Small Business Opportunities With The Navy: A Case Study

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A polyurethane coating is a high gloss finish with exceptional weathering performance characteristics and superior resistance to corrosion and chemicals. The Navy Industrial Hygienist does an annual assessment for the entire command and does the paint operations quarterly. The Hygienist has been conducting a workplace assessment survey of all touch-up painting operations on aircraft and equipment for the past 12 years and the survey records are located in a file cabinet in Shawn Hurdle office. A team of 4 will be here beginning July 7th for a week monitoring our processes and operations. They take an assessment of areas with high potential risk for injuries, occupational illness or damage to Navy

The U. S. government spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year buying everything from roads to commodes. And yes, that includes professional services. For example, in the government, marketing is called education and outreach. It includes just about every type of promotional service you can think of including, branding, website development, focus groups, advertising, marketing collateral, trade show support and more. Lisa Martin knows because her firm, LeapFrog Solutions, has been winning and fulfilling contracts with the federal government for 20 years. “We 've worked with nine different agencies—both as a prime contractor and subcontractor—and have provided the government with a full gamut of marketing services, said Ms. Martin. “Government contracts can be a great source of revenue for both new and established businesses. But to get those contracts, you have to understand the process and how to navigate it.”

Unlike a security access card with a magnetic strip, the smart card has many uses, including building access control and storing value for consumer purchases.

The Defense Logistics Agency through the information technology department, is revitalizing the business impact analysis plan for a more comprehensive plan. Risk is in every aspect of business. This plan will allow The Defense Logistics Agency to mitigate risk in a quick and timely manner for the benefit of the company.

One major factor that is contributing to the higher wages among the defense contractors is the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) which may require a company performing work under a federal contract to have a unionized workforce. The other major factor is the number of requirements needed to meet the legal requirements under the Federal Acquisition Regulations which in and of itself makes the processes and the procedures more complex. In general, these complex administrative requirements will require an additional workforce that is not required in the commercial industry.

This service provides you with the ability to give your customers cash back rewards for their purchases. You can also accept mobile payments via plastic to mobile card conversion. Additionally, they have automated and manual reloading of card balances based on your preferences. There is a Card Studio website where your customers can purchase personalized gift cards online. And there is a card registration process that protects cards against loss or theft. They also have a merchant-branded customer website with unique card management features.

Home Depot did have Symantec Endpoint Protection installed in their environment. Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) is an antivirus solution. The problem is that they did not have an important feature turned on in the product called “Network Threat Protection” (Elgin, Riley, & Lawrence, 2014). This module acts as a host intrusion prevention system (HIPS). Having configured POS devices with this feature activated at my own organization, I can attest to the success of this feature when doing vulnerability assessments on these systems.

We must remember that government contracting or “acquisition” guidelines, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), exist for the key purpose of providing "uniform policies and procedures for acquisition." which satisfies customer's needs in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness; minimize administrative operating costs; conducts business with integrity, fairness, and openness; and fulfill other public policy objectives.

Though most policies do not separate benefits that could possibly be achieved by small businesses from large ones, it is expected that an increasing number of small businesses take the stage in the award of important contracts in the year 2017 and the years to come. One area where small businesses will have undisputed opportunity of being awarded contracts is in the Treasury. Through the Treasury Bureau Small Business Specialist, small businesses classified under legal and economic scopes will have an opportunity of landing single contracts worth over a hundred and fifty thousand dollars each.

Since the Trustworthy Equipment Company that Lieutenant Early, a Navy contracting officer, was negotiating with was giving her problems, she was surprisingly engaged in a challenging sole-source negotiation. The Trustworthy Equipment Company was the only supplier of the costly special machine that was useful in the maintenance and repair of nuclear submarines. The firm included several overhead rates that were considered to be too high such as manufacturing and engineering overheads that were 170 percent and 93 percent of the direct labor and direct engineering labor respectively. In addition to the general and administrative expenses being 25 percent of the operating cost, the company included a contingency allowance estimated at 3.3 percent of all the other costs.

"[i]t is the policy of the United States that small business concerns . . . shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts let by any federal agency, including contracts and subcontracts for subsystems, assemblies, components, and related services for major systems. (15 U.S.C. § 637(d)).

This business is aimed at finding new solutions for the card swapping and pursuing the planning for less risk of the PIN code theft. The Card owner will issue the Thumb Scanner code at the start of the working. Four various market segments have been identified by Smarthumb as they will be more interested in the smarthumb (Kale & Nanda, 2014b). These are the most important segments of markets including,

Smart Card LLC has failed to correctly identify its target market and understand its size. They want their product to appeal to the masses. Successfully implementing a one size fits all product without a specific marketing scheme is likely to fail.

FAR part 19 breaks down the different types of set-asides. There are three types, total set-asides, partial set-asides, and multiple award contracts when using full and open competition (FAR 2014). The goal of the federal Government is to make certain provisions for small businesses to assist them in competing for federal contracts. Small businesses play an important role in our economy as acknowledged by President Obama when he met with small business leaders in Seattle. He referred to small businesses as “the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of our communities (Obama, 2010). Most of our job opportunities are generated from small businesses. The intent of the small business set-aside program is to reserve certain contracts for small businesses. This influences the small business ability to win federal contracts. The contract could be of any of the above-mentioned types. The contracting officer can determine if to set-aside an acquisition for a small business. The Small Business Administration (SBA) procurement representative could make recommendations to the contracting officer on when to set-aside. Conversely, the FAR states that unilateral determinations are preferred “to the extent practicable” (FAR, 2014). Before making the decision to set-aside, market research should first be conducted to determine whether it is appropriate.