Phase III award education

Section 9(r) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(r)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Workforce training (A) In general The Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and the head of any such other Federal agency that the Administrator determines appropriate, shall establish training activities for contracting officers and agency acquisition workforce of Federal agencies to ensure that such individuals are fully aware of all aspects of Phase III acquisitions under the SBIR and STTR programs, as applicable. (B) Training topics The training activities required under subparagraph (A) shall include training on— (i) the missions, goals, and authorities of the SBIR and STTR programs; (ii) the use of Phase III agreement; (iii) Phase III data rights; and (iv) the execution of Phase III sole source award contracts. (C) Definitions In this paragraph: (i) Agency acquisition workforce The term agency acquisition workforce means the employees of a Federal agency that have procurement or acquisition responsibilities, including— (I) employees described in section 1703 of title 41, United States Code; and (II) individuals that are part of the acquisition workforce (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code). (ii) Phase III acquisition The term Phase III acquisition means the acquisition of a good or service from a participant in Phase III that such participant has commercialized or is seeking to commercialize as such a participant..