While they regularly publish reports and other
documents on economic research and statistics,
their
Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) document is
very helpful for learning and communicating national
small business contributions.
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Small Business Contribution - DoD
Summary statistics on tangible small business contributions on a per project or program basis (cost, schedule
and performance contributions) are diff
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cult to track in DoD. There is no centralized database to capture and
report these types of small business success stories. As Acquisition Professionals, you can help mitigate these
challenges by sharing your small business success stories (quantitative and qualitative) with your local SBP
and leadership. These success stories generally make it into public affairs articles, annual performance
appraisals/recognition, and your Component/agency annual inputs for
SBA's Scorecard
, which SBA uses for
measuring and grading agency small business performance.
Despite the diff
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culties in manually collecting/reporting the tangible small business contributions, the DoD is
the most significant agency when it comes to influencing Federal small business performance outcomes. This
is because the DoD budget and contract dollar obligations are very large in comparison to other Federal
agencies. For example, from a quick glance at the SBA
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s FY16 Scorecard at the above link, you can see DoD
obligated 61 % ($252B) of the Federal contract dollars ($411B). In other words, when DoD meets its small
business goals, so does the Federal Government. Unfortunately, the reverse is true also which is why we're
counting on each of you to do your part.
Improved DoD small business performance means more opportunities for small businesses which, in turn,
increases competition and helps to strengthen the national economy and industrial base. Select the PDF
icon to view DoD small business performance trends, and see where small business contributions were the
highest in terms of support for the warfighter.
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Knowledge Review 1
Which of the following provides overall direction for Government-wide
procurement policies, regulations, and procedures to promote
economy, eff
i
ciency, and effectiveness in acquisition processes,
including Small Business Programs?
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Congress
D
Small Business Administration (SBA)
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Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)
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DoD Office of Small Business Programs
Check Answer
That is incorrect
The Off
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ce of Federal Procurement Policy provides overall direction for Government-wide procurement
policies, regulations, and procedures to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in acquisition
processes, including Small Business Programs.
