Florida Small Businesses Not Getting the Contracts They Deserve?

October 11th, 2009
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U.S. contracts in Florida were not going to small businesses as originally believed. There has been legislation in place for some time that expressed a small business preference that lets small businesses have about 23% of the procurement pie versus mega corporations.

According to a Miami Herald article, Dell Computer, General Electric and Boeing, along with a dozen other billion-dollar companies — “soaked up at least $76 million in federal contracts that were recorded as going to small businesses during fiscal year 2008, according to government data.”

You may also want to check another Herald article that highlights how with 323,000 employees and earnings of $17 billion, General Electric is by far the biggest “small business” in Florida. Here is the article.
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