Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Small Businesses : Issues in the 112th Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies.

Finance--Law and legislation.

Finance.

Fraud.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (38 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes and analyzes measures that Members of the 112th Congress have enacted or proposed in response to particular issues pertaining to small business contracting and subcontracting. Reviews legislative measures addressing size standards; Government-wide and agency-specific goals; eligibility for existing set-aside programs; subcontracting plans; limitations on subcontracting; payment; surety bonds; bundling and consolidation; insourcing; procurement center representatives; restricted competitions and non-competitive awards; use of small businesses when making "small purchases"; mentor-protege programs; deterrence of and penalties for fraud; and agency-specific programs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Small Businesses

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