8(a) Sole Source Process Overview

8(a) Regulations: Federal law allows Agencies to award Sole Source Contracts to the SBA on behalf of an eligible 8(a) Firm of their choice. Contracts can be awarded in limits up to $6.5 million for manufacturing NAICS codes and $4.0 million for all other Contracts. 8(a) Benefits & Advantages: Streamlined Acquisitions Process Supports Mission Readiness (alleviates 60-90 days of acquisition time) Qualified Contractor of Choice Obtainment of 8(a) Small Business Goals Expedited Negotiations How does an agency directly award Lucayan Technology 8(a) sole source contract?

How to Award a 8(a) Sole Source

How to Award a 8(a) Sole Source
Step 1
The Government Program Manager (PM) develops a Statement of Work and secures funding.
Step 2
Having chosen Broad Systems LLC to perform the work, the PM then submits a Procurement Request to his/her agency Contracting Officer (CO).
Step 3
The CO will then send an Offer Letter (including agency contact person’s name, telephone, e-mail address, and FAX) and a Statement of Work (SOW) via email to: info@broad-systems.com requesting permission to conduct sole source negotiations with Broad Systems LLC.
Step 4
Broad Systems will have already alerted the Business Opportunity Specialist to expect the package to expedite the process.
Step 5
The SBA then confirms the eligibility of Broad Systems and authorizes the negotiations to begin – This usually happens within 48 hours.
Step 6
The CO will then send Broad Systems a Statement of Work and a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quotation (RFQ).
Step 7
Broad Systems submits a proposal to the Government Program Manager and CO for evaluation.
Step 8
The CO negotiates with Broad Systems. Simplified Acquisition efforts do not require a technical proposal; the CO sends the RFP to Broad Systems requesting a cost proposal; upon receipt, the CO negotiates cost and terms with Broad Systems.
Step 9
If the estimate exceeds the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, the CO sends RFP to Broad Systems requesting technical and cost proposals; upon receipt, CO negotiates cost and terms with Precision.
Step 10
Upon completion of negotiations, the CO prepares a contract award document and sends it to Broad Systems for signature.
Step 11
Upon receipt of the fully executed contract from the CO, the contract period of performance begins at the stated date in the contract.
Step 12
This entire acquisition process should take about 2 (two) weeks or less in duration.

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