8(a) Direct Award Process
The 8(a) sole source vehicle provides agencies a simplified and shortened acquisition procedure:
- Reduced acquisition cycle, measured in days
- Lowered administrative costs
- Initiate contract with a high‐statement of work
- Directly negotiated best value pricing
- Credit for small business promotion within the Agency
8(a) Direct Award Process
1. The Government program manager or interested party develops a statement of work, prepares a government estimate, and obtains the necessary funding.
2. The Government program manager or interested party chooses Innovatus Technology Consulting to perform the work and submits a procurement request to the agency contracting officer.
3. The agency contracting officer prepares and submits an “Offer Letter” to Innovatus Technology Consulting’s SBA Business Development Specialist
4. SBA processes the Offer Letter and returns it to the agency contracting officer who submits the Statement of Work and Request for Proposal or Quotation to Innovatus Technology Consulting.
5. Innovatus Technology Consulting submits the proposal which is evaluated and negotiated (if necessary) by the agency.
6. The contract is awarded to Innovatus Technology Consulting.