Implementation of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Commercialization Pilot Program: Be All You Can Be?
Authors
Kidalov, Max
Hettinger, Kevin
Gonzalez, Mario
Subjects
Small Business
National Defense Authorization Act, SBIR, STTR, CPP
National Defense Authorization Act, SBIR, STTR, CPP
Advisors
Date of Issue
2011-04-30
Date
30-Apr-11
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
In Section 252 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2006, Congress adopted four wide-ranging reforms to the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs in order to increase the effectiveness of SBIR and STTR for both the DoD and the defense industry. First, Section 252 directed closer alignment between R&D and acquisition goals of SBIR and STTR. Second, Section 252 authorized and funded creation by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the military Services of the Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP) to facilitate transition of SBIR technologies into the acquisition process. Congress conditioned the use of CPP funds on detailed evaluative reporting to Congress. Third, Congress codified into statutory law President George W. Bush''s Executive Order No. 13329, which incentivized manufacturing technologies through the SBIR and STTR programs. Fourth, Congress clarified the authority to conduct testing and evaluation of SBIR and STTR technologies in SBIR and STTR Phases II and III. The implementation requirements were specified in the text of Section 252 and the Congressional Guidance Letter issued by the House and the Senate Small Business Committees.
Type
Report
Description
Proceedings Paper (for Acquisition Research Program)
Series/Report No
Acquisition Research Symposium
Department
Acquisition Management
Organization
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-AM-11-C8P23R02-077
Sponsors
Acquisition Research Program
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Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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