Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Secretarial Small Business Awards Categories

Description
Recognizes an individual who embodies the many facets of an energetic, forward-thinking, DOE small business program manager. Their efforts far exceed expectations in working with, advocating for, and assisting in the increase utilization of small businesses.

Criteria – Meets or exceeds SBA scorecard criteria including:

• Implements strategies to increase the value of competitively awarded contracts to small businesses.
  • Advocates and obtains top-level agency commitment to small business contracting.
  • Executes significant events to increase small business participation in the procurement process.
  • Demonstrates that policies and procedures are in place to ensure compliance with prime forecast goals or subcontracting plans and attainment of related goals.
  • Plans training for contracting staff/managers to better execute small business/socio-economic procurements.
  • Collaborates with SBA, other agencies, or community groups on formulation of small business procurement policy initiatives.
  • Submits all plans and reports due to SBA.
• Creates/Implements new outcome-focused initiatives that enhance competencies and capabilities of small business supplier base.
• Develops new markets for small business – identifying and creating opportunities for small business participation within programs not previously performed by small business.

Description

Recognizes the tangible, annual, organizational results, of a federal DOE element. These results are measured in terms of dollars and percentage increases to small business procurement activity as well as policies, programs and procedures that promote small business use.

Criteria – FY 2009 year-end small business achievement data (percent) from
IDW Report No. 6.

• The FY 2009 small business percentage data will be retrieved from the FY 2009 year-end Small Business Report No. 6 from the I-Manage Data Warehouse (IDW) Database.
• Development/use of programs, policies, and procedures that directly support the increases.

Criteria – Meets or exceeds SBA scorecard criteria including:

• Implements strategies to increase the value of competitively awarded contracts to small businesses.
  • Advocates and obtains top-level agency commitment to small business contracting.
  • Executes significant events to increase small business participation in the procurement process.
  • Demonstrates that policies and procedures are in place to ensure compliance with prime forecast goals or subcontracting plans and attainment of related goals.
  • Plans training for contracting staff/managers to better execute small business/socio-economic procurements.
  • Collaborates with SBA, other agencies, or community groups on formulation of small business procurement policy initiatives.
  • Submits all plans and reports due to SBA.
• Creates/Implements new outcome-focused initiatives that enhance competencies and capabilities of small business supplier base.
• Develops new markets for small business – identifying and creating opportunities for small business participation within programs not previously performed by small business.

Description
Recognizes the tangible, annual, organizational results of a DOE facilities management contractor. These results are measured in terms of dollars and percentage increases in small business procurement activity as well as policies, programs and procedures that promote small business use.

Criteria –

• Percentage of FY 2009 small business subcontract achievement data obtained from the e-SRS.
• Development/use of programs, policies, and procedures that directly support the increases.

Description

Recognizes the significant development of an SBA 8(a) Protégé that has enhanced their ability to successfully compete for federal contracts as a result of their participation in the SBA 8(a) Mentor/Protégé program.

Criteria –

• Accomplishments exceed the Mentor/Protégé agreement.
• Protégé demonstrates growth and self-empowerment through the Mentor/Protégé program.

Description
Recognizes the efforts of a DOE Mentor that has exceeded the requirements of their Mentor-Protégé agreement. These results have enhanced the protégé capabilities ability to successfully compete for federal contracts.

Criteria –

• Accomplishments exceed the Mentor/Protégé agreement.
• Protégé demonstrates growth and self-empowerment through the Mentor/Protégé program.

Description
Recognizes the significant development of a DOE Protégé that has enhanced their ability to successfully compete for federal contracts through their participation in the DOE Mentor/Protégé program.

Criteria –

• Accomplishments exceed the Mentor/Protégé agreement.
• Protégé demonstrates growth and self-empowerment through the Mentor/Protégé program.

Description
Recognizes the creative, unique, and extraordinary performance of a small business which has significantly and directly impacted core DOE mission objectives and requirements.

Criteria – Recipient excels beyond expectations or contract requirements by providing:

• Creative or unique solutions to DOE requirements.
• Extraordinary customer service, and/or significant value (schedule and budget related).

Description
This award recognizes the outstanding performance of a small business, certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 8(a) and/or Small Disadvantaged Business programs, for their exceptional performance in activities contributing to core DOE mission accomplishments.

Criteria – Recipient excels beyond expectations or contract requirements by providing:

• Creative or unique solutions to DOE requirements.
• Extraordinary customer service, and/or significant value (schedule and budget related).

Description
Recognizes the exceptional performance of a Woman-Owned small business directly contributing to the accomplishments of core DOE mission objectives and requirements.

Criteria – Recipient excels beyond expectations or contract requirements by providing:

• Creative or unique solutions to DOE requirements.
• Extraordinary customer service, and/or significant value (schedule and budget related).

Description
Recognizes the excellence of a small business, certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration as located and operating within a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), directly contributing to core DOE mission accomplishments.

Criteria – Recipient excels beyond expectations or contract requirements by providing:

• Creative or unique solutions to DOE requirements.
• Extraordinary customer service, and/or significant value (schedule and budget related).

Description
Recognizes the exceptional performance of a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned small business directly facilitating the advancement of core DOE mission objectives and requirements.

Criteria – Recipient excels beyond expectations or contract requirements by providing:

• Creative or unique solutions to DOE requirements.
• Extraordinary customer service, and/or significant value (schedule and budget related).

Description
Recognizes a firm that exemplifies the spirit of DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs by strengthening and expanding competitiveness of U.S. small high technology research and development at the DOE and/or in the marketplace.

Criteria – Recipient excels beyond expectations by one or more of the following:

• Stimulating U. S. technological innovation and enhancing the nation’s return on its DOE SBIR/STTR investment.
• Providing the DOE and/or its national laboratories, research facilities, or university research partners the benefits of commercial applications derived from DOE SBIR/STTR funded research and development.
• Stimulating U. S. economic growth and creating jobs as a result or in part of DOE SBIR/STTR funded research and development.