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Subcontracting Opportunities
Contractors receiving a contract for more than the simplified acquisition threshold shall agree in the contract that small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business concerns, veteran-owned small business, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business, shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in contract performance consistent with its efficient performance.
Prime contractors establish procedures to ensure the timely payment of amounts due pursuant to the terms of their subcontracts with small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business concerns, veteran-owned small business, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business.
In negotiated acquisitions expected to exceed $550,000 ($1,000,000 for construction) and that has subcontracting possibilities, the apparently successful non-small business offeror must submit an acceptable subcontracting plan.
We recommend that you investigate the use of the Sub-Net database. Sub-Net is a new database recently brought online by the Small Business Administration (SBA)  . Prime contractors will use SUB-Net to post subcontracting opportunities. These may or may not be reserved for small business, and they may include either solicitations or other notices -- for example, notices of sources sought for teaming partners and subcontractors on future contracts. Small businesses can review this web site to identify opportunities in their areas of expertise. While the web site is designed primarily as a place for large businesses to post solicitations and notices, it can also be used by Federal agencies, state and local Governments, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, and even small businesses for the same purpose. The new web site will shift the traditional marketing strategy from the shotgun approach to one that is more focused and sophisticated. Instead of marketing blindly to hundreds of prime contractors, with no certainty that any given company has a need for their product or service, small businesses can use their limited resources to identify concrete, tangible opportunities and then bid on them.
Partnership Agreement with the Small Business Administration - The Partnership Agreement expedites the award of requirements pursuant to section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 USC 637(a)) and the Small Business Administration regulations.
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