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DHS Scores High with Small Business Goals

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) scored another “A” grade with the Small Business Administration (SBA) for meeting its various targets for prime and subcontractor work for small businesses, the SBA says in its annual scorecard.DHS doled out $4.7 billion in prime contract awards to small companies in FY ’15 out of $13.9 billion in total eligible dollars for prime contracts, the SBA says. That means small businesses won 34 percent of the work, topping the department’s goal by 2…

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