What is TABA?

After receiving a SBIR award, small businesses can request TABA support from the Army preferred vendor that provides support services to help accelerate their technologies. If a company wants to use their own TABA vendor, they must indicate that in their initial proposal, and it will be reviewed and evaluated as part of their submission. TABA’s availability is specific to each SBIR solicitation. Some of the services provided under the TABA program are:

• Access to a network of scientists, engineers, and technologists focused on commercialization and transition considerations such as protected supply chain management, advanced manufacturing and process/product/scaling.
• Assistance with intellectual property protections, including legal considerations, intellectual property rights, patent filing, patent fees and licensing considerations.
• Commercialization and technology transition support such as market research, market validation, development of regulatory or manufacturing plans, and brand development.
• Regulatory support such as product domain regulatory planning and regulatory strategy development.