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CED-78-48 1 (1978-02-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawpp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 04933 - B0445340 Ways To Increase the?'Vaiber, Type, and Timeliness of 8(a) Procurement Contracts. CED-78-48; B-114835. February 1, 197b. 2 pp. + 3 appendices (.0 .p.. Report to Sen. Gaylo,o Nelson, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Small Business; bx Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Domestict.ffouing and Community Development Programs: Focus and Grants . Business (2110); Federal Prccurement ot Goods and Services (1900). Contact: Community aV' Economic Develcpment Div. Buaget Function: Comaurii1y and Regional Development: Community Develop~ent. (451) .4 Conqressional Pelevaice : Senate Select Committee on Sall Business; House Mittee on Small Eusiness. Sen. Gaylord Nelson. y Authority: Federal Property an4 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as aimended KP 1. 92-562). Small Business Act of 1953 P.L. 93-386. The overall-q4 ctive of the 8(a) program under the Small Business Act O 19S3 is to provide Government procurement assistance to 5isadva aged business cwners to assist them in developing their capab'11 t to compete effectively on the open market. Small ausineg, dministruition (SBA) officials involved in the 8(a) program were contracted to obtain their opinion on how to: increase theniober of Federal agency contracts Frovided to the 8(a) program,,,p. Qvide 8(a) firms vith acre of the typ,.z of contracts needed, and provide the contracts on a more timely basis. Find'inqs/Conclusions: The officials expressed a need for :ore effective proqrtm development and implementation. SBA could improve the flow of contracts into the 8(a) program by: basing program goals on the firms' contractual needs, obtaining the staffing level needed to permit effective development of the SBA's portfolio of 8(a) tirms, improving the management information system tp,.provide program managers with the necessary information for effective administration, improving management and technicai assistance to 8(a) fK..as, and establishing more de Xjtive criteria for urkng business development expense. 4unds and a natioLal system to monitcL the use of these funds. Sorex factors accounting for contracts not qettinq to firms in su ficient quantity and at the desired time were: problems encounjered by some firms in obtaining neceesary bonding, legi Aationjhich prevents architectural and engineering firms from qbtaining 8(a) contract awards, and the limited potential for.-enefits from participation in the program to certain types of firms. The inability of SBA to control the supply of contracts, Apted in e 1975 GAO report, is still a major problem in the 8j) program. (HTW) ...

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