In the course of the two-day occasion organized by the SAME Hampton Roads Publish, NAVFAC professionals met with trade companions, delivered briefs, and took part in a Q&A Panel to supply a greater understanding of NAVFAC, the contracting course of, and the enterprises evolving small enterprise alternatives.
“Naval Services Engineering Techniques Command couldn’t achieve success with out the assist of our trade companions from the architect, engineering, and development neighborhood,” stated Capt. Ben Miller, vice commander, NAVFAC Atlantic, as he launched NAVFAC’s crew of presenters. “Despite the fact that our contractor companions don’t put on a navy uniform once they go to work like a few of us right here at this time, they nonetheless serve our nice nation and straight contribute to the success of america Navy and Marine Corps.”
We’re projecting almost $12 billion in contracts for Fiscal 12 months 23 and one other $10 billion in shipyard optimization program contracts for the 4 shipyards over the subsequent 5 years. We’ve work to contract and by swiftly awarding contracts that guarantee infrastructure resilience and fleet readiness, we’re assembly the purpose to make our Navy extra ready for competitors and fight. A deteriorating Navy infrastructure negatively impacts readiness and operations; because the technical authority, we’re serving to resolution makers prioritize our efforts and trade is an enormous a part of that course of.
Presenters supplied briefs to the occasions attendees that included an summary of NAVFAC Atlantic and its environmental workload, a profile of NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic’s workload, and a Small Enterprise transient.
Senior leaders from each NAVFAC Atlantic and NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic within the fields of engineering, development, environmental sources, contracting, and small enterprise participated on the Q&A Panel the place the panelists addressed questions from attendees.
“Engagement and collaboration with our trade companions is central to NAVFAC Atlantic’s success,” stated small enterprise deputy director Jennifer McGuire, who coordinated the command’s presence on the convention. “Native occasions like these places us proper in entrance of trade contractors. They’ll hear straight from us, as we work to share our aims, focus areas workload projections and we will get their suggestions to use that to our plans.”
The Q&A panel allowed trade companions a chance to straight ask NAVFAC management about acquisition processes, single award architect engineer contracts (AE) vice a number of award AE contracts, sources sought and the emphasis on how vital it’s for a small enterprise to reply when NAVFAC is conducting market analysis, and paper versus digital proposal submission.
“Cooperating in occasions just like the SAME trade day actually is a win for each NAVFAC and trade companions,” says McGuire. “The Navy calls for a resilient, agile shore enterprise and our companions assist us get there with their enter.”
Companies trying to compete for NAVFAC alternatives are inspired to view NAVFAC Atlantic’s workload projections at https://atlantic.navfac.navy.mil/About-Us/Doing-Enterprise-with-Us/.
NAVFAC’s small enterprise program runs twelve months a 12 months. We encourage contractors to achieve out to us for data and help. To study extra about NAVFAC’s partnership with small companies, go to the command’s Small Enterprise Workplace website at https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Enterprise-Strains/Workplace-of-Small-Enterprise-Applications.
