Return to Article: Panel softens anti-contract bundling language
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HR 1873 does not require annual recertification of companies registered as a small business. This directly goes against the spirit of the Small Business Act of 1953.
HR 1873 has absolutely no provisions of any kind that would stop Hundred's of Fortune 1000 firms and international firms that have received federal small business contracts from continuing to receive billions in federal small business contracts until 2012.
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This comment is hilarious...Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., was the sole vocal dissenter on the vote for the entire bill as amended. McCollum expressed concern that Native American businesses are threatened by a provision in the substitute amendment that would limit the value of contracts awarded to disadvantaged businesses without competitive procedures. Sole source contracts are capped at $3 million for goods and services and $5 million for manufacturing.
McCollum called the program in the SBA "the only non-gaming economic development that has worked."
The Native American companies have gamed their way to big contracts utilizing their very special status. The usage of such status to earn SOLE SOURCE awards is the name of their game. Management in many of these companies are not Native American. While it is true that income goes from the Native American corporation helps to pay the bills of Native American, the comment that it's "non-gaming" shows that McCollum is either well aware of the games played or is amazingly ignorant to what really happens in government contracting. Native American businesses (and some Native Alaskan) have gamed their way to winning contracts based mainly on their socioeconomic status.
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