OUTSOURCE awarded 8(a) SDB Certification. The U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) SDB Business Development program is intended to assist small businesses with their contracting efforts to the federal government.
Benefits of the program include:
Participants can receive sole-source contracts, up to a ceiling of $3 million for goods and services and $5 million for manufacturing. While SBA helps 8(a) firms build their competitive and institutional know-how, the agency also encourages them to participate in competitive acquisitions.
Federal acquisition policies encourage Federal agencies to award a certain percentage of their contracts to SDBs. To speed up the award process, the SBA has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with 25 Federal agencies allowing them to contract directly with certified 8(a) firms.
Recent changes permit 8(a) firms to form joint ventures and teams to bid on contracts. This enhances the ability of 8(a) firms to perform larger prime contracts and overcome the effects of contract bundling, the combining of two or more contracts together into one large contract.
Period Covered by Program: September 9, 2005 - September 9, 2014
Contact: OUTSOURCE Consulting Services, Inc.
Attn: Sandra Floyd
Maxwell Nealy Building
222 14th Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612
510-986-0686 Ext. 115
sandra@osource.com
Small Business 8(a) SDB Minority & Women-Owned Business Certified
