93D CONGRESS 2d Session } SENATE { REPORT No. 93-760 SMALL BUSINESS ASPECTS OF SELECTED RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS UNITED STATES SENATE ON SELECTED RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, BASED ON HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, MAY 17 AND 18 AND OCTOBER 10 AND 11, 1973 MARCH 28, 1974.-Ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1974 SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS (Created pursuant to S. Res. 58, 81st Cong.) ALAN BIBLE, Nevada, Chairman JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama JACOB K. JAVITS, New York GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado THOMAS J. MCINTYRE, New Hampshire EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida SAM NUNN, Georgia J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, JR., Louisiana JAMES L. BUCKLEY, New York WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine WILLIAM L. SCOTT, Virginia JAMES ABOUREZK, South Dakota WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware FLOYD K. HASKELL, Colorado DICK CLARK, Iowa CHESTER H. SMITH, Staff Director and General Counsel EDGAR G. MERSON, Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine, Chairman DICK CLARK, Iowa EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, JR., Louisiana WILLIAM L. SCOTT, Virginia JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware ALAN BIBLE, Nevada JACOB K. JAVITS,* New York .Ex officio member. CONTENTS Page A. Commission on Government Procurement- C. Summary and Recommendations. CHAPTER II. NEW STANDARDS FOR "Fair PROPORTION" A. Commission Recommendation No. 47. B. Findings of Subcommittee -- C. Conclusions and Recommendations- CHAPTER III. SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PROGRAM. A. Commission Recommendation No. 48. C. Conclusions and Recommendations. CHAPTER IV. CREATION OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY OFFICE - A. Commission Recommendation No. 1... B. Findings of Subcommittee..-- C. Conclusions and Recommendations.- CHAPTER V. CONSOLIDATION OF PROCUREMENT STATUTES. A. Commission Recommendation No. 2. C. Conclusions and Recommendation STATEMENTS OF SENATORS SAM NUNN, J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, Jr., JAMES A. Memorandum of Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, "Legislative History of the Phrase 'Fair Proportion' in Small Busi- B. Armed Services Procurement Regulation 1-707.3; Federal Procure- C. Letter from Hon. Thomas S. Kleppe, Administrator, Small Business Administration, to Senator William D. Hathaway, Chairman, Sub- committee on Government Procurement, Dec. 12, 1973.. D. Letter from Hon. Charles L. III, Assistant Secretary of Navy (Installa- tions and Logistics), to Senator William D. Hathaway, Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Procurement, April 27, 1973.- E. Letter from J. Robinson, Subcontract Manager, Edo Corp., College Point, New York, to Senator William D. Hathaway, Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Procurement, Sept. 14, 1973. F. Letter from C. H. Anderson, Aerojet Manufacturing Company, Fuller- ton, Calif., to Senator William D. Hathaway, Chairman, Subcom- mittee on Government Procurement, Sept. 21, 1973- G. Deviation Authority by Armed Services Procurement Regulation H. Armed Services Procurement Regulation 3-808.4, Profit Factors, and 62 SENATE 93D CONGRESS 2d Session } { REPORT No. 93–760 SMALL BUSINESS ASPECTS OF SELECTED RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MARCH 28, 1974.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HATHAWAY (for Mr. BIBLE) from the Select Committee on Small Business, submitted the following REPORT CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION A. COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT The Subcommittee on Government Procurement conducted hearings on May 17 and 181 and October 10 and 11, 1973,’ to examine, among other things, several of the recommendations of the Commission on Government Procurement. The Subcommittee was interested in considering those recommendations by the Commission which appeared to have the greatest concern for the small business contracting community. Four recommendations were selected-two from the small business chapter of the Commission report, and two others of general and far-reaching application to the procurement process, but with particular aspects of small business interest. They are: COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION NO. 47, PART A Procurement from Small Business Establish new standards for annually measuring the performance of procuring agencies and their prime contractors in using small business. Standards for measuring performance, including the sound use of set-aside techniques, should assess progress made in assisting small businesses to obtain a fair proportion of awards-not just statistical percentages. 1 Hearings before the Subcommittee on Government Procurement, Senate Small Business Committee, on selected Recommendations of the Commission on Government Procurement and Procurement from Small Business in Labor Surplus Areas, 93rd Cong., 1st Sess., May 17 and 18, 1973. ? Hearings before the Subcommittee on Government Procurement, Senate Small Business Committee, on Procurement from Small Business in Labor Surplus Areas and Small Business Subcontracting Program, &d Cong., Ist Sess., October 10 and 11, 1973. |