Navy SBIR / STTR

SYSCOM Topics MCSC 1 NAVAIR 10 NAVSEA 2 NAVFAC 1 NAVWAR 2 ONR 1 DIR-P2 3 Total 19

The DoD issued its 2019.3 SBIR BAA pre-release on August 23 2019, which opened to receive proposals on September 24, 2019, and closed October 23, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET.

This BAA was inclusive of 3 Technology Acceleration Topics, 12 Standard Topics phase I topics from 6 of the Navy's SYSCOMS, and 3 Direct to Phase II Topics.

View 19.3 Navy Topics & Instructions

Previous Navy SBIR/STTR solicitations/BAAs are available at navysbir.com/previous.htm

 

New Important Study on DoD SBIR/STTR

View / Download PDF Report (8mb 50 page file)

This new and important study quantifies the DoD SBIR/STTR Program's overall contribution to the nation's economy and defense mission.

It examines the economic outcomes and impacts up to 2018 from DoD SBIR/STTR Phase II contracts initiated during the 1995-2012 fiscal year (FY) period, providing definitive answers to the question:
What resulted from the DoD's investment of $14.4 billion in small business R&D funding provided to companies nationwide via 16,959 separate SBIR/STTR Phase II contracts?

In all, this study presents the economic outcomes of 16,516 of the 16,959 DoD SBIR/STTR contracts--over 97 percent.

 

FY2020 BAA Schedule
Program	Pre-Release	Opens	Closes
DoD SBIR 2020.1	10-Dec-19	14-Jan-20	12-Feb-20
DoD STTR 2020.A	10-Dec-19	14-Jan-20	12-Feb-20
DoD SBIR 2020.2	22-Apr-20	20-May-20	17-June-20
DoD STTR 2020.B	22-Apr-20	20-May-20	17-June-20
DoD SBIR 2020.3	25-Aug-20	23-Sep-20	22-Oct-20
DoD STTR 2020.C	25-Aug-20	23-Sep-20	22-Oct-20
Previous Navy SBIR/STTR solicitations/BAAs are available at navysbir.com/previous.htm

 

NavalX Seaside Chat, Big Opportunities for Small Business

Bob Smith, Director, Navy SBIR/STTR programs, Emily Harman, Director of the Navy's Office of Small Business Programs, and Scott Bartlett, Director of the Navy's Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) spoke at the recent NavalX Seaside Chat May 23, 2019.

The topic of the "chat" was Big Opportunities for Small Business, which aligns NavalX opportunities with SBIR/STTR companies looking to provide innovative solutions to the Navy's needs.   [Read more about NavyX... ]

NavalX (Naval Expeditions) is a new program to empower the Navy's work force with Agility Tools that enable bold flexibility and drive accelerated outcomes.

For Naval Innovators, NavalX empowers you with the information and relationships you need to immediately apply agility practices in your organization.

For Commercial Partners NavalX allows you to easily connect into an ecosystem of potential opportunities that includes investment, experimentation, and technology transfer.

In describing NavalX, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, James Geurts stated; NavalX will act as a point of contact for industry to find the appropriate offices and commands for technologies they want to introduce to the Navy.

You can visit the NavalX website at www.secnav.navy.mil/agility/Pages/default.aspx   [close]

 

ASN (RD&A) Geurts Issues Memo on Small Business Utilization for a Strategic Advantage

James Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition (ASN (RD&A)) brings to Naval warfighters his rich SOCOM experience in delivering innovation, faster, through new collaborations and inventive practices.

Mr. Geurts' most recent guidance to DoN acquisition teams on small business and SBIR/STTR conveys the imperative role Small Business play as DoN team members and their contribution to DoN's success in meeting the National Defense Strategy (NDS). As such, the instruction calls for Acquisition Commands and Program Executive Officers (PEOs) to prioritize utilization of Small Business and includes these critical SBIR/STTR points:

• DoN acquisition teams focus on reviewing and assessing SBIR/STTR capabilities in developing acquisition strategies - and such strategies should address incentives for SBIR/STTR use.
• Acquisition Commands and PEOs should leverage "agile, time-saving authorities" of the Phase III award process - without further competition - where this action meets performance and affordability mandates.
• The memo concludes with an emphatic challenge: "Enhanced implementation of the Small Business Program will require .changing the way we do acquisition."

View/Download Geurts Memo

 

National Economic Impact Report of the Navy
SBIR/STTR Program FY-2000-2013

The Department of the Navy (DON) SBIR/STTR leadership commissioned a study to measure commercialization and related economic impacts of nearly $2.3 billion in DON SBIR/STTR Phase II contractual investment over FY2000 - 2013.

During that period, DON SBIR/STTR made 2,734 separate Phase II awards to 1,199 small businesses in virtually every U.S. state. Some of the findings include: [read more...]

Commercialization results:

$7 billion in sales of new capabilities and products to the U.S. military

$14.2 billion in total sales of new products and services

64% of SBIR/STTR contracts with subsequent innovative technology sales

Other economic results, or impacts:

14,973 full-time jobs created per year with an average salary of $68,535

$44.3 billion in total economic output nationwide, in all 50 states

$22.2 billion in new wealth creation, or value added

$4.9 billion in new federal, state, and local tax revenues

$14.4 billion in labor income

97.4% of firms had fewer than 10 Phase II awards - a broadly democratic distribution [close]

The 6 page brochure can be downloaded below:

Navy-SBIR-Economic_Impact.pdf

 

Required Cyber Security Certification:
What You Need To Know

On November 4, 2010, the President signed Executive Order 13556, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). This established a government-wide CUI Program to standardize the way the Government (and Government contractors) will handle unclassified information that requires protection. The guiding document for this endeavor is NIST Special Publication 800-171.

Full compliance of NIST SP 800-171 is required no later than December 31, 2017. [read more...]

NIST SP 800-171 provides the minimum required cybersecurity standards to protect the confidentiality of CUI for Federal Agencies. The document contains specific security requirements that contractors must implement at contract award. Within 30 days of contract award, the contractor must notify the DoD CIO (osd.dibcsia@mail.mil) of any of the security requirements specified by NIST SP 800-171 that are not implemented at contract award.

Contractors may use subcontractors and/or outsource information technology requirements; but, they are responsible for ensuring that these entities meet the cybersecurity standards.

For more information go to:
nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-171.pdf to download your copy of the NIST SP-800-171 document and
business.defense.gov/Portals/57/Documents/Cybersecurity.pdf for a DoD presentation on Protecting DoD Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
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