This is a good 15 minute video from the Small Business Administration for businesses interested in government contracting. SBA’s Joe Jordan, the Associate Administrator for Government Contracting, answers questions about government contracting opportunities created by the Recovery Act. It’s a little bit heavy on the public relations aspects and light on detail, but a good overview of what the SBA is doing to help small business get more of the GovCon pie.
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I have a question that I would like to hear Joe Jordan answer, because he has never gotten back to me on this one. The law states that small businesses must receive a minimum of 23 percent of all federal prime contracts. For FY 2008, the government contracted out for roughly $558 billion in prime contracts, yet the SBA’s scorecard said small businesses only got 21.5 percent of roughly $430 billion in “small business eligible” contracts. Where does it say in the law that small businesses are only supposed to get 23 percent of “small business eligible” contracts? Why does the SBA not count all prime contracts as the law states?