An identification and possible method of collection/reporting of under-reported small business utilization data for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
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Schweer, Mark R.
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Lewis, Ira
Dowd, Timothy K.
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2001-12
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Many acquisition organizations have difficulty meeting their mandated small business utilization goals. Much literature is rightly dedicated to methods of increasing this utilization. However, small businesses are actually making a greater contribution to an organizationαs mission than the current reporting system demonstrates. Mis-reported, under-reported and unreported small business utilization comprises a significant percentage of an acquisition organizationαs total procurement obligations for which the current reporting system grants no credit. The areas of first-tier subcontracting, second-tier subcontracting, Interagency acquisition, GSA FSS orders, indirect costs, Other Transactions, Micro-purchases and contracts under $500K were analyzed to quantify the amount of reporting variance at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. First and second-tier subcontracting were found to account for the majority of mis/unreported utilization, and are the only areas whose inclusion in SPAWARαs utilization statistics is clearly advantageous. Research demonstrates that an additional 9-16% of SPAWARαs procurement dollars end up in the hands of small businesses by granting SPAWAR credit for this small business utilization. To effect a change in the reporting system, improvements must be made in an automated system to collect and report subcontracting utilization data, the use of a new reporting metric and the issuance of clear policy guidance.
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xii, 105 p. ;
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.