NASAJohnson Space CenterSmall Business Roundtable Glenn A. DelgadoAssistant AdministratorOffice of Small Business Programs

June 12, 2007

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To the Moon, Mars and Beyond

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NASA Mission

• To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. The main focus over previous decade in supporting the NASA mission was the space shuttle. The shuttle program is currently scheduled to retire not later than 2010.

• 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.

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Small Business Performance History

FY-03 FY-04 FY-05 FY-06*

PRIME

Goal 17.0% 16.2% 16.2% 16.2%

Actual 13.9% 14.4% 14.4% 15.4%

Dollars $1,628,279,000 $1,752,777,000 $1,797,265,503 $1,850,400,766

SUBCONTRACTING

Goal 42.0% 49.0% 49.0% 47.0%

Actual 40.1% 49.0% 43.6% 47.2%

Dollars $1,676,717,277 $1,928,594,745 $1,718,660,668 $1,373,254,949

* Preliminary data

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NASA Prime Goals vs.Actual Percentages as of 05/31/07

15.00%

6.50%

4.00%

3.00%

5.00%

3.00%

1.20%

2.21%

0.77%

3.56%

6.29%

14.79%

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

Small BusinessConcerns

SmallDisadvantaged

Businesses

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FY07 Goal

FY07 Actual

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JSC FY07 Prime Goals vs.Actual Percentages as of 05/31/07

5.50%

0.86% 0.80%

0.06%

0.80%0.95%

6.14%

3.43%

1.07%

0.14%

1.40%

1.08%

0.00%

1.00%

2.00%

3.00%

4.00%

5.00%

6.00%

7.00%

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SmallDisadvantaged

Businesses

8(a) HUBZone WOSB SDVOSB

FY07 Goal

FY07 Actual

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NASA Prime Small Business Dollars by Category as of 05/31/2007

$1,107,798,538

$90,073,235

$471,436,135

$165,436,809

$57,448,455$266,571,095

Small Business Concerns

Small Disadvantaged Businesses

8(a)

HUBZone

WOSB

SDVOSB

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Issues

Decreasing Prime Awards to Small Businesses • Shuttle vs. Exploration• Recertification issues

Communications and Working Relationships • With Industry partners• Mission Directorates• Procurement • Among agency Small Business Specialists• Small Business Administration

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Initiatives

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

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Initiatives

Enhance communications (cont’d)• Meet on a regular basis with the SBA and other

Federal agencies

• Electronic newsletter to publicize agency small business success stories

• Enhance OSBP website

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NEW OSBP Website

www.osbp.nasa.gov

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Initiatives

Develop Agency Policies and Procedures• Establishing Small Business Program Goals for

each Center / agency • Market Surveys• Acquisition Planning• Solicitations – Past Performance• Subcontracting Plans • Award fees

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Initiatives

Review Current / Implement New Programs to Enhance SB Participation

• Mentor-Protégé Program • SBIR Program• HBCU/MI

• SB Technical Advisors Role

• Small Business Training Sessions for Procurement & Mission Directorates

• Small Business Improvement Plan

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Small Business Improvement Plan

Ensure Accurate Reporting and Data:• Establish a standardized method for accurate

data input and retrieval.

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.

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Small Business Improvement Plan

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.

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Initiatives

Review Current / Implement New Programs to Enhance SB Participation (cont’d)

• Small Business Program Award• Recognize Center Winners and Chose

agency wide winner• Program Manager• Technical • Procurement • Small Business Specialist • Center Awards for best over all FY-08 SB

Program (Administrator’s Cup)