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A listing of all Department of Defense Prime Contractors with Subcontract Plans is located at the SBA internet address stated on the front page of this booklet.  Large business concerns receiving contract awards valued in excess of the following are required to submit small business subcontracting plans for review by the Deputy for Small Business and approval by the Contracting Officer.

* $1,500,000 for construction
* $650,000 for other than construction

The plans include dollar and percent goals for small business, small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, services-disabled veteran-owned small business, woman-owned business, historically black colleges/universities and minority institutions, and HUBZone small business.

- Firms can locate small, small disadvantaged, and small women-owned business firms for subcontracting by accessing SBA Dynamic Small Business search, http://web.sba.gov/pro-net/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm. Firms can be searched for by NAICS codes, key words, location, government and self certifications, business type, socio-economic category and more.

It is recommended that all small business firms search the U.S. Small Business Administration Subcontracting Network, http://web.sba.gov/subnet/search/index.cfm?CFID=27011629&CFTOKEN=4959e1bbaa38d3b-43A3661C-EA2F-7377-E74BEFE7FA58DF50 .  Small business should list their interest for subcontracting in the Interested Vendor tab of www.fbo.go and after searching with W912DS as a keyword/solicitation number search. 

In order to be awarded a Federal Government prime contract;  contractors are required to register in System for Award Management (SAM). https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.  

1. Standard Forms 330 are available on the Internet at: http://www.gsa.gov/forms. Under Standard and Optional Forms, click on Forms by Number, and continue through the listing to the A-E forms.

   They are in both Adobe Acrobat PDF and FormFlow formats. With either format, the forms can be filled in on the screen and printed out.  However, the format of the forms can not be altered. This site also tells how to order the hard copy forms from the Government Printing Office.

2. Engineer Pamphlet (EP) 715-1-7, How to Obtain Consideration for Architect-Engineer Contracts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, dated Feburary 2012, can be found here.
   
   The pamphlet describes the Corps' A-E acquisition procedures, including how primary and secondary selection criteria are applied by preselection and selection boards, debriefings of unsuccessful firms and performance evaluations. It also contains a listing of Internet addresses relevant to A-E Contracting. This EP is very useful information for firms seeking A-E contracts with the Corps.

150,000 and less

- Acquisitions valued between $3.000 and $150,000 are required (with few exceptions) to be solicited via the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI), https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/solicitation_search_form.cfm
and FedBizopps, www.fbo.gov  .

GSA Multiple Award orders are solicited using eBuy:
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104675

- Simplified purchasing procedures are utilized.

- FAR Part 13 and its supplements apply.

Acquisitions valued at $3,000 or less do not require competition and are classified
as micro-purchase requirements. These requirements are generally purchased
using the Government wide purchase card.

a) Solicitation, evaluation of quotations, and award.

(1) To the extent practicable, micro-purchases shall be distributed equitably among qualified suppliers.

(2) Micro-purchases may be awarded without soliciting competitive quotations if the contracting officer or individual appointed in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 1.603-3(b) considers the price to be reasonable.

(3) The administrative cost of verifying the reasonableness of the price for purchases may more than offset potential savings from detecting instances of overpricing. Therefore, action to verify price reasonableness need only be taken if --

(i) The contracting officer or individual appointed in accordance with 1.603-3 (b) suspects or has information to indicate that the price may not be reasonable (e.g., comparison to the previous price paid or personal knowledge of the supply or service); or

(ii) Purchasing a supply or service for which no comparable pricing information is readily available (e.g., a supply or service that is not the same as, or is not similar to, other supplies or services that have recently been purchased on a competitive basis).

Location and Point of contact    

These individuals can assist small business firms in learning how to do business with the Federal Government. They can also provide information to large business firms on subcontract plan requirements and small business sources.

Using the SBA Dynamic Small Business Search and SBA SUB-NET, large business prime contractors can locate SB, SDB, VOSB, SDVOSB, WOB, and HUBZone SB firms.   

You may obtain a listing of all Corps of Engineers Deputies for Small Business through the Organization icon at the USACE HQ internet address on the front page of this booklet.

• HQ, Corps of Engineers

  Listing of all COE Deputies for Small Business; Access to Engineer Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (EFARS); access to Department of the Army homepage with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, including DoD and Army Supplements

   

• Small Business Admin

  Loan information; listing of Federal subcontracting opportunities; SBA office listings; 8(a) program information; upcoming small business workshops; search capability for 8(a) contractors; POCs for identification of woman-owned business firms. Information is available on PRO-NET, SBA's new tool for locating small, disadvantaged, and woman-owned business concerns.  Small Business Firms can register on-line through the SBA website.  The SBA Women-Owned Business Center is located at http://www.onlinewbc.org.

   

• DoD SADBU

  Listing of offices; SBIR and STTR information; HBCU/MI and WOSB information; mentor-protegee program.

   

• FedBizOpps

  Listing of all Federal Government acquisitions in excess of $100,000.00.

   

• Federal Employment Opportunities

  Listing of Federal job opportunities.

   

• Introduction to Department of Defense (DoD)Electronic Commerce:

  Describes Electronic Commerce (EC) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and explains what contractors need to know in order to conduct business with DoD.

   

• US Navy Activities:

  Listing of Navy and Navy-related web sites. Searchable by activity title and geographical location.

   

• NAVFAC Combined Acquisition Office Procurement Opportunities:

  call 904-542-5571, x101.