Contracting Ease and Benefits

Clients of Haweo benefit from the Small Business Association’s (SBA) 8(a) sole source vehicle, providing agencies with a streamlined option to meet their demands. Haweo, being a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO), offers significant advantages, including no requirement for competitive procurement and the ability to receive up to $100 million in sole-source contracts (13 CFR 124.506(b)) within the Department of Defense. This can substantially reduce the award timeframe, often just two weeks from first contact, with the added advantage that sole-source NHO 8(a) contracts cannot be protested (13 CFR 124.517(a)).

The expedition of a contract using the 8(a) advantage starts with the Contracting Officer directly contacting Haweo. From there, you are only days away from mission kickoff. The NHO direct award process empowers the customer with the ability to team directly with Haweo to create a solution for an identified need, and to have tasks on contract in as little as two weeks.

NHO 8(a) Classification Offers Clear Advantages to the Government

• Contracting with NHO 8(a)s helps satisfy DoD’s small business and 8(a) contracting goals.
• NHO 8(a)s can receive sole-source awards (up to $100M) with no competition and no prior advertisement.
• No competitive thresholds for NHO 8(a) set-asides.
• Sole-source procurements to an NHO 8(a) may not be protested.
• Conversion of any activity or function of the Department of Defense under the authority to an NHO 8(a) is credited toward any competitiveness or outsourcing goal, target, or measurement.

Offer Letter Contents

The offer letter must include:

1. A description of the work to be performed.
2. The estimated period of performance.
3. The NAICS code that applies to the principal nature of the acquisition.
4. The anticipated dollar value of the requirement, including options, if any.
5. Any special restrictions or geographical limitations on the requirement.
6. The location of the work to be performed for construction procurements.
7. Any special capabilities or disciplines needed for contract performance.
8. The type of contract to be awarded, such as firm fixed price, cost reimbursement, or time and materials.
9. The acquisition history, if any, of the requirement.
10. The names and addresses of any small business contractors that have performed on this requirement during the previous 24 months.
11. A statement that prior to the offering, no solicitation for the specific acquisition has been issued as a small business set-aside, or as a small disadvantaged business set-aside, if applicable, and that no other public communication (such as a notice in the Commerce Business Daily) has been made showing the procuring activity’s clear intent to use any of these means of procurement.
12. Identification of any specific Participant that the procuring activity contracting officer nominates for award of a sole-source 8(a) contract, if appropriate, including a brief justification for the nomination, such as:
    • The Participant, through its own efforts, marketed the requirement and caused it to be reserved for the 8(a) BD program.
    • The acquisition is a follow-on or renewal contract and the nominated concern is the incumbent.
    • Bonding requirements, if applicable.
    • Identification of all Participants that have expressed an interest in being considered for the acquisition.
    • Identification of all SBA field offices that have requested the requirement be awarded through the 8(a) BD program.
    • A request, if appropriate, that a requirement whose estimated contract value is under the applicable competitive threshold be awarded as an 8(a) competitive contract.
    • Any other information that the procuring activity deems relevant or which SBA requests.

Through Haweo, the contracting process becomes seamless, efficient, and mutually beneficial, ensuring mission readiness in record time.