OPENING DOORS
EAGLE FORECASTING Jody Fasko, chief of the EAGLE Business Office at ASC, briefs small business leaders on contract opportunities during industry week, October 2015. The EAGLE program opens up entire Army installations to small businesses. (Photo by Tony Lopez, JMC Public and Con- gressional Affairs)
small business,” said Carr. “Tat’s why we ask you to provide frank feedback and comments and use this unique opportunity in this forum to address your concerns and your issues as we go forward.”
Jody Fasko, chief of the EAGLE Business Office at ASC, said EAGLE had awarded 27 task orders as of October 2015, includ- ing 15 new awards in FY15 and the reconfirmation of the Fort Benning, GA, EAGLE site award. Of those 27 awards, 20 were set aside for small business com- panies. “We’ve really been impacting that segment of the market,” said Fasko. “Te 20 awards represent 45 percent of the total dollars we’ve awarded.”
While increasing competition by 42 per- cent between FY13 and FY15, EAGLE has reduced the average adjusted days to award by 40 percent, from 292 days in FY13 to 175 in FY15, which falls below the EAGLE acquisition strategy target of 180 days to award, according to Fasko.
“As we look at what the acquisition strat- egy called for and what we said we were going to do, which was increase compe- tition, increase small business [use] and establish efficiencies within the logistics,
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supply, transportation and maintenance functions at ASC, we have done all of those things, but we have done them all with your help,” said Carr.
CONCLUSION In FY15, the ASC/JMC OSBP exceeded its percentage goals in all five small busi- ness categories. For that year, $916.1 million was awarded to small businesses for goods or services acquired by ASC and JMC. Te awards include small dis- advantaged businesses, $365.5 million; women-owned businesses, $197.8 mil- lion; Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone, $30.9 million; veteran- owned small businesses, $153.9 million; and service-disabled veteran-owned busi- nesses, $168 million.
Small manufacturing companies face a number of challenges to stay in business and remain competitive, including the constant pressure to grow their customer base. Also, companies often overlook or bypass opportunities in government con- tracting as the result of paperwork that they consider burdensome.
“If you have questions, we have answers, because small business is OUR business.” Tat’s the motto of the ASC/JMC OSBP.
“Our office works closely with contract- ing to ensure all procurements give small businesses the maximum practicable opportunity to compete,” said Matthys.
“We try to remove any roadblocks or barriers that may make it difficult or impossible for small businesses.”
For example, the OSBP strives to ensure that the scope of work is understandable to all small businesses. During the solici- tation period, when companies can bid on a contract, the OSBP can extend the bid preparation time to allow small busi- nesses additional time to compete.
For more information, contact the ASC/ JMC OSBP at 309-782-7302 or go to
http://www.aschq.army.mil/home/ SmallBusiness.aspx.
MR. JUSTIN GRAFF is a public affairs specialist with ASC. He holds an M.A in business and a B.S. in audio engineering from Full Sail University.
MR. TONY LOPEZ is a public affairs specialist with JMC. He holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of Iowa.
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