UPDATED_-_Template_Small_Business_Participation_Plan.docx

SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION COMMITMENT DOCUMENT

All Offerors (both large and small businesses) are required to provide the following Small Business Participation Commitment Document and substantiating documentation to demonstrate how you will meet these requirements. This required information will be used to evaluate the extent of your proposed participation/commitment to use US small businesses in the performance of this acquisition (as small business prime offerors or small business subcontractors, relative to Section M, Small Business Participation. Offerors shall propose the level of participation of small businesses (as a small business prime and/or small business subcontractors) in the performance of the acquisition relative to the objectives/goals set forth in the evaluation of this area, based on total contract value.

(a) The small business concerns (SBC), as defined in FAR Part 19 that are to be used in your proposed approach to satisfy the requirements of this solicitation for the entire performance period, including company name, business category(ies), description of the products or services and NAICS code (for NAICS identification: https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch) to be provided by each SBC and the nature of commitment with the SBC (i.e. letter of commitment, joint ventures, mentor protégé agreements, others). Binding commitments shall be enforceable, contractual requirements and will be weighted more heavily than non-enforceable ones. Use the table/format below in proposing this required information.

(b) The SBCs (prime offerors and small business subcontractors) proposed quantitative participation in terms of the total contract value. Offerors shall provide detailed explanations/documentation to support qualitative small business participation, especially where the goals set forth may not be met. Binding commitments shall become enforceable, contractual requirements.

Check the applicable size and categories for the PRIME offeror only -- Check all applicable boxes:

{ } Large Prime { } Historically Black Colleges or Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU)

Or

{ } Small Business Prime; also categorized as a { } Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) { } Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) { } Historically Underutilized Zone (HUB Zone) Small Business { } Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) { } Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

(c) Estimated Total Contract Value $_____________________

SBC Prime Self Performance Value/Percentage _______%/$____________

(d) Please indicate the total percentage of subcontracting participation to be performed by small businesses in terms of total contract value . (NOTE: If you are proposing as a SB prime, please count your self-performance for the overall contract in the following subcontracting percentages) :

Small Business _______%/$____________

(e) Past performance information to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, including the extent to which small business performance objectives/requirements were met for the contracts that required submission of a Small Business Participation Plan or other small business participation/utilization document. Copies of contractual reports may be submitted to validate compliance with requirements of FAR 52.219-8. Explanation of efforts where minimum quantitative requirements and/or goals were not met should be provided. Supporting documentation shall be relevant to the requirements of this solicitation and shall be within the past 3 years. All supporting documentation is excluded from the page count.

(f) Past performance information to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (when applicable), including extent to which applicable goals and other small business performance objectives/requirements were met for the contracts submitted to demonstrate compliance. Explanation of efforts where goals were not met should be provided. Supporting documentation shall be relevant to the requirements of this solicitation and shall be within the past 3 years. All supporting documentation is excluded from page count, and can include copies of CPARS reports where small business subcontracting performance is rated as well as copies of Individual Subcontracting Reports from eSRS.