Utilization of Small Businesses in Navy Subcontracting

Abstract

While the Department of Defense met its FY2012 small-business subcontracting goal, the Department of the Navy (DON) is quite possibly leaving behind the potential for more small-business participation in the area of subcontracting. The DON utilizes many large prime contractors, especially when it comes to ships and complex weapons systems. Most of these large primes are obligated to subcontract work to small firms. Further, the DON is obligated by law to maximize small-business participation in contracting. This report will evaluate and determine whether opportunities for fuller utilization of small businesses in DON subcontracting exist. Also, the study will address to what extent individual commands within DON utilize small-business subcontracting and the effect of common methods for increasing small-business participation. Factors such as subcontracting plans, goals achievement, and incentives will be studied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1026124

Entities

People

  • George M. Bick

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Motivation
  • National Governments
  • Naval Warfare
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design