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Department of Defense Program to Help Minority-Run Businesses Get Subcontracts Not Working Well

PSAD-77-76 Published: Feb 28, 1977. Publicly Released: Feb 28, 1977.
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Highlights

Implementation of the Department of Defense's (DOD) Minority Business Enterprise Subcontracting Program (MBE) was reviewed; the review focused on the way DOD and four prime contractors implemented the program. The program calls for contracts over $500,000 to have a clause stipulating that contractors identify and solicit minority businesses to perform subcontracting.

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Business Regulation and Consumer Protection
Defense procurementDepartment of Defense contractorsMinority businessesProgram managementSubcontractorsSmall businessSubcontractingPrime contractorsPrivate sectorSubcontracts