Appendix E -Small Business Subcontracting Plan

FHWA SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

BAA 693JJ3‐23‐BAA‐0002

Research to Support FHWA’s Office of Infrastructure Research and Development

1. INSTRUCTIONS:

 Where subcontracting opportunities will not exist for the solicitation, the bidder/offeror shall submit a response outlining the rationale for making this determination with its proposal/bid. The statement shall be signed by an official authorized to make decisions on behalf of the firm.
 The following information shall be provided in the bidder/offeror subcontracting plan submission and shall be expressed in terms of goal percentages of the total planned subcontracting dollars.
 Text lines may be added to this template as needed.

SUBCONTRACTING GOALS – BASE YEAR

Total prime contract amount – Base Year:

$ [insert amount]

Total planned subcontracted amount (regardless of firm/entity size status) – Base Year:
Total planned subcontracts to “other than small business” concerns (i.e., large, non‐profit, university, etc.)
Total planned subcontracts to Small Business concerns:
 Total planned subcontracts to Veteran Owned Small Business concerns (VOSB)3:
o Total planned subcontracts to Service‐Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns:
 Total planned subcontracts to Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones):

$ [insert amount]
$[insert amount]

[insert #]%1

$[insert amount]

[insert #]%2

$[insert amount]

[insert #]%

$[insert amount]

[insert #]%

$[insert amount]

[insert #]%

 Total planned subcontracts to Small Disadvantaged Business $[insert amount]
(SDB) concerns (includes 8(a), Alaska Native Corporations (ANC), and Indian Tribes):
 Total planned subcontract awards to Women‐Owned Small $[insert amount]
Business concerns (WOSB)4 concerns:
*insert and complete additional tables if the contract includes option year(s).

[insert #]%
[insert #]%

Percentage = (subcontracted amount in the category/total planned subcontracted amount) Planned subcontracts to “other than small business” concerns + subcontracts to Small Business concerns = 100% SDVOSB is a subcategory of VOSB. Any dollar amount applied to SDVOSB also applies to VOSB. In this document, the term WOSB includes Economically Disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB) concerns.

APM 025E – Revised 7/12/2021

1.1

Rationale if establishing a goal lower than 3% for VOSB:

1.2 Rationale if establishing a goal lower than 3% for SDVOSB:

1.3 Rationale if establishing a goal lower than 3% for HUBZone:

1.4 Rationale if establishing a goal lower than 5% for SDB: