SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SECTION 8(a) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

195 Pages·2013·0.44 MB·English

by  Nordhaus Law Firm

SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL
EXECUTIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL
GOALS
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DISCLAIMER

The information provided is for
informational purposes only and
may not apply to all
circumstances.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PART 1: SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AND
CONGRESSIONAL GOALS
• PART 2: ROLE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION (“SBA”)
• PART 3: OVERVIEW OF SBA SECTION 8(a) BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (“8(a) Program”)
• PART 4: PREPARING AND SUBMITTING 8(a)
PROGRAM APPLICATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PART 5: RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL OF
SBA 8(a) ELIGIBILITY DECISIONS
• PART 6: FEDERAL CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES
• PART 7: CONTRACTS—CONSTRUCTION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PART 8: JOINT VENTURES AND TEAMING
• PART 9: MENTOR/PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM
• PART 10: OTHER SBA PROGRAMS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PART 11: HUBZone PROGRAM
• PART 12: SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-
OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES
• PART 13: VETERAN-OWNED SMALL
BUSINESSES
• PART 14: WOMAN-OWNED SMALL
BUSINESSES PROGRAM
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PART 15: SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES
(“SDB”)
• PART 16: SMALL BUSINESSES (“SB”)
• PART 17: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
• PART 18: U.S. DoD INDIAN INCENTIVE
PROGRAM
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PART 19: IS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
FOR YOU?
• PART 20: MARKETING IS KEY
• PART 21: IMPORTANCE OF SBDC CLASSES
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PART 1: SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL
EXECUTIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL GOALS

• Small Business Reauthorization Act of
1997 directed President to establish goal
of not less than 23 percent of federal
government’s prime contracting dollars
to be awarded to small businesses each
fiscal year.
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Federal Contract Goals for Small
Businesses
• Certain goals are set for specific small businesses:
– 5% of all prime contracts is to be set-aside for 8(a) small businesses.
– 3% of all prime contracts is to be set-aside for HUBZone small
businesses.
– 3% of all prime contracts is to be set-aside for Service-Disabled
Veteran-Owned (“SDVO”) small businesses.
– Agencies have goal to award 5% of their acquisition dollars to woman-
owned small businesses.

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