U.S. Department of Transportation Recognized for its Commitment to Small Business Contracting

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) last week released the Small Business Procurement Scorecard (SBPS) for all agencies reflecting each agency’s contracting accomplishments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, and plans and progress for FY 2009.  The OSDBU is pleased to announce that for the third consecutive year, the Department of Transportation (DOT) received a "Green" rating for its accomplishments in supporting small business contracting in FY 2008 and for its efforts during the current FY 2009.

The annual Scorecard rates federal agency performance in meeting the overall small business goal and the component contracting goals for small disadvantaged businesses, small businesses in HUBZones, and small businesses owned by women and service-disabled veterans. Procurement goals for federal procuring agencies may vary because the SBA negotiates individual goals with each federal procuring agency.  SBA rates 24 agencies green, yellow or red on each of the individual goals established by Congress and gave a numerical score to each agency based on how many of the five goals were met or surpassed. This scorecard helps to measure progress that federal agencies are making to ensure small business opportunities remain an integral part of their acquisition and services to meet mission objectives.

 

DOT was one of eight agencies that met or surpassed their goals for four of the five small business categories. DOT attained their goals for small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, and HUBZone businesses and outpaced the federal government as a whole in each of the five categories as the table below shows.  These accomplishments reflect the Department’s ongoing commitment to providing the small business community the greatest access to federal contracting opportunities and to ensure that DOT’s procurement officers have the information and tools needed to connect with these innovative small companies.

 

Percentage of Contract Dollars to Small Businesses in FY 2008 

	DOT Goals FY 08	DOT Achievement FY 08	Government Wide Achievement FY 08
Small Business	37.0%	40.2%	21.5%
Small Disadvantaged Business	5.0%	16.2%	6.8%
Women-Owned Small Business	5.0%	8.1%	3.4%
HUBZone Small Business	3.0%	7.2%	2.3%
Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business	3.0%	1.8%	1.5%

 

For more information on the small business procurement scorecard click on the following link: www.osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/SBApressrelease08scorecard.pdf