Let's Hit The Target Together
In our first year as a HUBZone Certified company, GBS received a HUBZone sole source award.
Since 1998, GBS has supported government and commercial clients across 7 continents and 5 oceans. We are pleased to provide a depth of information and maintenance for key communication systems, project managing more than $200M in just subsea acquisition and development.
Global Broadband Solutions, LLC, has been serving the US Government for 25 years. We offer a proven range of services, solid past performance, and a contract vehicle to efficiently engage.
Let’s talk about a HUBZone partnership today!
We Help You Go the Distance
Increase Capacity & Bandwidth
Professional Services that help you achieve your goals. Acquisition expertise, feasibility studies, planning, surveys, acquisition support, risk assessments, business case analysis, telecom demand analysis, R&D network connectivity, disaster planning/recovery, Subject Matter Experts.
Telecom Services Connecting Land, Sea & Sky
Leverage Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Systems, Terrestrial Cable Systems, SMART Cable and Sensor technologies, and Satellite Networks to achieve communictions goals.
Mission Critical Projects
GBS has nearly three decades of experience handling Mission Critical Infrastructure with sensitive and complex requirements. Complex Project Management past performance across 7 continents and 5 oceans.
Increase Capacity & Bandwidth
Professional Services that help you achieve your goals. Feasibility studies, planning, surveys, acquisition support, risk assessments, business case analysis, telecom demand analysis, R&D network connectivity, disaster planning/recovery, Subject Matter Experts.
Telecom Services Connecting Land, Sea & Sky
Leverage Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Systems, Terrestrial Cable Systems, SMART Cable and Sensor technologies, and Satellite Networks to achieve communictions goals.
Mission Critical Projects
GBS has nearly three decades of experience handling Mission Critical Infrastructure with sensitive and complex requirements.
Ask about our Project Management past performance completed across 7 continents and 5 oceans.
Why Choose GBS?
US Federal Agencies are required to award 3% of contracts to HUBZone Certified companies. We can help you achieve that goal.
GBS is a HUBZone Certified Company
GBS is proud to participate in the Small Business Administration's Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program and support disadvantaged communities across 5 states.
- UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER (UEI): MZ5QV6SB3Y95
- CAGE CODE: 1KVX1
- SPRS: YES/ENTERPRISE
- CYBER: NIST 800-171 COMPLIANT Preparing for CMMC 2.0
Proud member of the
HUBZone Contractors National Council
Contract Vehicles
HUBZone Certified
Professional Services that help you achieve your goals. Feasibility studies, planning, surveys, acquisition support, risk assessments, business case analysis, telecom demand analysis, R&D network connectivity, disaster planning/recovery, Subject Matter Experts.
C5 Other Transaction Authority (OTA)
C5 is a consortium composed of leading companies and institutions in the C4ISR and cyber technology sectors. For more information on this contract vehicle, click here.
NAICS CODES
Primary NAICS: 541715: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering,
and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Other NAICS Supported:
517111 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
517112 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (Except Satellite)
517121 Telecommunications Resellers
517410 Satellite Telecommunications
517810 All Other Telecommunications
518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, And Related Services
541330 Engineering Services
541360 Geophysical Surveying And Mapping Services
541519 Other Computer Related Services
541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, And Technical Services
Management Consulting Services
541611 Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services
541618 Other Management Consulting Services
Manufacturing
334210 Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing
334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
GBS Helps Agencies Achieve Global Connectivity
GBS Helps Agencies Achieve Global Connectivity
- Professional Services that enable you to connect to hard to reach locations around the world.
- Increase to Maximum Bandwidth
- Leverage Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Systems, Terrestrial Cable Systems, and Satellite Networks to achieve telecommunication goals
- Handle Mission Critical Infrastructure with sensitive and complex requirements
US ARMY Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Site
GBS was engaged to develop a Submarine Fiber Optic Cable (SFOC) system solution for the U.S. Army at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Site on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Senior GBS consultants led the development and implementation of a 3,000 km SFOC to connect Kwajalein Atoll to Guam.
GBS conducted all studies and business cases leading to the $100M acquisition.
US ARMY Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Site
GBS was engaged to develop a Submarine Fiber Optic Cable (SFOC) system solution for the U.S. Army at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Site on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Senior GBS consultants led the development and implementation of a 3,000 km SFOC to connect Kwajalein Atoll to Guam.
GBS conducted all studies and business cases leading to the $100M acquisition.
Unique Arctic and Polar Expertise
- Antarctica, Alaska, Northern Slope, Greenland, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean
- Horizontal Directional Drilling in the Arctic
- 6 Arctic Cable Landings
- Completion of an historic Desktop Study to explore feasibility of a SMART Submarine Cable System connecting Antarctica and Australia
Unique Arctic and Polar Expertise
- Antarctica, Alaska, Northern Slope, Greenland, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean
- Horizontal Directional Drilling in the Arctic
- 6 Arctic Cable Landings
- Completion of an historic Desktop Study to explore feasibility of a SMART Submarine Cable System connecting Antarctica and Australia
Mission Critical Locations
Across the world's oceans, GBS has helped agencies and businesses optimize connectivity. Supplying specialized optical equipment, fully equipped vessels, uniquely experienced Subject Matter Experts and industry-recognized project and program managers.
Mission Critical Locations
Across the world's oceans, GBS has helped agencies and businesses optimize connectivity. Supplying specialized optical equipment, fully equipped vessels, uniquely experienced Subject Matter Experts and industry-recognized project and program managers.
Core Competencies
HUBZone Toolkit
HUBZone Toolkit
READY TO MEET
YOUR 3%
HUBZONE
SET-ASIDE TARGET?
The HUBZone program was established in 1999 to ensure that a fair share of the federal contracting dollars make it to some of our most deserving communities across the country to boost their economic development.
SBA-designated HUBZones are underutilized business zones found on all Indian Lands, in one-third of rural counties, some qualified disaster areas, and all distressed communities in every state.
HUBZone-certified firms agree to locate their principal offices in HUBZone communities and agree to employ HUBZone residents for at least 35% of their workforce. Many HUBZone firms exceed that goal!
In FY20, more than $13.6 billion was awarded in federal procurement dollars to HUBZone-certified firms, supporting more than 59,000 jobs.
HUBZone program
The HUBZone program fuels small business growth in historically underutilized business zones with a goal of awarding at least 3% of federal contract dollars to HUBZone-certified companies each year.
https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/hubzone-program
Meeting Your Agency Goals for HUBZone
The federal government's goal is to award 3% of all prime and subcontracting dollars to businesses in the HUBZone program each year.
Types of HUBZone contracts
As the contracting officer, you’re responsible for determining the type of contract to use when awarding to a HUBZone business. There are several kinds of contracts you can use:
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A competitive HUBZone set-aside contract can be awarded if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that at least two responsible HUBZone small businesses will submit offers and that the resulting contract can be awarded at a fair market price. You can also create set-asides for specific orders within Multiple Award Contracts that were awarded through full and open competition.
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A sole-source HUBZone contract can be awarded if the contracting officer doesn’t have a reasonable expectation that two or more qualified HUBZone small businesses will submit offers, determines that the qualified HUBZone small business is responsible, and determines that the contract can be awarded at a fair price. The government estimate cannot exceed $7 million for manufacturing requirements or $4.5 million for all other requirements.
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A full and open competition contract can be awarded with a price evaluation preference for HUBZone small businesses. The offer of a HUBZone small business must be considered lower than the offer of a non-HUBZone/non-small business, provided that the offer of the HUBZone small business is not more than 10 percent higher.
When contracts are worth at or below $250,000, they are automatically set-aside for small businesses. If possible, you can choose to to set it aside specifically for businesses in socio-economic programs like HUBZone.
You also must set aside contracts worth more than $250,000 — as long as you have a reasonable expectation that at least two small businesses will submit bids.
Both the SBA’s regulations and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) require you to consider socio-economic programs first for set-aside or sole-source contracts above $250,000. There is no order of preference among the programs.
Excerpts from https://www.sba.gov/partners/contracting-officials/contracting-program-administration/hubzone-administration
You must document the rationale you used to make your decision in the contract file. Include information about your research and documentation of the winning contractor’s certification in the System for Award Management.
If a requirement has been accepted by SBA under the 8(a) program, it must remain in the 8(a) program unless SBA agrees to its release.
This helpful PDF prepared by the Small Business Administration outlines Contracting Officer responsibilities regarding the HUBZone Program, how to identify HUBZone companies, and provides additional resources.
Tips for Contracting Officers.pdf
YouTube: What Contracting Officers Need to Know About the HUBZone Program
HUBZone Program Fact Sheet.pdf
Source Page:
https://www.sba.gov/document/support-hubzone-program-tips-contracting-officers
Proud member of the
HUBZone Contractors National Council
There is an urgent need for employment in underserved communities across the United States. HUBZones are areas designated by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as "Historically Underutilized Business Zones" and are characterized by low socio-economic earning potential, poverty, disaster areas or Alaskan, Native or Indian land.
GBS is supporting employees in 5 HUBZone communities across the US. We are pleased to bring opportunity and support economic growth as a HUBZone certified company operating in these areas.
Contract With GBS
HUBZone. OTA C5.
How Can GBS Help You
Meet Your Requirements?
How Can GBS Help You
Meet Your Requirements?
GBS is honored to have been granted SBA HUBZone Certification. We are very pleased to support job creation in HUBZone communities and look forward to expanding GBS services to many United States Government Agencies.
The GBS Team, consisting of GBS employees, contractors and suppliers, are also excited because we will all have greater opportunity to use our expertise to develop and deliver innovative and secure IT solutions to a much broader Government market."
- Nicholas Koopalethes, CEO
