100 government personnel in only two years.
A key reason for the success of this event is the far-reaching agenda, which includes keynote speakers, presentations and panel discussions involving the commanding generals of AMC and subordinate com- mands, senior leaders, principal assistants responsible for contracting, the Army and DOD OSBPs, the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for procurement, the assistant secretary of the Army for
acquisition, logistics and technology,
program executive officers, the civilian aide to the secretary of the Army, SBA, the Defense Contract Audit Agency and U.S. General Services Administration. Te FY16 event is scheduled for March 14 in Huntsville, AL, as the kickoff to the Association of
the United States Army Global Force Symposium and Exposition.
Another primary source of outreach for AMC is the advance planning briefings for industry, held quarterly at one of the four centers of excellence. Te tentative dates and locations for 2016 are: Team Redstone, March 8-9; Team Rock Island (IL), May; Team Warren (MI), August; and Team Aberdeen Proving Ground, (MD), November. Tese two- or three- day events provide a great opportunity to learn of upcoming opportunities at AMC’s four centers of excellence, as well as to network and develop teaming opportunities.
CONCLUSION As a result of AMC’s record-breaking efforts in FY14, the command’s OSBP received the National Veteran Small Business Coalition 2014 Champi- ons of Veteran Enterprise Award for exceptional support of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses; DA’s FY14 Women-Owned Small Business Award for Exceptional Program Support;
and DA’s FY14 Service-Disabled Vet- eran-Owned Small Business Award for Exceptional Program Support.
In FY15, Via reiterated the importance of AMC achieving its small business goals and the commitment of AMC leadership to supporting small businesses by empha- sizing how critical small business is to our nation’s economy. Tis unprecedented high-level emphasis on making small business a priority carried through to the leadership of the command’s OSBP and of the U.S. Army Contracting Com- mand, contributing directly to AMC’s exceeding all goals in its small business program in back-to-back years.
AMC is open for business and remains committed to ensuring that warfighting formations are prepared when the call comes. Small business will continue to play a critical role in enabling AMC to develop and deliver readiness solutions. AMC’s work with small business is all about the Soldier, and it’s critical that we never lose sight of that.
For more information, contact Nancy Small, director of AMC’s OSBP, at
usarmy.red-
stone.usamc.mbx.small-business@
mail.mil; or go to the AMC OSBP web- site at
http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/ smallbusiness.html.
MS. BETH SCHERR is deputy director of the AMC OSBP, with more than 13 years of experience in contracting. She has held various positions from the execution through the strategic level. She has an M.A. in contract management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a B.S. in account- ing from Montclair State University. She is Level III certified in contracting and Level I certified in program management.
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