Small Business Division
Mission
America’s military requires and deserves an industrial base that provides continuous innovation in areas of personnel support, equipment, training, cyberspace, and security technologies and services. Although, large companies play a significant role, the defense small businesses provide significant innovation – producing thirteen times more patents per employee per year than large businesses. In today’s challenging times, small defense businesses risk significantly reducing staff, curtailing research and expansion, or closing their doors due to the tight capital market.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) provides an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy. President Obama has articulated that small businesses will be one of the key drivers to our nation’s economic recovery and as such, committed key provisions to assist. The Recovery Act program provides access to capital which is intended to stimulate the economy enabling small businesses to continue contributing to our communities, our economy and the future of our country.
Over 70 percent of NDIA's member companies categorized themselves as small businesses. These companies, located across the United States, are responsible for supplying the military services with all sorts of products and services, ranging from air defense systems to unmanned aerial vehicles, and from precision munitions to systems engineering.
The Small Business Division focuses specifically on issues impacting this important industry segment. The division consists of corporate representatives interested in enhancing small business participation in the federal market place.
The division has identified several areas of focus for its activities. The focus areas for each include:
• The Recovery Act
The division provides specific programs to educate small businesses on how to take advantage of programs available as they evolve.
• Teaming and Subcontracting
The division implements strategies and programs to foster alliances between large and small businesses.
• Legislation
The division provides members with regular updates on legislation that may affect small businesses.
• Meetings and Conferences
The division develops and organize roundtable discussions with senior government and private sector officials to address current issues. The division will continue to support the NDIA Annual National Small Business Conference.
• Financing
The division fosters strategic relationships with the investment community, including seed and venture fund organizations, to expose members to sources of private and public capital and integrate these efforts with Defense Department investment initiatives.
The division works with the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to foster the defense small business industrial base and address acquisition challenges.
Top Issues for Small Business -2010
Increase Government ContractUsage of All Small Businesses
• UNIFIED PARITY AMONG ALL SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORIES (8A, WOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZONE, HBCU & MI, INDIAN INCENTIVE [INCLUDING ALASKANS AND AWAIIANS] SDB) DURING FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPETITIONS
• DISINCENTIVES FOR NOT MEETING SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING GOALS
• IMPROVING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
• PERMANENTLY REAUTHORIZE THE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM (SBIR)
• REPEAL THE THREE PERCENT WITHHOLDING ON ALL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
• ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES FOR OCONUS PROJECTS
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Contact Information
Chair
Ms. Patty Nunn
Senior Vice President, Defense and Intelligence Sector
INDUS Corporation
1951 Kidwell Drive
Vienna, VA 22182-3930
Phone: (703)506-6700
E-mail: pnunn@induscorp.com
Division Vice Chair
Mr. Ronald Perlman
E-mail: Ronald.Perlman@hklaw.com
Special Events Vice Chair
Mr. Jay Lustig
Scientific Solutions Inc.
E-mail: jlustig@scisol.com
Intellectual Property Protection Vice Chair
Ms. Alison Brown
NAVSYS Corporation
E-mail: abrown@navsys.com
NDIA Staff
Ms. Britt Bommelje, CMP
Director, Operations
E-mail: bbommelje@ndia.org
Legislative Affairs Vice Chair
Ms. Linda Hillmer
CorpComm Inc.
Email: linda@corpcomm-inc.com