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      "title": "The Inapplicability of Limitations on Subcontracting to \u201cPreference Contracts\u201d for Small Businesses: Washington-Harris Group",
      "summary": "This report discusses Washington-Harris Group, a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) alleging, among other things, that an agency improperly awarded a \u201cpreference contract\u201d to a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that proposed to subcontract a greater percentage of work on the contract than allowed under the Small Business Administration\u2019s limitations on subcontracting. GAO denied the protest, in part, because it found that limitations on subcontracting apply only to contracts \u201cset aside\u201d for small business, not to preference contracts. A preference contract is one awarded in an unrestricted competition in which firms\u2019 small-business status is an evaluation factor, while a set-aside is a procurement in which only small businesses may compete. Limitations on subcontracting are statutory and regulatory provisions that require small businesses to perform certain percentages of the work on federal prime contracts themselves, rather than subcontract it to other firms. GAO\u2019s decision appears to be a case of first impression and can arguably be construed to mean that existing limitations on subcontracting are inapplicable to non-disaster and non-emergency contracts awarded to any type of small business under the general contracting authorities. Commentators have suggested that the decision may result in increased use of preference contracts by federal agencies. \nThe federal government awarded $96.8 billion in prime contracts and subcontracts to small businesses in FY2009 through set-asides and other contracting vehicles.",
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