Which US agencies have not met FY15 small biz goals yet?

The Defense Department and most other major federal agencies have not met their small business goals for fiscal 2015 yet--which means they could be extra eager to open doors for small vendors in the next three months.

The final three months of the fiscal year historically have been the busiest time for federal contractors. This year looks to be no different, and federal agency efforts to meet goals could be a factor.

Eighteen of the 24 largest federal agencies had not met their small business goal for fiscal 2015 as of June 18, according to the White House’s Small Business Dashboard. Each agency has its own goal; the government’s overall goal is 23%.

The agencies still striving included the Defense Department, which had procured 18.21% from small businesses, falling short of the 21.6% goal, as of June 18.

Other major departments and agencies not yet meeting their goal, in order of small business procurement eligible dollars, were Energy, Veterans Affairs, NASA, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice, USDA, Commerce, Treasury, State, Interior, EPA, OPM, HUD, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the National Science Foundation, the dashboard showed.

Agencies that so far have met their small business goal for the year included the General Services Administration, Education, AID, Transportation, Labor, Social Security Administration, and Small Business Administration.

Only two of the largest agencies had met the government’s 3% goal for HUBZone procurement as of June 18: NRC, with 3.66% going to HUBZone firms, and Smithsonian, with 3.1%.

Sixteen of the agencies have achieved the 3% goal for contracting with service-disabled veterans. the highest percentage was at Veterans Affairs, with 16.61%.

Twenty agencies reached the 5% goal for contracting with women-owned small businesses.

And 22 agencies have met the goal for small disadvantaged businesses, the dashboard indicated.

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