Cole Marie Austin is a Service Related Disabled Veteran Owned Business offering premier rotary wing aerospace engineering services and DoD, NASA, DoE, and commercial programs with more than 25 years experience.

Over the last 5 years, our business has expanded in the commercial manufacturing and retail sectors as our continued success enables diversification and growth across multiple vertical markets.

The core of our business centers around:

• Prototype Integration Facility (PIF) Supporting Rapid Prototype Development
• AMCOM Express Sub-contract Teaming
• MI-17 Support and Mission Sustainability Experience
• Training Development, Delivery, and Management
• eLearning and Corporate University Development
• Marketing Strategy and Brand Management

The Cole Marie Austin Advantage

SEC. 36. PROCUREMENT PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

(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 industrial classification code for manufacturing; 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.

(B) RESTRICTED COMPETITION. In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award contracts on the basis of competition restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that not less than 2 small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers and that the award can be made at a fair market price.

(C) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CONTRACTING PREFERENCES. A procurement may not be made from a source on the basis of a preference provided under subsection (a) or (b) if the procurement would otherwise be made from a different source under section 4124 or 4125 of title 18, United States Code, or the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.).

(D) ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES. Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 8(m) shall apply for purposes of this section.

(E) CONTRACTING OFFICER. For purposes of this section, the term ‘contracting officer’ has the meaning given such term in section 27(f)(5) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.423(f)(5)).

Doing business with a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB):

In 1999, PL 106-50 set the goal of awarding 3% of all Federal contracts to SDVOSBs. Studies revealed only 0.13% of contracts went to SDVOSBs in2002. The DoD is taking part in “Operation Fast Break”, an initiative to achieve goals set forth in PLs 106-50 & 108-183 ahead of schedule!

On October 21, 2004, the President signed an Executive Order directing heads of agencies to significantly increase the Federal contracting and subcontracting of SDVOSBs.

What this means to you as a potential customer:

Because CMA is a SDVOSB, the government can sole source us for non-manufacturing contracts. The savings to the Government can be significant because there are no pass-through rates!

As a result, CMA can meet your requirements at the lowest possible price.

Source: SGC Group