Set-Aside Alert Exclusive research:
SBA’s 8(a) business development: mixed reviews in exclusive survey
Sole-source contracts and set-asides cited as major benefits
Nearly half of 8(a) business owners recently have won 8(a) federal contracts, while the other half were not as successful.
That is just one of the findings of Set-Aside Alert’s exclusive survey of 214 participants in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program.
While 48% of the 8(a) company executives surveyed reported winning at least one 8(a) federal contract in calendar 2015, the other 51% said they won no 8(a) federal contracts last year.....
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