SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL GOALS 1 DISCLAIMER The information provided is for informational purposes only and may not apply to all circumstances. 2 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 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS • PART 5: RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL OF SBA 8(a) ELIGIBILITY DECISIONS • PART 6: FEDERAL CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES • PART 7: CONTRACTS—CONSTRUCTION 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS • PART 8: JOINT VENTURES AND TEAMING • PART 9: MENTOR/PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM • PART 10: OTHER SBA PROGRAMS 5 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 6 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 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS • PART 19: IS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING FOR YOU? • PART 20: MARKETING IS KEY • PART 21: IMPORTANCE OF SBDC CLASSES 8 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. 9 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. 10