For small government subcontractors, here’s some good news from the U.S. Army. In a recent GAO bid protest decision, the Army eliminated a proposal from consideration because the prime contractor appeared to ignore the small business subcontracting requirement—and the GAO denied the prime’s GAO bid protest.
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Large Contractor Downgraded for Inadequate Subcontracting Plan
Many contractors, large and small, will tell you that the government is taking its small business obligations seriously these days. The renewed emphasis on small business can be seen not only at the prime contracting level, where we are finally getting close to the 23% government-wide goal, but also at the subcontracting level.
Contracting agencies are closely scrutinizing large businesses’ subcontracting plans for small and disadvantaged businesses. Case in point: the agency evaluation in L-3 STRATIS, B-404865 (June 8, 2011).