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1. Please rank the following top three concerns (please only select three) for small business doing business with the Federal Government. Mark the highest concern in the first column, the second highest concern in the second column, and the third highest concern in the final column.
(A total of three checks; one in each column.)   
    

  
Highest Concern
2nd Highest Concern
3rd Highest Concern
(%)51149
Contract Bundling, or the practice of consolidating contracts and awarding them to larger businesses.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)202914
Lack of a federal monitoring system to accurately measure agency or prime contractor compliance against small business goals.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)231429
Small business procurement loopholes; for example, a prime contractor can hold a small business certification for as long as GWAC is in force, even though its revenues and size exceed the contract NAICS codes.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)111714
Federal Departments and agencies and prime contractors not meeting contracted SDB/SB goals.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)142311
Limited access and control by small business subcontractors to tasking/work on IDIQs managed by large primes.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)171711
Contracting Officers using GWACs instead of stand-alone agency contracts to direct contract awards.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)669
Agencies not mandating that primes pay their subs within 30 days, regardless of whether or not they have been paid by the Government.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)9236
The slow security clearance process.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)3146
The lack of support for Mentor-Protégé programs by agency heads.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 123
(%)6614
The threat of the Government pulling funding for SBA loans to small business.
 
 
  
 
  
 
123
Total: 35

2. Demographics (please select all that apply):

 Small Business
 9 (26%) 
 
 Woman-Owned
 1 (3%) 
 
 8A
 0 (0%)  
 Alaskan/American Indian- or Tribally-Owned
 0 (0%)  
 Veteran-Owned
 0 (0%)  
 Large Prime
 7 (20%) 
 
 HUB Zone
 0 (0%)  
 Small Business; SDB
 1 (3%) 
 
 Small Business; 8A; HUB Zone
 1 (3%) 
 
 Small Business; Woman-Owned; 8A
 4 (11%) 
 
 Small Business; Veteran-Owned
 1 (3%) 
 
 Small Business; 8A
 3 (9%) 
 
 Small Business; Woman-Owned
 4 (11%) 
 
 Small Business; HUB Zone
 1 (3%) 
 
 Veteran-Owned; Mid-tier
 1 (3%) 
 
 Veteran-Owned; SDVOSB
 1 (3%) 
 
 mid-size <1,500 employees
 1 (3%) 
 
Total: 35

3. Revenue (please select one):

 $0 - 2 million
 7 (20%) 
 
 $2.1 - 5 million
 7 (20%) 
 
 $5.1 - 10 million
 5 (14%) 
 
 $10.1 - 23 million
 6 (17%) 
 
 $23.1 - 50 million
 2 (6%) 
 
 $51 - 100 million
 0 (0%)  
 $101 - 500 million
 2 (6%) 
 
 $ 501 million and above
 6 (17%) 
 
Total: 35

4. Employees (Please select one):

 0 - 10
 6 (18%) 
 
 11 - 50
 11 (32%) 
 
 51 - 100
 6 (18%) 
 
 101 - 500
 6 (18%) 
 
 501 - 1,000
 0 (0%)  
 1,001 and above
 5 (15%) 
 
Total: 34

5. What percentage of your work in commercial in nature? (Please select one.)

 0 - 10%
 26 (74%) 
 
 11 - 25%
 5 (14%) 
 
 26 - 50%
 1 (3%) 
 
 51 - 75%
 2 (6%) 
 
 76 - 100%
 1 (3%) 
 
Total: 35

6. How many years has your company been doing business with the Federal Government? (Please select one)

 0 - 1
 3 (9%) 
 
 2 - 3
 2 (6%) 
 
 4 - 7
 7 (20%) 
 
 8+
 23 (66%) 
 
Total: 35

7. How many years has your company been in business? (Please enter number of years)

 86
 1 (3%) 
 
 1.5
 2 (6%) 
 
 3
 1 (3%) 
 
 10
 1 (3%) 
 
 9
 4 (12%) 
 
 40+
 1 (3%) 
 
 24
 1 (3%) 
 
 14
 2 (6%) 
 
 over 100
 1 (3%) 
 
 13
 4 (12%) 
 
 1
 1 (3%) 
 
 25
 2 (6%) 
 
 33
 1 (3%) 
 
 8
 3 (9%) 
 
 26
 2 (6%) 
 
 22
 1 (3%) 
 
 4
 1 (3%) 
 
 19
 2 (6%) 
 
 30
 1 (3%) 
 
 20 years
 1 (3%) 
 
Total: 33

8. How many IDIQ/GWAC contracts does your company have? (Please select one.)

 1
 11 (35%) 
 
 2 - 3
 11 (35%) 
 
 4 - 10
 7 (23%) 
 
 11+
 2 (6%) 
 
Total: 31

9. What are the top 5 agencies in terms of contracting with small and disadvantaged businesses? (Please enter top five agencies)

 Army Homeland Security Commerce EPA DoD
 1 (4%) 
 
 SBA, GSA, DHS, FAA, USPS
 1 (4%) 
 
 VA HHS
 1 (4%) 
 
 GSA, DHS, VA, and others like USDA, DOT, but it all depends on measure you use (%, $ spend, or achievement of goals)
 1 (4%) 
 
 DOJ US Army FTC US Navy
 1 (4%) 
 
 State, USDA, Energy, DHS, Treasury
 1 (4%) 
 
 Treasury State EPA DHS DOD
 1 (4%) 
 
 DHS, HUD, VA, State, HHS
 1 (4%) 
 
 top agencies that we contract with: Intelligence Community DHS HHS
 1 (4%) 
 
 VA, DoC, USPS
 1 (4%) 
 
 DOC/NOAA SBA VA
 1 (4%) 
 
 Treasury - IRS, BEP, OCC DHS - ICE, CBP HHS - FDA, NIH, CMS HUD State
 1 (4%) 
 
 Commerce
 1 (4%) 
 
 DISA USAF Materiel Command USAF Medical Services DHS DOJ
 1 (4%) 
 
 DHS, US Army, DOL, VA, Commerce Dept
 1 (4%) 
 
 GSA, USDA, NRC, DOL, SBA
 1 (4%) 
 
 SBA HUD Treasury EPA USDA
 1 (4%) 
 
 Department of Defense Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Homeland Security Department of Health and Human Services Department of Agriculture
 1 (4%) 
 
 DHS, VA, DOD
 1 (4%) 
 
 Dept of Commerce, Bureau if Census Dept of agriculture: Rural Development
 1 (4%) 
 
 HUD DOL HHS DOC DOE (Education)
 1 (4%) 
 
 DIA DOD DHS FDIC USCBP
 1 (4%) 
 
 
 1 (4%) 
 
Total: 23

10. Has your business been impacted by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009?

 Yes, we have increased revenue in the last 12 months based on winning fully or partially ARRA - funded contracts
 4 (12%) 
 
 Yes, there have been additional opportunities on which to bid due to ARRA funding
 2 (6%) 
 
 No
 27 (79%) 
 
 not sure
 1 (3%) 
 
Total: 34

11. Type your question here...

 Enter Choice #1
 8 (89%) 
 
 Enter Choice #2
 1 (11%) 
 
 Enter Choice #3
 0 (0%)  
Total: 9
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