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Defense, Homeland Security Departments Exceed Small Business Contracting Goals

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 27th, 2019

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Defense, Homeland Security Departments Exceed Small Business Contracting Goals

The Departments of Defense and Homeland Security both exceeded their small business contracting goals in fiscal year 2018, with DoD scoring an “A” and DHS an “A+,” the Small Business Administration (SBA) said this week. SBA said that DoD scored nearly 103 percent toward its FY ’18 small business prime and subcontract goals, its fifth consecutive year with an “A.” The Pentagon achieved 24.1 percent of its prime contract spending with small businesses, up from 23.2 percent in FY ’17…

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