<strong>Reach us through Seaport-E</strong>

SeaPort Enhanced (Seaport-e) is the Navy's electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management.  The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corps, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.  The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst a diverse population of businesses and their approved team members. Our Seaport-E teaming partners include a group of large and small businesses with a wide range of specialties and reputations for superior customer service. We offer access to capabilities and expertise across a range of relevant areas including Operations Research, Information Technology, Software Development, Engineering Design and Management, Military Construction Management, Logistics Management and Support, Transition Planning, Business Case Analysis, and Program and Administrative Support.

<strong>Reach us through GSA MOBIS</strong>

GSA's Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) schedule offers access to service requirements that can be tied to a business improvement initiative. This contract was designed to enable Federal managers to meet the many challenges in improving organizational efficiency while complying with federal rules, regulations, and budgetary constraints. Our MOBIS Business Case Analysis and Decision Support services provide proven methods to meet these challenges with efficient and cost-effective management solutions.

<strong>Reach us through GSA PES</strong>

GSA's Professional Engineering Services (PES) Schedule provides a streamlined approach for Federal agencies to access qualified firms in a multitude of engineering disciplines. This schedule grants addresses the needs of the federal engineering community through six Special Item Numbers (SINs) that comprise the distinct phases of an engineering project. These cover the major disciplines of mechanical, electrical, chemical and components of civil engineering, as well as numerous sub-disciplines such as: aerospace, nuclear, bioengineering, and marine architecture. Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ engineering services requirements.  Services provided include Strategic Planning For Technology Programs; Concept Development and Requirements Analysis; Business Case Analysis; System Design, Engineering, And Integration; Test And Evaluation; Integrated Logistics Support; and Acquisition And Life Cycle Management.

<strong>Reach us through GSA IT70</strong>

GSA's Information Technology (IT) Schedule number 70 was established by GSA to provide government agencies with solutions for their various information technology requirements and allow those agencies to procure the products and services they need. The GSA IT schedule provides fast, convenient access to the professional, technical, and management skills necessary to satisfy our customers' information technology support requirements.

<strong>Reach us through Indian Head</strong>

The Indian Head Division/Naval Surface Warfare Center (IHD/NSWC) has been tasked to provide engineering, analytical, and programmatic support on a wide array of policy, planning, organizational, and operational issues in support of Navy, DoD, and other Federal activities.   Decision Forge and our teammates are ready to provide the skills and services necessary to satisfy our customers’ requirements in engineering, analysis, modeling and simulation, and program management support.

<strong>Reach us through the SDVOSB Procurement Program</strong>

As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we offer Federal customers two acquisition paths:
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	<li>Under FAR 19.1406, <em>Sole Source Awards to SDVOSB Concerns</em>, procurement professionals may make sole source awards of up to $3.5M to a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, if the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</li>
	<li>Under FAR 19.1405, <em>SDVOSB Set-Aside Procedures</em>, procurement professionals may set aside an acquisition for competition restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, given a reasonable expectation that fair and reasonable offers will be received from two or more SDVOSB concerns</li>
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<strong>Reach us through the HUBZone Small Business Program</strong>
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	<li><strong>Q1:  What does HUBZone stand for?</strong></li>
	<li><strong>A1:  </strong>Historically Underutilized Business Zone.</li>
	<li><strong>Q2:  What is the underlying regulation covering the HUBZone program?</strong></li>
	<li><strong>A2. </strong>FAR 19.13 and 52.219 govern how the HUBZone program is implemented in federal procurements.</li>
	<li><strong>Q3:  Is there an end date for our HUBZone certification?</strong></li>
	<li><strong>A3:  </strong>No, unlike the 8(a) program, there is no graduation timeline from HUBZone certification.  Three events can change HUBZone status:  1) if we were to fail to employ the required number of employees that are HUBZone residents; 2) if our relevant geographies were reclassified to no longer qualify; and 3) if we were to fail to meet the size requirements for a small business concern.</li>
	<li><strong>Q4:  What does this mean for Prime Contractors?</strong></li>
	<li><strong>A4:  </strong>HUBZone subcontracting requirements often go unmet.   However, utilizing Decision Forge as a subcontractor can help toward the achievement of HUBZone utilization goals.</li>
	<li><strong>Q5:  What does this mean for Contracting Officers?</strong></li>
	<li><strong>A5:  </strong>As you deem appropriate, reference either FAR 52.219-3 (Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside) in your Requests for Information, Pre-Solicitations, or Solicitations; or FAR 52.219-4 (Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns) in your Solicitations for acquisitions conducted using Full and Open competition.</li>
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