8(a) ANC Sole Source Contracting:

 

"GSS has the experience and the specialized equipment you need..."

 

8(a)ANC Benefits:

   8(a) firms owned by tribes and ANCs may receive sole source contracts regardless of dollar amount.

   They are not subject to the $3 million limitation on sole source contracts for services and the $5 limitation for manufacturing (the “competitive threshold”) applicable to other 8(a) firms.

   The applicable regulation is 13 C.F.R. 124.506(b), which states that the SBA may award an 8(a) subcontract on a non-competitive basis to an 8(a) concern owned and
controlled by an Indian tribe or an ANC where the anticipated value of the procurement exceeds the applicable competitive threshold if SBA has not accepted the requirement into the 8(a) BD program as a competitive procurement.

 

   Sole-source procurements to tribes and ANC owned 8(a) firms may not be
protested, because there is no injured party. The applicable regulation is 13
C.F.R. 124.517(a), which state: “The eligibility of a Participant for a sole source or competitive 8(a) contract may not be challenged by another Participant or any other party, either before SBA or any administrative forum as part of a bid or other contract protest.”

 

Allows direct conversion of A-76 Commercial Activities {Section 8014, FY98 Defense Appropriations Act, PL105-262}

 

The 5% Subcontracting Bonus:

Pursuant to statutory language and implementing regulations, a DOD contractor that subcontracts with a firm that is 51% or more Native American owned is entitled to receive a bonus equal to 5% of the amount of the subcontract award. While this provision is theoretically available to all agencies, Congress has provided appropriations to implement it only to DOD, which, after some initial resistance, has initiated it fully (out of the DOD Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization). The FY 98, 99, and 2001 Defense Appropriations Acts provided $8 million to this program each year and another $8 million has been provided in FY 2002. It is expected that a similar
amount will be provided in subsequent years.

The Process of working with ANC's...

Federal purchasers that want to procure from GSS using the SBA's 8(a) program need only do the following nine steps.

1. Request a Quote for Items Required

2. Create draft purchase order

3. List Our Joint Venture (Teya Technologies) as the intended sole source awardee

4. List NAICS code, Teya Technologies CAGE Code

5. List contracting activity name and contact data

6. List end-user or recipient name and contact data

7. Submit all information to the SBA contact (request SBA POC info)

8. Receive SBA letter of approval to issue the award

9. Release the purchase order directly to Teya Technologies