WPI Acquisition Alert

- July 12, 2022 -

UPCOMING EVENTS

7/12/22

Acquisition Hour: The Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) and Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)

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7/13-14/22

16th Annual Wisconsin Government Opportunities Business Conference (GOBC)

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7/27/22

Making Calculated Investments in Your Company’s Cybersecurity – Virtual

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8/9/22

Acquisition Hour: The Federal Spend to the End

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MYTH BUSTERS

MYTH:

Professional organizations focused on the Defense / Federal industry are only for the large contractors.

REALITY:

FALSE. Organizations such as NCMA, NDIA and SAME provide strong business development and training opportunities for large AND small businesses. ALSO, these organizations have significant Government membership and participation.

National Contract Management Association – NCMA – the Wisconsin Chapter contact is Benjamin Blanc (President) at BenjaminB@wispro.org or 414-270-3600 – National www.ncmahq.org
National Defense Industrial Association – NDIA – the Great Lakes Chapter contact is Nick Cucci (President) at nick.cucci@astronics.com – Great Lakes https://connect.ndia.org/ndiagreatlakes/home - National www.ndia.org
Society of American Military Engineers – SAME – the Lake Michigan Post contact is Charles Frangos Charles Frangos (President) at cfrangos@orionengineersllc.com – Lake Michigan Post https://same-lakemichigan.org/ - National www.same.org

These organizations host major national events as well as smaller regional events. Coming soon are NCMAs World Congress https://ncmahq.org/worldcongress , SAME Small Business Conference https://www.samesbc.org/ and NDIA GL Chapter Annual Meeting https://connect.ndia.org/ndiagreatlakes/latestupdates

NEWS & UPDATES

Summary of June DoD Memorandum

Marc Violante, WPI

June 16, 2022, The Office of The Under Secretary of Defense released a short, but information filled three-page cyber policy memorandum that should be reviewed by all members of the DIB.

Questions? Please contact Marc Violante, Director, Federal Market Strategies at MarcV@wispro.org or 920-456-9990

Made in China? More than half the products in military exchanges could be banned

Some military resale experts are warning that a proposal to ban the sale of Chinese-made products in military exchanges and commissaries would be “devastating,” especially to exchanges.

The proposal, an amendment introduced by Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., was approved by the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday.

7 Common Reasons Entity Validation Documents Get Rejected

These are common reasons entity validation documents submitted with incidents are rejected or more information is requested. Please check your ticket for these errors before you submit it, or if your documentation gets rejected.

View our downloadable guide and checklist linked in this FAQ with details of acceptable and unacceptable documents. If you need assistance with your SAM.GOV registration, contact Michael Steger at 414-270-3600 or MichaelS@wispro.org

DLA ENHANCED JOINT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM -EJCP – June 2022

DLA suppliers who require access to DLA managed export-controlled technical data for DLA procurement opportunities must have a DLA Enhanced Joint Certification Program (EJCP) certificate. Instructions for obtaining an EJCP certificate can be found at https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Enhanced-Validation/ . EJCP certificates are valid for three years from the date of approval and DLA suppliers must reapply to renew their EJCP certificates. To renew their EJCP certificate, DLA suppliers should follow the instructions at https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Enhanced-Validation/ or contact the DLA JCP/EJCP Team at jcp-admin@dla.mil. To avoid a gap in their EJCP certification, DLA encourages suppliers to submit their EJCP renewal documentation 30 days prior to their EJCP expiration.

Small Business Size Standards: Adoption of 2022 North American Industry Classification System for Size Standards

PROPOSED RULE: The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA” or “Agency”) proposes to amend its small business size regulations to incorporate the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) revision for 2022, identified as NAICS 2022, into its table of small business size standards https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/05/2022-13250/small-business-size-standards-adoption-of-2022-north-american-industry-classification-system-for

Pentagon ‘endorses’ reciprocity for CMMC, FedRAMP requirements

The Pentagon’s internal cybersecurity auditors are already giving companies credit for using services provided under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, but the Defense Department still needs to iron out similar reciprocity details with the Cyber Accreditation Body.

Deputy DoD Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity David McKeown says the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIBCAC) is recognizing when contractors use FedRAMP-certified services to manage and protect sensitive data.

General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Single-Use Plastics and Packaging

The General Services Administration (GSA) is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to seek public feedback pertaining to the use of plastic consumed in both packaging and shipping, as well as other single-use plastics for which the agency contracts. The issues raised in the comments submitted in response to this ANPR will inform future rulemaking to establish requirements and reporting mechanisms for reducing unnecessary single-use plastic, to include plastic packaging and shipping materials.