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TECHNICAL REPORT Enhancing Small-Business Opportunities in the DoD Nancy Y. Moore, Clifford A. Grammich, Julie DaVanzo, Bruce Held, John Coombs, Judith D. Mele Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Approved for public release; distribution unlimited NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE The research described in this report was prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community under Contract W74V8H-06-C-0002. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this publication. 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Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202-5050 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2665 RAND URL: http://www.rand.org To order RAND documents or to obtain additional information, contact Distribution Services: Telephone: (310) 451-7002; Fax: (310) 451-6915; Email: [email protected] Preface This document was prepared in response to a congressional request for a report identifying impediments to small-business owners in contracting or subcontracting with the Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD in turn authorized RAND to undertake this study in February 2008, and the study was completed in May 2008. As requested, the report includes, among other topics, analyses of available data on t small-business size thresholds and how these affect the ability of a firm to work for the DoD t contract bundling t the distribution of small-business subcontracts between professional services and research and development t transitioning Small Business Innovation Research programs to procurement t the effects of the DoD Vendor Pay system on small business t the effectiveness of the Mentor-Protégé Program t impediments to the success of businesses that graduate from small-business programs or seek to become larger businesses. This research was sponsored by the DoD Office of Small Business Programs and was con- ducted within the Acquisitions and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Depart- ment of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Com- munity. This research should be of interest to persons concerned with small-business policy and acquisition policy. For more information on RAND’s Acquisition and Technology Policy Center, contact the Director, Philip Antón. He can be reached by email at [email protected]; by phone at 310-393-0411, extension 7798; or by mail at the RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P. O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, California 90407-2138. For more information on this research, con- tact the project leader, Nancy Moore. 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More information about RAND is available at www.rand.org. iii Contents Preface ........................................................................................................... iii Figures ........................................................................................................... ix Tables ............................................................................................................ xi Summary .......................................................................................................xiii Acknowledgments ........................................................................................... xvii Abbreviations .................................................................................................. xix CHAPTER ONE Small Business and the Department of Defense .......................................................... 1 CHAPTER TWO DoD Prime Contract Purchases from Small Businesses as Defined by Government Threshold Sizes ............................................................................................. 5 Small Businesses in DoD Industries ........................................................................... 5 Future Trends ...................................................................................................12 Conclusion .......................................................................................................15 CHAPTER THREE The Effect of Bundling on Small-Business Opportunities .............................................19 Commercial Practices ...........................................................................................19 Government Practices ......................................................................................... 23 Prevalence of Bundling in DoD Procurement .............................................................. 24 Conclusions .................................................................................................... 27 CHAPTER FOUR Subcontracting in Professional Services and Research and Development ..........................29 Data on Prime Contracts and Subcontracts for Professional and R&D Services ...................... 30 RDT&E ...................................................................................................... 30 Professional Services ..........................................................................................33 Other Subcontracting Data ................................................................................. 34 Continuing Issues and Implications ......................................................................... 36 CHAPTER FIVE Obstacles to Technology Transition in the SBIR Program ............................................39 SBIR Process .....................................................................................................39 Transfer of SBIR Technology to the DoD Acquisition System ...........................................41 General Accounting Office Evaluations ....................................................................41 v vi Enhancing Small-Business Opportunities in the DoD National Research Council Evaluations ................................................................... 43 RAND Evaluations .......................................................................................... 46 Small Business Technology Council Evaluation ......................................................... 46 Addressing the Impediments to DoD SBIR Technology Transition......................................47 Additional Research Needs ................................................................................... 48 CHAPTER SIX The Mentor-Protégé Program ...............................................................................51 Program Development