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Certifications / Benefits
Helispec is now AS-9100-2004 and ISO 9001-2000 certified (certificate # 54536).
Helispec is please to
announce that it has completed the AS-9100 certification
process and is now officially AS-9100 Certified.
Click here for press release and video.
8(a) Certification
Helispec is in the process of becoming 8(a) certified, we
are hoping to have this certification completed in the near
future.
Below are certifications
that Helispec has that may be beneficial to you:
Through contracting with Helispec Inc, federal agencies and contractors
can take full advantage
of these benefits.
Service Disabled
Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB):
Executive Order 13360: provides
that the President must establish a goal of not less than 3 percent for
participation by service-disabled veteran businesses in Federal
contracting, and section 36 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 657f), which
gives agency contracting officers the authority to reserve certain
procurements for service-disabled veteran businesses.
Veterans Benefit Act of
2003 (section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(g)), Section 308 States:
‘‘(a) SOLE
SOURCE
CONTRACTS.—In accordance with this section, a contracting officer
may award a sole source contract to any small business concern owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans if:
(1) such concern is
determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance of
such contract opportunity and the contracting officer does not have a
reasonable expectation that 2 or more small business concerns owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers for the
contracting opportunity;
(2) the anticipated
award price of the contract (including options) will not exceed:
(A) $5,000,000, in
the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard code or
(B) $3,000,000, in
the case of any other contract opportunity; and
(3) in the estimation
of the contracting officer, the contract award can be made at a fair and
reasonable price.
H.R. 4253, the "Military
Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act
of 2008," which requires an interagency task force to coordinate
efforts to improve opportunities for small businesses owned by veterans;
permanently reauthorizes the SBA Advisory Committee on Veterans Business
Affairs; and expands small business development and loan programs for
veterans and reservists.
Female Owned
Small Business:
Small Business Act 15(g)(1),
Statutory Goals:
23 percent of prime
contracts for small businesses;
5 percent of prime and subcontracts for women-owned small businesses;
3 percent of prime contracts for HUBZone small businesses;
3 percent of prime and subcontracts for service-disabled veteran-owned
small businesses.
HUBZone certification # 24618 .
Per Far 19.1306.
A participating agency contracting officer may award
contracts to HUBZone small business concerns on a sole source
basis without considering small business set-asides.
Small Disadvantaged Business
19.1203 Incentive subcontracting with small
disadvantaged business concerns.
The contracting officer may encourage increased
subcontracting opportunities in the NAICS Industry Subsector as
determined by the Department of Commerce for SDB concerns in negotiated
acquisitions by providing monetary incentives (see the clause at
52.219-26, Small Disadvantaged Business
Participation Program—Incentive Subcontracting, and
19.1204(c)). Monetary incentives shall be
based on actual achievement as compared to proposed monetary targets for
SDB subcontracting. The incentive subcontracting program is separate and
distinct from the establishment, monitoring, and enforcement of SDB
subcontracting goals in a subcontracting plan.
Native
American Business
Indian
organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises shall have the
maximum practicable opportunity to participate in performing contracts
awarded by Federal agencies. In fulfilling this requirement, the Indian
Incentive Program allows an incentive payment equal to 5 percent of the
amount paid to a subcontractor in performing the contract, if the
contract so authorizes and the subcontractor is an Indian organization
or Indian-owned economic enterprise. |
