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Small Business Procurement Scorecard Shows Progress toward Meeting 23
Percent Goal for Small Business Contracting
SBA Working with Federal Agencies to Improve Integrity of Data, Clarity
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Release Date: August 27, 2010
Contact: Tiffani Clements (202) 401-0035
Hayley Matz (202) 205-6948
Release Number: 10-48
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news
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WASHINGTON - Small businesses won a record $96.8 billion in federal prime
contracts in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 (Oct. 1, 2008-Sept. 30, 2009), an
increase
of more than $3 billion from FY 2008, according to the U.S. Small Business
Administration's fourth annual small business procurement scorecard released
today. This dollar amount represents 21.89 percent of all federal spending
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an improvement over FY2008. Additionally, performance in each of the
government's socioeconomic subcategories increased for FY2009.
"Small businesses received a record $96.8 billion in federal contracts in
2009.
There was an increase in both dollars and contracting share for every small
business category. This represents real progress, but not enough, we must
reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that the 23 percent goal is met and
exceeded," SBA Administrator Karen Mills said. "Federal contracts awarded to
small businesses are a 'win-win' - providing small businesses with the
opportunity to grow and create jobs, and offering innovative services and
essential goods to the government at great value to the taxpayers."
Small Business Goaling Summary Report
Small Businesses
2009 Goal 23%
2009 Percentage 21.89%
2009 Contract Dollars $96.8 billion
2008 Percentage 21.5%
2008 Contract Dollars $93.2 billion
Women Owned Small Business
2009 Goal 5%
2009 Percentage 3.68%
2009 Contract Dollars $16.3 billion
2008 Percentage 3.40%
2008 Contract Dollars $14.7 billion
Small Disadvantaged Businesses
2009 Goal 5%
2009 Percentage 7.57%
2009 Contract Dollars $33.5 billion
2008 Percentage 6.76%
2008 Contract Dollars $29.3 billion
Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
2009 Goal 3%
2009 Percentage 1.98%
2009 Contract Dollars $8.8 billion
2008 Percentage 1.49%
2008 Contract Dollars $6.4 billion
HUBZone
2009 Goal 3%
2009 Percentage 2.81%
2009 Contract Dollars $12.4 billion
2008 Percentage 2.34%
2008 Contract Dollars $10.1 billion
SBA is required to report to the President and Congress on achievements by
federal agencies and departments against their annual goal to ensure greater
accountability. The small business Procurement Scorecard fulfills that
requirement by providing an assessment of federal achievement in prime
contracting and subcontracting to small businesses by the 24 Chief Financial
Officers Act agencies. It also measures progress that departments are making
to ensure small business opportunities remain an integral part of their
acquisition of goods and services to meet mission objectives.
The fourth annual Scorecard is an assessment tool (1) to measure how well
federal agencies reach their small business and socio-economic prime
contracting and subcontracting goals, (2) provide accurate and transparent
contracting data and (3) report agency-specific progress. The prime and
subcontracting component goals include goals for small businesses, small
businesses owned by women, small disadvantaged businesses, service-disabled
veteran owned small businesses, and small businesses in located in HUBZones.
As it does every year, the SBA has closely examined federal procurement
reporting and data to ensure the greatest level of transparency possible.
After identifying anomalies in initial reports, the SBA has worked
collaboratively - and will continue to work - with agencies across the
government to correct as many data issues as possible, and improve the
integrity of all small business federal contracting reporting moving
forward.
The Recovery Act and small business contracting
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided additional
resources to federal agencies in fiscal year 2009, providing additional
opportunities for small businesses to win federal contracts. Through early
August, small businesses have secured over 30 percent of Recovery Act
Contracts. This preliminary data underscores the priority the
Administration
and the SBA have placed on increasing small businesses access to federal
contracts so that they can grow and create jobs.
About the Scorecard
SBA graded 24 agencies on each of the individual prime contracting goals
established by Congress and used a new A+ through F letter grade system
rather than the previous red, yellow, and green ratings. The new scorecard
format was implemented this year to provide greater clarity and transparency
on how well each agency is doing in meeting its individual small business
prime
contracting goals.
Each federal agency has a different small business contracting goal,
determined annually in consultation with SBA. SBA ensures that the sum
total
of all of the goals meets the 23 percent target established by law.
Each agency's overall grade will show an A+ for agencies that meet or exceed
120 percent of their goals, an A for those between 100 percent and 119
percent, a B for 90 to 99 percent, a C for 80 to 89 percent, a D for 70 to
79
percent and an F for less than 70 percent. An agency's overall grade was
comprised of three quantitative measures: prime contracts (80 percent),
subcontracts (10 percent) and its progress plan for meeting goals (10
percent).
The scorecards released today by SBA, as well as a detailed explanation of
the
new scorecard methodology, is available online:
http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/goals/index.html.
As part of its ongoing efforts to increase access to contracting
opportunities
for small businesses, the SBA is continuing to work with federal agency
procurement staff to strengthen the integrity of contracting data, including
providing tools to facilitate public review of data, improvements to systems
and training to improve accuracy.
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