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SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

Date __________

CONTRACTOR:______________________________________________________

ADDRESS:_________________________________________________________

SOLICITATION OR CONTRACT NUMBER:_______________________________________

ITEM/SERVICE: ____________________________________________________________

TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONTRACT (Including Options): ______________________________

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: _________________________________________________

1. TYPE OF PLAN

Individual Plan (all elements developed specifically for this contract and applicable for the full term of this contract).

Master Plan (Goals developed for this contract; all other elements standard; must be renewed every three years)

Commercial Products Plan (contractor sells large quantities of off-the-shelf commodities to many Government agencies. Plans/goals negotiated by a lead agency on a company-wide basis rather than for individual contracts. Plan effective only during the year for which it is approved. The contractor must provide a copy of the lead agency approval.)

2. GOALS

The following, together with any attachments, is hereby submitted as a Subcontracting Plan to satisfy the applicable requirements of Public Law 95-507 as implemented by OFPP Policy Letter 80-2.

State separate dollar and percentage goals for small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business and women-owned small business. (For a contract with options, provide a separate statement for the basic contract and individual statements for each option year.)

A. Total estimated dollar value and percent of planned subcontracting with small businesses (include veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business): $_______________________ and _______%

B.

Total estimated dollar value and percent of planned subcontracting with large businesses (all business concerns classified as “other than small”) (%of C): $_______________________ and _______%

C.

Total estimated dollar value of all planned subcontracting, i.e., the sum of A and B above: $_______________________ and 100% D.

Total estimated dollar value and percent of planned subcontracting with veteran-owned small businesses (% of C): $_______________________ and _______%

E.

Total estimated dollar value and percent of planned subcontracting with service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (% of C): $_______________________ and _______%

F.

Total estimated dollar value and percent of planned subcontracting with HUBZone small businesses (% of C): $_______________________ and _______%

G.

Total estimated dollar value and percent of planned subcontracting with small disadvantaged businesses (% of C): $_______________________ and _______%

H.

Total estimated dollar value and percent of planned subcontracting with woman-owned small businesses (% of C): $_______________________ and _______%

I.

Provide a description of all the products and/or services to be subcontracted under this contract, and indicate the types of businesses supplying them: i.e., OTHER THAN SMALL (OTHER), SMALL BUSINESS (SB), VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (VOSB), SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB), HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS (SB), SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS (SDB) and WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB)

Subcontracted Product/Service

OTHER

SB

VOSB

SDVOSB HUBZONE

SDB

WOSB

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J.

Provide a description of the method used to develop the subcontracting goals for small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business concerns; i.e., explain the method and state the quantitative basis (in dollars) used to establish the percentage goals; how the areas to be subcontracted to small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns were determined; and how the capabilities of small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns were determined. Include any source lists used in the determination process.

K.

Indirect costs have ____ have not ____ been included in the dollar and percentage subcontracting goals stated above. (Check one.)

L.

If indirect costs have been included, explain the method used to determine the proportionate share of such costs to be allocated as subcontracts to small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns.

3. Program Administrator Provide the name, title, position within the corporate structure, and duties and responsibilities of the employee who will administer the contractor's subcontracting program.

Name: _______________________________________

Title: _________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________

Telephone: ____________________________________

Duties:

Has general overall responsibility for the contractor's subcontracting program, i.e., developing, preparing, and executing individual subcontracting plans and monitoring performance relative to the requirements of this particular plan. These duties include, but are not limited to, the following activities:

A. Developing and promoting company-wide policy initiatives that demonstrate the company's support for awarding contracts and subcontracts to small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns and assure that small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns are included on the source lists for solicitations for products and services they are capable of providing;

B. Developing and maintaining bidder's lists of small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns from all possible sources;

C.

Ensuring periodic rotation of potential subcontractors on bidder's lists;

D. Ensuring that procurement "packages" are designed to permit the maximum possible participation of for small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns;

E. Making arrangements for the utilization of various sources for the identification of small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns such as the Dynamic Business Search, the National Minority Purchasing Council Vendor Information Service, the Office of Minority Business Data Center in the Department of Commerce, the facilities of local small business and minority associations, and contact with Federal agencies' Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Specialists (SADBUS);

F. Overseeing the establishment and maintenance of contract and subcontract award records;

G. Attending or arranging for the attendance of company counselors at business opportunity workshops, Minority Business Enterprise seminars, trade fairs, procurement conferences, etc;

H. Ensuring small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns are made aware of subcontracting opportunities and how to prepare responsive bids to the company;

I. Conducting or arranging for the conduct of training for purchasing personnel regarding the intent and impact of Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act on purchasing procedures;

J. Monitoring the company's performance and making any adjustments necessary to achieve the subcontract plan goals;

K. Preparing, and submitting timely, required subcontract reports;

L. Coordinating the company's activities during the conduct of compliance reviews by Federal agencies;

M. Providing technical assistance; e.g., engineering, quality control, and managerial assistance to small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns. For contractors of the Department of Defense, NASA, and the U.S. Coast Guard: Ensuring that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) shall be afforded maximum practicable opportunity; and

N. Other duties

4. Equitable Opportunity Describe efforts the offeror will make to ensure that small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns will have an equitable opportunity to compete for subcontracts. These efforts include, but are not limited to, the following activities:

A. Outreach efforts to obtain sources:

1. Contacting minority and small business trade associations;

2. Contacting business development organizations;

3. Attending small and minority business procurement conferences and trade fairs;

4. Using Dynamic Business Search to locate sources; and

5. Utilizing newspaper and magazine ads to encourage new sources.

B. Internal efforts to guide and encourage purchasing personnel:

1. Presenting workshops, seminars, and training programs;

2. Establishing, maintaining, and using small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business and women-owned small business source lists, guides, and other data for soliciting subcontracts; and

3. Monitoring activities to evaluate compliance with the subcontracting plan.

C. Additional efforts:

5. Flow-Down Clause The contractor agrees to include the provisions under FAR 52.219-8, "Utilization of Small Business Concerns," in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. All subcontractors, except small business concerns, that receive subcontracts in excess of $500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction of a public facility) must adopt and comply with a plan similar to the plan required by FAR 52.219-9, "Small Business Subcontracting Plan" (FAR 19.704).

6. Reporting and Cooperation The contractor gives assurance of: (1) cooperation in any studies or surveys that may be required; (2) submission of periodic reports which show compliance with the subcontracting plan; (3) submission of Standard Form (SF) 294, "Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts," and SF-295, "Summary Subcontract Report," in accordance with the instructions on the forms; and (4) ensuring that large business subcontractors with subcontracting plans agree to submit Standard Forms 294 and 295.

Reporting Period Report Due Due Date Oct. 1 - March 31 SF-294

04/30

Apr. 1 - Sept. 30 SF-294

10/30

Oct. 1 - Sept. 30 SF 295*

10/30*

Contractors of the Department of Defense (DoD) are required to submit the SF 295 semi-annually. Contractors of civilian agencies will be required to submit the SF 295 annually as shown in this chart, unless required more often by the procuring agency.

ADDRESSES

(a) SF-294 and SF-295 are to be submitted electronically at www.esrs.gov.

7. Recordkeeping The following is a recitation of the types of records the contractor will maintain to demonstrate the procedures adopted to comply with the requirements and goals in the subcontracting plan. These records will include, but not be limited to, the following:

A. If the prime contractor is not using Dynamic Business Search as its source for small business concerns, veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns list the names of guides and other data identifying such vendors;

B. Organizations contacted in an attempt to locate small, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business sources;

C. On a contract-by-contract basis, records on each subcontract solicitation resulting in an award of more than $100,000 indicating: (1) whether small business concerns were solicited, and if not, why not; (2) whether veteran-owned small business concerns were solicited, and if not, why not; (3) whether service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns were solicited, and if not, why not; (4) whether HUBZone small business concerns were solicited, and if not, why not; (5) whether small disadvantaged business concerns were solicited, and if not, why not; (6) whether women-owned small business concerns were solicited, and if not, why not; and (7) if applicable, the reason that the award was not made to a small business concern;

D. Records to support other outreach efforts, e. g., contacts with minority and small business trade associations, attendance at small and minority business procurement conferences and trade fairs;

E. Records to support internal guidance and encouragement provided to buyers through: (1) workshops, seminars, training programs, incentive awards; and (2) monitoring of activities to evaluate compliance; and

F. On a contract-by-contract basis, records to support subcontract award data including the name, address, and business size of each subcontractor. (This item is not required on a contract-by-contract basis for company or division-wide commercial plans.)

G. Additional records:

This subcontracting plan was submitted by:

Signature: ________________________________

Typed Name: ______________________________

Title: _____________________________________

Date Prepared: _____________________________

Phone No.: ________________________________

Approval:

Agency: __________________________________

Signature: ________________________________

Typed Name: _____________________________

Title: ____________________________________

Date: ____________________________________