Search by...
- Keyword
- Title
- Author
- Subject
- Publisher
Results should have...
- All of these words
- Any of these words
- This exact phrase
- None of these words
Keyword searches may also use the operators
AND, OR, NOT, “ ”, ( )
AND, OR, NOT, “ ”, ( )
Federal Agencies to Dismantle Contract Bundling: President Demands Reform Aimed at Boosting Competition among Small Businesses. (Small Business News)
Beginning of article
For several years, small and minority-owned businesses have struggled to get their fair share of the federal procurement pie.
One of the biggest obstacles is contract bundling, which combines several smaller contracts into one huge package too big for small and minority-owned companies to handle. In a decade-long, David-and-Goliath struggle, these companies are receiving fewer and fewer contracting opportunities. But that may all change by year's end.
In response to a request by President George W. Bush, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a directive to federal agencies in October 2002, ordering them to reverse the bundling trend and to boost …
