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The Small Business Administration (SBA) will begin certification processes for the 8(m) Woman Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program on February 4, 2011. The 8(m) program is the product of much discussion and rule making for extending a set-aside status to women-owned small businesses (WOSB).

As a review: Section 811(m) of the Small Business Act of 2000 (15 U.S.C. 637) focuses on women-owned business concerns and, more specifically, economically disadvantaged women-owned business concerns. The law focuses on certain industries in which it has been determined that WOSBs have been underutilized by the Government with respect to awarded contracting dollars. The law will allow contracting officials to restrict competition to eligible WOSBs. Be advised, in order to meet this requirement the small business must be

• Owned and controlled by women (not less than 51 percent owned by 1 or more women) who are economically disadvantaged
  
  
• The term "economically disadvantaged," means that the owner's net worth cannot exceed $750,000.00.

If a procurement authority decides to restrict competition using the 8(m) Program, the contract must be valued at $3M (or $5M for manufacturing) or less and cover one of the 83 approved industries where WOSBs are underrepresented. A full list of the designated underrepresented business can be found at the SBA website. Please note: 8(m) set-asides will NOT be permitted in many categories of services including IT and professional, administrative and management services (NAICS sector 54-).

SBA will be the certifying agency for this program and further details about this process will be forthcoming from the agency.

Every year Washington Technology Magazine issues its "annual roundup of the 20 most important contracts that are about to hit the market" and here is the new list:

1. Strategic Services Sourcing 2nd Generation Agency: Army Materiel Command
2. Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise Agency: Army Materiel Command
3. Communication and Transmission Systems Agency: Army
4. Defense Language Interpretation and Translation Enterprises
   Agency: Army
5. Federally Funded Research and Development Center Support
   Agency: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
6. Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems and Support Services
   Agency: Army
7. Next Generation Enterprise Network
   Agency: Navy
8. Electronic Commodities Store IV
   Agency: National Institutes of Health
9. Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration
   Agency: Army Space and Missile Defense Command
10. Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3H
    Agency: Army
11. Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity
    Agency: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
12. Automated Desktop Extended Processing Technology III
    Agency: U.S. Postal Service
13. Economic Growth for Poverty Reduction
    Agency: U.S. Agency for International Development
14. NASA Enterprise Data Center Consolidation
    Agency: NASA
15. Training and Management Assistance Support
    Agency: Office of Personnel Management
16. Global Information Grid Services Management - Engineering, Transition and Implementation
    Agency: Defense Information Systems Agency
17. Integrated Mission Planning, Training and Execution
    Agency: NASA
18. Expeditionary C4I Systems and Technical Support Services
    Agency: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
19. Application Support Centers
    Agency: Homeland Security Department
20. Advisory and Assistance Services for Global Engineering Integration and Technical Assistance 11
    Agency: Air Force

For more information checkout the following website: washingtontechnology.com

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Newsflash

New Community Website Launched by GSA - Interact

The General Services Administration (GSA) and its Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) have established a new social networking website called Interact. This site will be open to the federal procurement community and has been designed to allow people to share ideas on improving federal purchasing. It will offer blogs and discussion groups to improve acquisitions. GSA is actively seeking participation by the federal contractor community. Check it out!

Update

Happy Holidays from Global Services

Our team at Global Services wishes all of our clients and newsletter readers a Happy Holiday Season and a Wonderful New Year! We hope that 2011 will bring you new and exciting opportunities that allow you to continue to grow your businesses into the new decade. Please remember that we are always here to support and guide you in the federal procurement process and greatly appreciate your trust in us. Best wishes for 2011!!!

February 2, 2011
Washington, DC Chapter of SCORE presents "Business Development in the Federal Sector." This course is from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Please contact SCORE at www.scoredc.org or 202-272-0390 to register.

March 4, 2011
Washington, DC Chapter of SCORE presents "GSA Schedules 101." This course is from 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Please contact SCORE at www.scoredc.org or 202-272-0390 to register.

March 10, 2011
Global Services presents our GSA Schedule Post-Award Training Seminar: "Staying Compliant and Making Your GSA Contract Work" This course is from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM and will be held in our offices at 1401 14th, Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC, 20005. Please click here to register or call 202-234-8933. Space is extremely limited, so register today.

March 11, 2011
Washington, DC Chapter of SCORE presents "Preparing a Winning Federal Proposal," This course is from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Please contact SCORE at www.scoredc.org or 202-272-0390.

May 20, 2011
Washington, DC Chapter of SCORE presents "Business Development in the Federal Sector." This course is from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Please contact SCORE at www.scoredc.org or 202-272-0390 to register.

June 3, 2011
Washington, DC Chapter of SCORE presents "GSA Schedules 101." This course is from 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Please contact SCORE at www.scoredc.org or 202-272-0390 to register.

June 9, 2011
Global Services presents our GSA Schedule Post-Award Training Seminar: "Staying Compliant and Making Your GSA Contract Work" This course is from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM and will be held in our offices at 1401 14th, Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC, 20005. Please click here to register or call 202-234-8933. Space is extremely limited, so register today.

June 10, 2011
Washington, DC Chapter of SCORE presents "Preparing a Winning Federal Proposal," This course is from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Please contact SCORE at www.scoredc.org or 202-272-0390.

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