Federal Government Receives an “A” on the Government-Wide Contracting Goals

On Apr 28, 2016

The US Small Business Administration today released its annual Small Business Procurement Scorecards, which provide an assessment of each federal agency’s annual small business contracting achievement against its goal using a grade of A+ through F.  The federal government received an “A” on the government-wide scorecard for 2015, reflecting significant efforts by federal agencies toward meeting their 23 percent statutory goal.

The federal government also reached its small business federal contracting goal for the third consecutive year, awarding 25.75 percent in federal contracts to small businesses totaling $90.7 billion.  The 25.75 percent of contracts awarded to small businesses represent the highest-ever percentage of contracts awarded to small businesses by the federal government.

“I’m very happy to report that the federal government exceeded our 23 percent small business prime contracting goal for the third year in a row, with the federal government receiving an ‘A’ for its contracting achievements.  These accomplishments wouldn’t be possible without the help of the agency Office Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) directors and senior leaders throughout the federal government,” said John Shoraka, Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business Development.  “This year’s scorecard also includes several historic firsts. For the first time in history, the US government met its Congressionally-mandated goal of awarding 5 percent of eligible federal contracts to women-owned small businesses. Thanks to the president’s continued leadership and a team effort among all federal agencies, we were able to break records and expand contracting opportunities for women-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned and small disadvantaged businesses.

“Next week kicks off National Small Business Week. When federal agencies, which together make up the largest consumer of goods and services in the world, commit to shopping small and expanding access to federal contracts, it makes a huge difference for small business owners all across the country. That’s why we’re announcing our small business contracting scorecard this week. This report card is our way to recognize those agencies who lead by example. We want to encourage every part of the federal government to do business with small enterprises in the communities where we live and work.”

Last month, the SBA announced at a press conference that for the first time in history, the federal government has met the 5 percent goal for contracting with women-owned small businesses and record achievements for service disabled veteran-owned and small disadvantaged businesses.

Five agencies’ grades increased from FY 2014, 16 agencies’ grades stayed the same and 3 agencies’ grades decreased.  The agency breakdown is as follows:

• 3 agencies received an “A+”
• 18 agencies received an “A”
• 3 agencies received a “B”
• 0 agencies received a “C”
• 0 agencies received a “D”
• 0 agencies received a “F”

Three agencies are noteworthy of recognition for their small business performance during FY2015.  The following agencies received a grade of A+ on their Scorecard:

• General Services Administration;
• U.S. Department of Transportation;
• and U. S. Small Business Administration

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