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Jackie Robinson-Burnette, GovCon Expert, Live Oak Bank
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Jackie Robinson-Burnette www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-robinson-burnette-9624b924 (former Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) leader)
Jackie Robinson-Burnette joined Live Oak Bank in November 2017 as theGovernment Contracting Team's Industry Expert.With over 30+ years of federal civilian service, Jackie served as the highest ranking career Senior Executive (SES) forfederal small business contracting programs with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). While at the SBA from 2014 to 2017, she was responsible forthe implementation of all federal small business contracting programs to include the set-aside program that awards o/a $99 billion in contracts to small businesses each fiscal year.
Jackie held the positions of the Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting & Business Development and the Associate Administrator, Office of 8(a) Business Development. Jackie led her team to streamline several difficult 8(a) processes, digitize the entire 8(a) application, and implement the new All-Small Mentor Protégé Program. Before joining the SBA, she served in the Pentagon leading the Army’s Small Business Contracting Program across the nation, and from 2010 to 2014 she served as the Associate Director for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Small Business Programs.
Her federal government contracting experience includes several years as a seniorcontracting officer GS-1102 with an unlimited warrant. Her business acumen and long history as a federal contracting leader make her a valuable asset to Live OakBank. She is an Army-wife, and served at the US Army Contracting Command Europe, US Army Contracting Command Korea, and Headquarters US ArmyContracting Command Fort Belvoir VA.
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Congress through the SB Act requires federal agencies to collectively award o/a 23% of the CONUS spend or about $99 billion per year to small businesses across the county.
Small Businesses create two thirds of all new job opportunities, are innovative, agile, inclusive, and stabilize the economic strength of the Nation.
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Consider FAR Part 9 – Federal Contract Payments Responsibility Determination
FAR 32.904 Determining payment due dates.• (a) General.Agency procedures must ensure that, when specifying due dates,
contracting officers give full consideration to the time reasonably required by Government officials to fulfill their administrative responsibilities under the contract.
• (b) Payment due dates. Except as prescribed in paragraphs (c) through (f) of thissection, or as authorized in 32.908(a)(2) or (c)(2), the due date for making an invoice payment is as follows:
• (1) The later of the following two events: • (i) The 30th day after the designated billing office receives a proper invoice
from the contractor (except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section). • (ii) The 30th day after Government acceptance of supplies delivered or services
performed.
DFAR 232.903 Responsibilities.• DoD policy is to assist small business concerns by paying them as quickly as possible
after invoices and all proper documentation, including acceptance, are received and before normal payment due dates established in the contract.
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Government Contracting Financing Federal small business contractors need lending products tailored to their unique business challenges.
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SBA 7(a) Loan Mobilization Financing
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Government Contracting Financing for Inorganic Growth
Federal small business contractors need lending products tailored to their unique business challenges.
Finance Inorganic Growth
• Buy and leverage past performance and experience • Buy and leverage cleared staff and facilities • Leverage the acquired contracts with option years
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
• The game has changed, and there’s another way to grow and scale a small firm. You no longer have to grow contract win by contract win. You can acquire!
• The best sellers have performance periods remaining on contracts. Similarly situated buyers can leverage the set-aside contracts and the benefits of the
acquisition for years to come, while continuing to grow and diversify their business.
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Borrower Profile for Acquisition Considerations for potential borrowers include:
• Credit score(s) • Cash flow minimums • Growth Strategy • Ownership/Management experience • Personal equity/assets • Personal debt service
What is EBITDA? • EBITDA – or earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization – is an indicator
commonly used by prospective buyers or investors to measure a company’s financial performance.
• EBITDA = Operating Profit (EBIT) + Depreciation (D) + Amortization (A)
• By eliminating the non-operating effects that are unique to each business, EBITDA can help balance the scales by focusing on operating profitability as a singular measure of performance.This is particularly important when comparing similar companies across avariety of industries or different tax brackets.
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Case Study: Business Acquisition w/ $200K down payment
Traditional banks often don’t understand unique nature of projections for small business government contractors and typically won’t provide financing.
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• Graduated 8(a) --• $6M revenue • $600K EBITDA
• $2M purchase price • Purchase price also
considers active contracts, options, and projectedrevenues from new awards,
• Contracts with 3 different agencies
• DoD / Treasury/ Dept State
Product: Business Acquisition
• Finances 100% purchase ofbusiness & assets
• Borrower injects 10%($200K); or less if theborrower has another profitable business
• SBA 7a Loan for $1.8M +legal and other fees withpayments stretched over 10 years
• Priced @ 3 x $600KEBITDA
Outcomes
• Buyer able to acquire athriving business with minimal cash investment
• Business grows withinjection of new revenues from acquired contracts
• Assumption ofrelationships and pastperformance enhances ability to capture newwork
• Retention of workforce creates a seamless transfer for the government
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Win-Win-Win Acquisitions • Most successful government contractors have an exit date or strategy, and
when they sell to another small business owner it’s a way to pay it forward.
• For the acquisition to be win-win-win, all parties must win meaning the seller, the buyer, and the government. The seller wins with the highest practicable valuation. The buyer wins when the transaction results in contract revenue that facilitates business growth and the ability to meet the financial obligations to the bank that closed on the acquisition loan.The government wins with continued performance without a gap inservice/delivery, avoidance of re-compete costs/effort, and maintaining the experienced and skilled contractor workforce.
• A small firm is most valuable to a buyer that can assume performance of the existing contracts and maximize the benefits for the current performanceperiod and beyond. As a buyer, you gain the seller’s experience and past performance record with the acquisition. A buyer’s ability to maintain sole source contracts and/or eligibility to submit proposals on the re-competes significantly impacts the valuation of small business. With the home court advantage of direct experience and great past performance, over 80% of all incumbent contractors win follow-on procurements. Thebest transactions maintain the careers of the dedicated employees that helped grow the seller’s business.
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