Sec. 851. Department of Defense small business strategy
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Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall implement a small business strategy for the Department of Defense that meets the requirements of this section. As part of the small business strategy described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that there is a unified management structure within the Department for the functions of the Department relating to— programs and activities related to small business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act); manufacturing and industrial base policy; and any procurement technical assistance program established under chapter 142 of this title.
The Secretary shall ensure that programs and activities of the Department of Defense related to small business concerns are carried out so as to further national defense programs and priorities and the statements of purpose for Department of Defense acquisition set forth in section 801 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ; 131 Stat. 1449). The Secretary shall ensure— that opportunities for small business concerns to contract with the Department of Defense are identified clearly; and that small business concerns are able to have access to program managers, contracting officers, and other persons using the products or services of such concern to the extent necessary to inform such persons of emerging and existing capabilities of such concerns.
The Secretary shall enable and promote activities to provide coordinated outreach to small business concerns through any procurement technical assistance program established under chapter 142 of this title to facilitate small business contracting with the Department of Defense. . The Secretary of Defense shall develop the small business strategy required by section 2283 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Upon completion of the development of the small business strategy pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— transmit the strategy to Congress; and publish the strategy on a public website of the Department of Defense. The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 2283. Department of Defense small business strategy. .
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