Doing Business with NASA

Glenn Delgado will present Doing Business with NASA , April 8, 2015, 11:30 am – 1 pm at ManTech International Corporation, 46610 Expedition Drive, Suite 101, Lexington Park, MD 20653.

Registration information here. Due to the security level in the building, no foreign nationals will be permitted to attend.

Mr. Glenn A. Delgado is the Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Small Business Programs. As the Associate Administrator, Mr. Delgado provides executive leadership and policy direction for developing and implementing policies and initiatives throughout NASA to ensure that all categories of small businesses are afforded opportunities to compete for Agency contracts.

Since Mr. Delgado’s arrival at NASA in Fiscal Year 2007, the dollars awarded to small businesses have increased every year. In Fiscal Year 2006, NASA awarded $1.94 billion directly to small businesses.  At the end of Fiscal Year 2011, NASA awarded $2.48 billion directly to small businesses.  That amounts to approximately a twenty-eight percent (28%) increase in direct awards made to small businesses, which equates to approximately $541 million.  The number of prime contracts awarded to small businesses also rose forty-two percent (42 percent) during this timeframe (from 15,141 SB Prime Contracts awarded to 21,456 SB Prime Contracts awarded). Please email Robin Wilson with questions or concerns.

The program is presented by the National Contract Management Association, the NCMAChesapeake Bay Chapter is located in historic and beautiful St. Mary’s County, MD. Membership is primarily government and contract employees who support the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.