A mechanism is to give firms direct access to offices that may buy their technology
What the document says“establish a mechanism to provide small business concerns with direct access to program and requirements offices that may purchase technology from the small business concern under Phase III of the SBIR program;”
Subsection (b)(4) adds a new subparagraph (C) to the paragraph of subsection (y) redesignated as paragraph (5). It calls for a mechanism giving small business concerns direct access to the program and requirements offices that may purchase their technology under Phase III of the SBIR program. This Act does not say what form the mechanism takes.
What the document actually says“establish a mechanism to provide small business concerns with direct access to program and requirements offices that may purchase technology from the small business concern under Phase III of the SBIR program;”
A way must be set up so firms can reach the offices that might buy from them. Those offices buy under Phase III.
Phase III is the stage where the government buys the finished thing. Firms often cannot find the right office. This is meant to fix that.
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