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SPECIAL NOTICE TO AGENCIES REGARDING SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION
SBA strongly supports the participation of small
business concerns in the Federal Supply Schedules Program. To enhance Small Business
Participation SBA policy allows agencies to include in their procurement base and goals,
the dollar value of orders expected to be placed against the Federal Supply Schedules, and
to report accomplishments against these goals.
For orders exceeding the micropurchase threshold,
FAR 8.404 requires agencies to consider the catalogs/pricelists of at least three schedule
contractors or consider reasonably available information by using the GSA Advantage!
on-line shopping service (www.gsaadvantage.gov).
The catalogs/pricelists, GSA Advantage! and the Federal Supply Service Home Page (www.fss.gsa.gov) contains information on a broad array
of products and services offered by small business concerns.
This information should be used as a tool to assist
ordering activities in meeting or exceeding established small business goals. It should
also be used as a tool to assist in including small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned
small businesses among those considered when selecting pricelists for a best value
determination.
For orders exceeding the micropurchase threshold,
customers are to give preference to small business concerns when two or more items at the
same delivered price will satisfy their requirement.
Preamble
OptiMetrics, Inc. provides commercial products and services to the
Federal Government. We are committed to promoting participation of small, small
disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses in our contracts. We pledge to provide
opportunities to the small business community through reselling opportunities,
mentor-protégé programs, joint ventures, teaming arrangements, and subcontracting.
Commitment
To actively seek and partner with small businesses.
To identify, qualify, mentor and develop small, small disadvantaged and
women-owned small businesses by purchasing from these businesses whenever practical.
To develop and promote company policy initiatives that demonstrates our
support for awarding contracts and subcontracts to small business concerns.
To undertake significant efforts to determine the potential of small,
small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business to supply products and services to our
company.
To insure procurement opportunities are designed to permit the maximum
possible participation of small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses.
To attend business opportunity workshops, minority business enterprise
seminars, trade fairs, procurement conferences, etc., to identify and increase small
businesses with whom to partner.
To publicize in our marketing publications our interest in meeting
small businesses that may be interested in subcontracting opportunities.
We signify our commitment to work in partnership with small, small
disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses to promote and increase their participation
in Federal Government contracts. To accelerate potential opportunities please contact Scott
Singer at Tel. (734) 973-1177 x 206; E-mail SSinger@OptiMetrics.org,
or fax (734) 973-1199.
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Last modified: 01/03/06
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