Small Business Subcontracting Plan Instructions.doc

Small Business Subcontracting Plan

FAR 19.704, Subcontracting plan requirements

FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (April 2008) – Alternative II (October 2001)

In accordance with FAR 19.704 and FAR clause 52.219-9, the offeror representing a large business shall submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan in response to this solicitation, which shall address the broadest possible scope of small business participation, including all eleven (11) required elements of the plan.

The offeror representing a large business shall submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan, based on the Small Business Subcontracting Plan template in Section J, which separately addresses subcontracting with small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. The offeror shall submit the Small Business Subcontracting Plan as part of the Contract Volume. The plan shall be included in and made a part of the resultant contract.

Subcontracting Goals

The Contracting Officer has determined appropriate subcontracting goals for this acquisition, to be based on the total subcontracting amount proposed by the offeror. The goals in Table 1 represent the percentage per small business category out of the offeror’s proposed overall subcontracting amount. These goals are considered to be minimum allocations per category, and categories are not mutually exclusive.

Table 1 Subcontracting Category Percentage Goals

Note: Subcontract dollars may be attributed to as many categories as are applicable. (Example: WOSB & SDB also count as SB)

The offeror representing a large business shall:

· Propose goals that are equivalent to or greater than those recommended by the Contracting Officer.

· Clearly state the proposed goals and dollars for each small business category in the plan.

· Provide cage codes for the primary bidder as well as all proposed small business subcontractors.

In no case are “zero” goals acceptable; failure to submit a plan that meets the percentage requirements (goals) set forth by the Contracting Officer for all small business categories may render the proposal non-responsive.

Subcontracting Reporting

The offeror representing a large business shall agree to enter, and ensure that its subcontractors enter, the required subcontracting reports into the government-wide Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) www.esrs.gov in accordance with the instructions provided with eSRS. Prior to final payment, the successful contractor shall submit their small business utilization figures, to the DOL Contracting Office (address on page 1 of this solicitation) for use in determining how well the successful awardee adhered to their proposed subcontracting plan and for use in determining the company’s overall performance evaluation.

Subcontracting Plan Evaluation

The CO will evaluate the acceptability or unacceptability of the Small Business Subcontracting Plan prior to evaluation of the proposal by the Government.

For a subcontracting plan to be deemed acceptable, the offeror representing a large business shall respond to all eleven (11) elements of FAR 52.219-9. In addition, the offeror representing a large business shall demonstrate a commitment to small business subcontracting and its extent of participation in compliance with the associated regulations. The offeror representing a large business shall submit a plan, which will meet or exceed the percentage requirements (goals) described in this section for small business, small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, HUBZone small business, veteran-owned small business, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Failure to meet the subcontracting plan requirements may cause the proposal to be non-responsive and ineligible for award.