DVIDS – News – AMC receives Army Small Business Award

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – The Kansas City Chiefs, Golden State Warriors, and the Army Materiel Command Small Business Programs Office all have something striking in common. It's that they are repeat champions.

For the second year in a row, AMC organizations swept four of the five same categories in the annual Army Small Business Awards program, including Women-Owned Small Businesses, Military Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, Historically Adequate The award received the highest honor for supporting underutilized small and medium-sized enterprises. business zones, and the entire small business program.

In addition, Thaddeus Martin, director of the AMC Small Business Program Office, was named the Revolutionary Director for the third time in five years in the Department of Defense Small Business Vanguard Award Program for his work advocating for small business participation and encouraging innovation. Received the Leadership Award. Through the use of small and medium-sized enterprises.

“We feel our Small Business Office did well in winning four of the five 2023 command awards,” Martin explained. His efforts to improve AMC's broader acquisition team and small business and small business programs. ”

As of the end of fiscal year 2023, AMC owed more than $11 billion to small businesses and awarded 42,660 contract actions.

“This will enable AMC to strongly leverage small businesses to meet Army contracting requirements, contribute to manufacturing and the health of the defense industrial base, and ensure warfighters have what they need when they need it.” “We're showing that we're doing it,” Martin said. He has one office at headquarters here, but oversees his 10 assistants, his directors and his 55 small business professionals throughout the company, providing support at an operational and tactical level. .

One of those experts is Ebony McClintock, a procurement analyst serving Forts Bliss, Carson and Johnson from the Fort Cavazos office under the Mission and Installation Contracting Command headquarters at Fort Sam Houston. . Connecting the dots geographically illustrates the broad responsibilities that small teams share across the enterprise.

This is a critical role, and is designed to “develop the small business industrial base by providing the greatest viable opportunity for small businesses to participate in Army programs and support the Army's mission in support of the warfighter.” ,” McClintock said.

“This is a collaborative process across the AMC enterprise,” Martin added. “AMC has such a vast portfolio that each small business program brings something different to the table in terms of opportunities. When you combine this with AMC's geographic footprint around the world, AMC has the largest portfolio in the Army. You'll find that our small and medium-sized business professionals maintain mission readiness as one of their top priorities as they tackle unique contract challenges. We are here to help and support small businesses. We strive to influence acquisition outcomes in a positive way for small businesses. ”

McClintock said he enjoys the challenge of “uncovering misconceptions on both sides.” There are many misconceptions about industry's views on working with government and what governments think small businesses can do. I enjoy educating the acquisition community about small business programs and helping them better understand how we can benefit each other. ”

All of these represent opportunities for small businesses to support Army materiel readiness by providing capabilities that can meet mission readiness, reduce acquisition lead times, and support force sustainment for multi-domain operations. tied to the department's overall mission of maximizing the

For the award, AMC will compete with the Army Futures Command, Medical Command, National Guard Bureau and the Army Corps of Engineers' Small Business Program Office.