Air Education and Training Command Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Mr. Gary Kelso HQ AETC/A7KB
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Stimulus Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Colloquial named "stimulus package", "stimulus bill", "stimulus plan", and several other variations (unofficial) • Enacted by the 111th United States Congress • Effective February 17, 2009 • Public Law (PL)111-5
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Contributing Factor Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
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Purpose Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• On February 17, the Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. • The purpose of the Act is to stimulate the U.S. economy while enhancing our national security • U.S. jobs are created and preserved when funds are spent on U.S. military installations to build new facilities, repair aging facilities, or bring buildings up to date with the most modern energy efficiency standards
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Purpose Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• As stated on www.recovery.gov, the purpose of the Recovery Act is to create and save jobs, jumpstart our economy, and build the foundation for long-term economic growth. In order to fulfill these objectives, the Department intends to execute Defense-related funds as quickly as possible
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Distribution Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
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Breakout Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Military Construction – $2.18 billion for new construction, including $1.33 billion for hospitals • Energy Conservation Investment – $120 million for improving the energy efficiency of existing facilities • Near Term Energy Efficiency Technology Demonstrations and Research – $300 million to develop energy-efficient technologies
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Homeowners Assistance Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Homeowners Assistance – $555 million for a temporary expansion of assistance to qualified military and civilian personnel who suffer financial loss on the sale of their primary residence
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Small Business Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Small Business • The Department is committed to maximizing small business opportunities within DoD acquisitions and recognizes that small businesses play a critical role in stimulating economic growth and creating jobs, which is one of the primary goals of the Recovery Act. • The Department adheres to the Federal Acquisition Regulations Part 19, Small Business Programs, which allows agencies to make awards both competitively and noncompetitively to various types of small businesses. 10
Small Business Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• The use of these socio-economic programs enable contracting activities to maximize small business participation in federal contracting • The Department will make every effort to provide maximum practicable opportunities for small businesses to compete for agency contracts and to participate as subcontractors in contracts that are awarded using Recovery Act funds • DoD contracting activities will work with their small business offices and coordinate with the Department's Office of Small Business Programs to maximize small business opportunities that use Recovery Act funds
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09 DoD AF ARRA Dollars Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
Recovery Act Funds for the Department of Defense
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By State Selected ARRA Funding by State
Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow (Dollars in Millions) Washington $109 Oregon $15 California $1143
Montana $50
Idaho $16
Wyoming $21
Nevada $45
includes $563 for Hospital
Utah $76
Arizona $67
Colorado $131
New Mexico $101
Maine $26
North Dakota Minnesota $57 $8 South Dakota $31 Nebraska $50 Kansas $107 Oklahoma $140 Texas $1104 includes $621 for Hospital
Wisconsin $53 Iowa $10
VT $4 New York $139
Michigan $16
Pennsylvania $47
Indiana Ohio Illinois $19 $39 W Va.Virginia $42 $9 $358 Missouri Kentucky $84 $159 North Carolina Tennessee $249 $22 South Arkansas Carolina $59 $85 Alabama Miss. $71 Georgia $89 $201 Florida Louisiana $250 $63
NH $8 MA $63 RI $15 CT $4 NJ $31 DE $72 MD $259 DC $11
Alaska $246
Hawaii $263
Guam $44
Puerto Rico $11
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April 3, 2009 OMB Memo Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Providing maximum practicable opportunities for small businesses. Small businesses play a critical role in stimulating economic growth and creating jobs. Because support of small businesses furthers the economic growth and job creation purposes of the Recovery Act, agencies should support projects that provide maximum practicable opportunities for small businesses.
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Memo, Con’t Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• In the sphere of government contracting, agencies should provide maximum opportunities for small businesses to compete and participate as prime and subcontractors in contracts awarded by agencies, while ensuring that the government procures services at fair market prices. • Accordingly, agencies are strongly encouraged to take advantage of authorized small business contracting programs to create opportunities for small businesses. Agencies’ Offices of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization and SBA’s District Offices can assist with market research to help identify qualified and capable small business sources, both at the national and local level, including small businesses that may be able to respond quickly to solicitations and otherwise get their firms contract-ready 15
OMB Memo, Apr 3 2009 Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Obtain maximum practicable competition; • Maximize opportunities for small businesses to compete for agency contracts and to participate as subcontractors; • Use supplies and services provided by nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or severely disabled as provided in FAR Subpart 8.7;
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OMB, Apr 3, 2009 Memo Con’t Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Expeditiously award contracts using available streamlining flexibilities; • Apply sufficient and adequately trained workforce to responsibly plan, evaluate, award, and monitor contracts (see Section 6.6 and 6.7 below for further workforce guidance); • Ensure an adequate number of qualified government personnel are available to perform inherently governmental functions during the acquisition life-cycle; and • Provide appropriate agency oversight at critical decision points.
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Announcement of Stimulus Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Early January 09 announcement that AF would receive Stimulus funding • Uncertain on Distribution • Funding for MILCON • Army Corp of Engineers • Air Force Center for Environmantal Excellence • Funding for Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (SRM) • Projects would be awarded at Base Level (AETC 12 bases) •Originally thought $152M, received $132M 18
AF SRM Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• AF received $4.5B from Stimulus • Air Education and Training Command received $187.9M • $132.7M for SRM • $55.2M for MILCON
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AETC Preparation Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Civil Engineering developed list of projects based on execution from the Automated Civil Engineering system (ACES) • List was prioritized based on projects ready for execution • Bases given authority to advertise and negotiate projects • Guidance being provided was incomplete • AETC had over $70M ready to award when money was issued
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Receipt of Funds Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Funding received 31 Mar 09 • Upon receipt of funding money was issued to bases for award of projects • If project was not ready for award, money was held at HQ until ready • HQ monitored project award through obligation of funding • Bases could not exceed funding originally estimated • Only one SRM project went to COE 21
Transparency Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• Projects had to be announced in FEDBIZOPS • Projects had to be reported through systems to appear on recovery.gov • Contractors have reporting requirements which are very stringent • Oversight of awards and performance being monitored by DoD IG and GAO • Continued oversight will continue • Clauses for contracts received 1 Apr 09 22
Current Status Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
• AETC has awarded 169 Projects for a total amount of $97.8M • Remaining projects to be awarded by end of June • 93% of AETC Projects have been awarded to Small Business • Projects awarded came in over $16M under Gov’t Estimate 23
Discussion Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
Questions?
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Sustaining the Combat Capability of America’s Air Force Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
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