![]() For some agencies, commercialization is taken literally, aimed at enhancing the national economy and well-being through development of innovative products. The program aims to enhance small businesses innovation through access to federal R&D funding and other assistance. The SBIR statute policy and goals point to small businesses as playing key roles in economic development and job creation. ![]() The purpose is to promote commercialization of innovative technologies by small businesses. The SBIR program taxes Federal agencies with large R&D outlays a small percentage of their extramural R&D budget for funding. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established in the 1980’s. Why else are there hundreds of procurement technical assistance centers throughout the country? Partnership Intermediaries to aid DOD in assisting small businesses are also a growth industry. Using those instruments in the SBIR Program makes sense! Many small businesses lack knowledge in arcane government contracting practices. Congress has directed DOD to create a preference for using those authorities to conduct contracted R&D (section 864, National Defense Authorization Act, 2018). Code 23b) provide specific authority to award contracts for R&D, prototyping and follow-on production. Procurement contracts, though widely used to conduct research and development by the DOD, are not the preferred, or even appropriate, instrument for that purpose. A result of an inability to conceptualize the obvious synergy between the Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) and Other Transactions (OTs) and related authorities to improve the efficacy of both. ![]() ![]() The DoD and federal government are missing out! So too are large segments of the industrial base. ![]()
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