NASA-JSC SBR

Date:10/30/2007

NASA-JSC SBRSmall Business Issues

Date:10/30/2007

Small Business Issues

• SBA News Press Release: FAQ (8(a) Program, Hubzone)

• Raising net worth, entry level, hubzone programs (Oct. 4, 2007).

• SBA Strategic Plan transmitted to Congress and OMB for Fiscal Years 2008 through 2013.

• http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/serv_strategic_plan_2006.pdf

• New e-application for bonding. http://www.sba.gov/eapplication

• www.sba.gov/news

SBA Office of Advocacy

• Office of Advocacy’s Regulatory review and Reform (r3)

• Designed to identify and address existing federal regulation and determine their effectiveness, duplication, or obsolete.

• Tool for small business stakeholder to suggest reform.

• Process for reform: Describe current rule and describe why it should be reform.

• Describe recommendations for reform.

SBA Office of Advocacy

• SBA Office of Advocacy requesting nominations of Federal rules in need of review and reform.

• Top 10 rules will nominated by small businesses will be transmitted to appropriate federal agencies for review and reform.

• Purpose is to streamline outdated and ineffective regulations. (constructive suggestions)

• Nominate regulations to Office of Advocacy r3 website: http://www.sba.gov/advo/r3/

• Email advocacy@sba.gov• Deadline: December 31, 2007

Small Business Conference

• NASDB Institute of Learning Fall Conference November 8, 2007

Hilton Hotel @ Clear Lake Registration $200.00

• JPL 20th Annual High-Tech Small Business Conference March 4, and 5, 2008

Radisson Hotel @ Los Angeles Airport Registration $140.00 per person

NASA-JSC SBRStrategic Plan

Date:10/30/2007

NASA Mission

• To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.

• With the NASA mission shifting from shuttle to exploration the opportunities for prime contracting with small business will probably decline during the early research and development phases.

• The shuttle program is a mature program which provides opportunities to qualified small business to be both prime and subcontractors.

Enhance Communications

Develop Agency Policies and Procedures

Enhance SB Participation

Ensure Accurate Reporting and Data

Obtain Management Commitment

NASA Mission

•To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. •With the NASA mission shifting from shuttle to exploration the opportunities for prime contracting with small business will probably decline during the early research and development phases.

•The shuttle program is a mature program which provides opportunities to qualified small business to be both prime and subcontractors.

Improve Actuals and Goals

OSBP Goals

NASA Mission

Enhance Communications Establish Industry Councils to enhance idea exchanges to increase small business participation in both prime and subcontracting

Create a NASA Small Business Specialist Council

Meet on a regular basis with Center Procurement Offices

Meet on a regular basis with personnel from the Mission Directorates

Meet on a regular basis with the SBA and other Federal agencies

Electronic newsletter to publicize agency small business success stories

Enhance OSBP website

Enhance SB Participation Mentor-Protégé Program SBIR ProgramHBCU/MI

SB Technical Advisors Role

Small Business Training Sessions for Procurement & Mission Directorates

Small Business Improvement Plan

Small Business Program AwardRecognize Center Winners and Chose agency wide winnerProgram ManagerTechnical Procurement Small Business Specialist Center Awards for best over all FY-08 SB Program (Administrator’s Cup)

Obtain Management Commitment: Demonstrate management commitment to the small business program by inserting standard small business performance evaluation criteria into the performance appraisal for NASA acquisition personnel and require performance evaluation procedures for prime contractors related to small business subcontracting.

OSBP Goals

Strategies & Tactics

Improve Actuals and Goals:Increase the use of set-aside authorities to meet at least two additional socio-economic goals and improve performance on one other unmet prime goal; take on a more proactive practice to meet subcontracting goals.

Develop Agency Policies and ProceduresEstablishing Small Business Program Goals for each Center / agency Market SurveysAcquisition PlanningSolicitations – Past PerformanceSubcontracting Plans Award fees

Ensure Accurate Reporting and Data:Establish a standardized method for accurate data input and retrieval.

OSBP Goals

Strategies & Tactics

NASA JSC-SBR Mission

To increase opportunities for small businesses and expand the pool of small Businesses from which NASA buys its goods and services

by providing a diverse pool of trained, knowledgeable, and qualified small business while establishing effective communications among

NASA procurement officials, NASA decision makers, and small businesses.

Enhance Communications

Enhance SB Participation

Expand SB Qualifications

JSC-SBR Goals

OSBP Goal

NASA-JSC SBRMarketing Committee

Date:10/30/2007

Marketing Committee MembersCo-Chairs: Amye Spradlin and Terry Gomes

Members:

1. Ron Campbell

2. Vineta Fair

3. Nikki Pinto

4. Ruben Torres

5. Susana Torres

6. Carolyn Yarbro

7. Glenda Schoehler*

Marketing Committee Objectives

– Identify New Members (companies)– Conduct Recruitment/Membership Drive– Develop and Conduct Awareness Campaign– Develop Quarterly Newsletters with Success Stories– Provide SBR-related Information/Input for External

JSC Homepage Information– Establish Branding for Brochure/Business Cards

and Collateral Materials for the Council– Nominate a Spokesperson for the Council

Marketing Committee Priorities

1. Identify New Members (Companies): Develop a membership roster from sources such as Chamber of commerce, Houston Minority Business Council, Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, Houston Business Journal, Central Contractor Registration.

2. Conduct Recruitment/Membership Drive: Develop list of advantages to participating in the SBR. Provide information regarding future NASA needs for small businesses.

3. Develop and Conduct Awareness Campaign.4. Develop Quarterly Newsletter5. Provide SBR-related Information for External JSC Homepage6. Develop Brochure/Business Cards and Other Council

Marketing Materials7. Nominate Spokesperson for Council

Forward-Looking Plan

• To be develop by committee

Marketing CommitteeExpected Outcomes

Performance measures

1. Number of new companies participating

2. Number of small business opportunities identified

3. Meet or exceed JSC SB contracting goals

4. SB overall growth

NASA-JSC SBREducation and Training

Committee

Date:10/30/2007

Education/TrainingCommittee Members

Co-Chairs: Tim Kropp & Catherine Cagan-Brown

Members:

1. Gerry Burns

2. Rhonda Cummings

3. Carolyn Grovey-Brown

4. Bobbie Jessie

5. Cornell Johnson

6. Aileen McCall

7. Sunny Slade

Education/TrainingCommittee Objectives

• Identify educational gaps within the small business community

• Develop materials to close gaps that will increase chances of success with NASA and DoD customer

• Establish a consistent meeting time and place

• Contact members prior to meeting to verify attendance

Education/TrainingCommittee Priorities

• Refine Starter kit concept and related content

• Identify and develop education materials on the types of contract opportunities

• Clarify small business contracting paths:– Set aside– Unsolicited proposal– Prime – Subcontract

Education/TrainingForward-Looking Plan

• To be develop by committee

Education/TrainingExpected Outcomes

Performance measures

a. Increased level of understanding among small businesses about contracting types

b. Increase number of opportunities small businesses will capture

NASA-JSC SBRMentoring Committee

Date:10/30/2007

Mentoring Committee MembersCo-Chairs: Andy Hernandez and Ned Mueller

Members:

1. Berniece Williams

2. Charles Wilson

3. Nancy Evans

4. Michael Zarcaro

Mentoring Committee Objectives

– Develop informal mentoring plan among interested small businesses

– Relay information coming from NASA HQ regarding NASA’s Mentor-Protégé Program

– Coordinate with Education Committee– Define Multi-prong approach to mentoring

such that diverse businesses that are members of SBR find value

Mentoring Committee Priorities

1. Identify additional Mentoring Committee Members (Companies):

2. Integrate mentoring opportunities into SBR General Meeting Structure: Develop list of new opportunity/target identification techniques, resources for small businesses.

3. Develop list of mentoring topics.4. Engage appropriate NASA HQ personnel in dialogue to

effectively understand status of revamped Mentor-Protégé application process

5. Provide to SBR- mentoring related Information for External JSC Homepage

Forward-Looking Plan

• To be developed as collaborative effort among Mentoring committee members

Mentoring CommitteeExpected Outcomes

Performance measures

1. Increasing participation and engagement by members and prospective Small Businesses.

2. Open and effective discourse between Small Business membership and NASA Small Business leadership.

1. Small Business members’ increased understanding of NASA and Federal Small Business policies and practices.

2. Informed and effective input by Small Business members to NASA Small Business leadership.

3. Improved market understanding and strategic planning capability among individual Small Business members.