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Ways to Partner with the NAVSEA Warfare Centers

Small Business

April 2015Ms. Debra Weems, Deputy Director Office of Small Business Programs Indian Head EOD

Technical Division

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NAVSEA Warfare Center Locations

WC Quick Facts:Diverse and highly educated workforce focused on innovation (~14,700 scientists, engineers, and technicians with over 600 Ph.D.s)

Maintains more than 164 unique RDT&E facilities

Operates under the Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) business model

125 unique Technical Capabilities (TCs) across 9 Divisions

Disciplined process for accepting and assigning the right work to the right WC Division based on TCs

Size of the workforce is based on the funded workload

Performs work our industry partners can’t, won’t or shouldn’t do.

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Warfare Centers Organization

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What We Do for the Program Offices/Fleet

Science&Tech Research&Develop Test&Eval ProductDelivery

FleetSupport

Sensor, System, & Missile Performance, Quality, Reliability, and Evaluation/Assessment

Applied Research

Build an Affordable Future Fleet Sustain the Current Fleet

Providing technical expertise across multiple portfolios in multiple warfare areas.

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Metrology & Test, Measurement & Diagnostic

Equipment (TDME)

Quantitative Fleet Feedback and Pre-Deployment

Certification

National/Global Scientific

Leadership

Analysis of Alternatives

Rapid Prototyping

Technical Risk

Assessments

Product Assembly

Foreign Comparative

Testing

Environmental Testing

Modeling and Simulation

Systems Training

Cost-Performance

TradeoffsIntegrated Logistics Support

Basic Research

Human Systems

Integration

Element and Combat System

Certification

Integration and Interoperability

Technology/Obsolescence Management

Onboard Tech Assists

Information Assurance &

Cyber Security

Technology Refresh

Tests @ Ranges/Major

Facilities

Modernization& Alterations

Distance Support

Patents

Installs

Depot MaintRepairs

FY14 ReimbursableFunding ($M)

S&T, $314 7%

RDT&E, $1,157 24%

Products De-livery, $1,217

25%

Fleet Support, $2,082 44%

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Warfare Center Divisions Technical Capabilities

Technical Capability DefinitionA blend of intellectual and physical assetsprovided by a cadre of technical people withknowledge, skills, experience and requisitefacilities and equipment that yield technicalproducts.

Technical Capability Characteristics

• Form the basis for making consistent, national work assignment decisions

• Constitute Centers of Excellence unique to each Division, with alignment to Division missions

• Foster collaboration while minimizing duplication

• Provide a coherent framework to understand what we do

• Enable strategic alignment of products and services to Naval objectives

Technical Capabilities provide the foundation for effective governance of a disciplined work assignment process and supporting technical authority

125 Technical Capabilities across

9 WC Divisions

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Corona

Carderock

Dahlgren

Indian Head EOD Technology

Keyport

Newport

Panama City

Port Hueneme

Crane

Carderock

Corona

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NAICS Description Total $% of Total

336611 SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING$15,724,059,8

1822.06%

541330 ENGINEERING SERVICES$11,182,597,0

7715.69%

336411 AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING$9,833,771,04

313.80%

541712RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL,

ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)$3,652,933,43

55.13%

334511SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE,

AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING

$3,460,432,561

4.86%

236220 COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION$2,804,955,19

83.94%

336413OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURING$2,290,148,11

13.21%

336414 GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING$2,199,872,77

73.09%

541519 OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES$1,396,551,40

41.96%

332410 POWER BOILER AND HEAT EXCHANGER MANUFACTURING$1,245,287,34

11.75%

332710 MACHINE SHOPS $17,404,128 0.76%

NAVSEA Top NAICS Codes FY 14

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How to Stay Competitive

• Innovation in your technical approaches and solutions Technical innovation still counts in best value contracting Be specific and realistic about what you are proposing

• Cost is important in best value procurements Technical approaches need to take that into account Reduce costs that drive your indirect rates

• Your proposal and contract performance should reflect labor market trends

• Post award: Do what you proposed both cost and schedule Government monitoring CPARS links businesses to past

performance ratings

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Ashton Carter Memos – 2010, 2012, 2014 – Better Buying Power: Deliver better value to the taxpayer and warfighter

Focus Areas:• Achieve Affordable Programs• Achieve Dominant Capabilities While Controlling Life Cycle Costs• Control costs Throughout the Product Lifecycle• Incentivize Productivity & Innovation in Industry and Government

Better define value Better define what is acceptable to the Government Increase the use of incentive-type contracts

• Eliminate Unproductive Processes and Bureaucracy• Promote Effective Competition

Enforce open system architecture and effectively manage technical data rights

• Improve Tradecraft in Acquisition of Services Expand use of requirements review boards and tripwires

• Improve the Professionalism of the Total Acquisition Workforce

Acquisition Environment and Trends

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DoD’s Mandate To Do More Without MoreBetter Buying Power (BBP) is the implementation of best practices to strengthen the Defense Department's buying power, improve industry productivity, and provide an affordable, value-added military capability to the Warfighter. • Better Buying Power released on April 9, 2015

Improve Tradecraft in the Acquisition of Services: Increase small business participation, including more effective use of market research. This is a continuing effort. Small businesses remain one of DoD’s most productive sources of innovation - in services as well as in products.

Better Buying Power 3.0 Feedback https://www.betterbuying3.com

Better Buying Power

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Large Procurements : • FedBizOpps (FBO) special

announcements• Seaport-e advance notices and

Requests for Information (RFIs)• Draft solicitations – GOAL• Need Responses from Small

Businesses to RFIs and Advance Notices for Market Research Documentation

Above $25K:• Synopsis in FBO

Communicate through engaging:• Industry Days Events Round• Directors for Small Business and Contracting Officers

How We Communicate

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Division POCs

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CarderockIrene Katacinskiirene.katacinski@navy.mil(215) 897-7596

CoronaDan Deconzodaniel.deconzo@navy.mil(951) 273-4810

CraneReggie Joslinreggie.joslin@navy.mil(812) 854-1542

DahlgrenKristofer Parkerkristofer.parker@navy.mil(540) 653-4806

Indian Head ExplosiveOrdnance DisposalTechnologyDebra Weemsdebra.weems@navy.mil(301) 744-6604

KeyportDiane Kosteleckydiane.kostelecky@navy.mil(360) 315-6791

NewportSteve Stewartstephen.g.stewart@navy.mil(401) 832-7372

Panama CityGerald Sorrellgerald.sorrell@navy.mil(850) 235-5328

Port HuenemeKim Barnardkimberly.barnard@navy.mil(805) 228-0602

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