Small Business Awards  

The deadline for nominations for the 2014 Small Business Awards is Close of Business Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Please review the criteria and nominations information below, and submit by Close of Business. All Small Business Awards nominations must be submitted to SAME HQ using our online nomination process. Awards will be presented at the SAME Small Business Conference for DOD Programs being held December 9-11, 2014, at the Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, Mo. The SAME Small Business Awards is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of small businesses, individuals who advocate for furthering small business interests and large businesses that work to strengthen and support small business. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

1) The Small Business Award can be self-nominated and must be a SAME Sustaining Member Company in good standing prior to 1 January 2012, to be eligible for these awards.

2) The Large Business Award can be self-nominated and must be a SAME Sustaining Member Company in good standing prior to 1 January 2012, to be eligible for these awards.

3) The Industry Small Business Advocate Award can be self-nominated. The nominee must be a SAME Member in good standing and have been a SAME member prior to 1 January 2012. The nomination must be accompanied by endorsements from two or more SAME small business owners.

4) Firms who have won this Award within the past three years (2011-2013) are not eligible to apply in the same category. AWARD CRITERIA:

1) Small Business Award Criteria (One Award) The nominee should meet all of the following criteria for work completed for the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy or U.S. Air Force within the last five years from nomination due date (October 30, 2014) in an outstanding manner as evidenced by:

Letters of commendations, awards, previous project evaluations, etc. to show past performance from client or prime contractor.

Company’s track record for working with other Small Businesses in the Industry Company’s track record for the professional development of its employees through participation in

SAME education and training activities; and Company participation in one or more small business conferences (e.g. 2012 SAME Small Business

Conference, Veteran-Owned Small Business Conference, an SAME Post-sponsored small business conference, etc.).

2) Large Business Award Criteria (One Award)

The nominee should meet all of the following criteria for work completed for the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy or U.S. Air Force within the last five years from nomination due date (October 30, 2014) in an outstanding manner as evidenced by:

Small business subcontracting performance as evidenced by Summary Subcontracting Reports (SSR’s) within the past three years;

Description of the efforts to support small business programs and the result of such efforts (Number of small businesses subcontracted to and subcontracting dollars to small businesses)

Letters of recognition or awards from DOD agencies or the Small Business Administration (SBA) for outstanding small business utilization and/or SBA subcontracting program review ratings;

Company’s demonstrated support for the internal training of the nominee’s program/project managers on how to involve and support small business initiatives; and

Company’s participation in one or more small business conferences (e.g., SAME Small Business Conference, Veteran-Owned Small Business Conference, SAME Post-sponsored small business conference, etc.).

3) Industry Small Business Advocate Award (One Award) This award recognizes an individual from industry who has been an outstanding spokesperson and advocate for small business. The award recognizes efforts and actions accomplished for programs within the past three years. This person may be the Small Business Advocate within a Large Business. SELECTION CRITERIA:

The nomination must show examples of how the nominee worked on small business issues with SBA, DOD agencies, or other groups to support Small Businesses

How the individual contributed to SAME Small Business Conferences and training sessions, or represented small business interests in SAME forums.

The nomination should include letters of commendation, awards and other recognition for the individual’s efforts to support small business programs.

NOMINATION PROCESS: Nominations for the SAME 2014 Small Business Awards are due by COB Wednesday, November 5, 2014. For assistance or information regarding the Small Business Awards, please contact Dana Bach, SAME Administrative Assistant, at dbach@same.org, or 703-549-3800 x112. Selection Process: SAME’s selection committee is chaired by a senior SAME member and four additional SAME members representing small and large businesses who are appointed by the SAME Executive Director. Any individual or company nominated is excluded from the selection committee. The committee uses objective criteria based upon those listed above to review nominations and select award recipients. SAME HQ notifies nominees of selection and presents awards at the SAME Small Business Conference during the Awards Luncheon.