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Last year, only 5% of federal contract dollars went to small disadvantaged businesses. Construction and facilities support firms were the biggest beneficiaries.
March 15, 2012
Last year, only 5% of federal contract dollars went to small disadvantaged businesses. Construction and facilities support firms were the biggest beneficiaries.
Of the $25 billion agencies spent with those businesses in fiscal 2011, nearly $5 billion, or 20%, was for institutional building construction, heavy and civil engineering construction, and industrial building construction.
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