Sec. 2. Pilot program
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In this section— the terms commercialization , SBIR , STTR , Phase I , Phase II , and Phase III have the meanings given those terms in section 9(e) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638(e) ); the term covered small business concern means— a small business concern that completed a Phase II award under the SBIR or STTR program of the Department of Defense; or a small business concern that— has completed a Phase I award under the SBIR or STTR program of the Department of Defense; and a contracting officer for the Department of Defense recommends for inclusion in the multiple task or delivery order contract described in subsection (b); the terms delivery order contract and task order contract have the meanings given those terms in section 2304d of title 10, United States Code; the term pilot program means the pilot program established under subsection (b); the term Rapid Innovation Fund means the program under section 1073 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 ( Public Law 111–383 ; 124 Stat. 4366; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note); and the term small business concern has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 ).
The Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Director of the SBIR program at the Department of the Navy and the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense, shall establish a pilot program for the commercialization of products and services produced by covered small business concerns under which the Secretary of the Navy shall set up a multiple task or delivery order contract for those products and services. The Administrator of General Services shall provide technical assistance to the Secretary of the Navy for purposes of establishing and administering the pilot program.
The Secretary of the Navy may establish procedures to waive provisions of chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, for purposes of carrying out the pilot program. Before establishing any procedures under paragraph (1), and not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, the Director of the SBIR program at the Department of the Navy, and the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense shall provide a briefing on why provisions of chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, shall be waived for purposes of carrying out the pilot program to— the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives.
A multiple task or delivery order contract described in subsection
(b)may be used by any service or component of the Department of Defense. After implementation of the pilot program, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall update the SBIR and STTR program policy directives issued under subsections
(j)and
(p)of section 9 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638 ) to reflect programmatic changes at the Department of Defense. The pilot program established under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2022. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the commercialization of products and services produced by a small business concern under an SBIR or STTR program of a Federal agency through— direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR or STTR program; awards made under the Rapid Innovation Fund; or any other contract vehicle.
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- Pub. L. 111-383
- 124 Stat. 4366
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