10 Benefits of 8a Certification
1. Sole-sourcing - These are contact vehicles that allows the federal government to award contracts to 8a certified firms, without even putting them up for a bid. It allows 8a firms to win contracts a fair price without competitors ever knowing about it. 8a firms in their 3rd and 4th years and beyond being certified win most of their contracts using their vehicle.
3. Large federal Spending - Federal government spent over $30 billion dollars in the 8a program. Average of $3 million per 8a firm.
4. Reduction of red tape - Sole sourcing of 8a certified firms , reduces or eliminates the red tape involved in red tape involved in federal contracting. Allowing the business owners to focus on running their business, rather than submitting complex RFQ forms.
5. Large contracts - Contracts awarded can be pretty large for 8a firms, contracts are always $4million for products and services and $65 million for manufacturing firms.
6. Better pricing - A full and open source adjustment can be given up to 10% of the contract amount. For example. an 8a firm bidding $100,000 is treated as $90,000 when compared to their non-8a competitors.
7. Joint venture/ Mentor protegee - 8a firms are permitted to partner with other firms in what is known as joint venture or mentor protegee agreements. This helps the 8a firms, expand their knowledge of the government works, be awarded contracts they otherwise would not have been able to win and it helps them build their federal performance history, so that they can ultimately win contracts on their own, in the future without the help of a partner.
8. Growth - 8a certified firms grow much faster than their peers. In a recent report by Washington Post short listing fastest 50 IT firms - 31 out of the 50 firms were 8a certified.
9. Construction Friendly - 8a construction firms are very effective at winning federal and military contracts. 41% of the 8a certified firms are in the construction industry.
10. FEMA CONTRACTS - 8a certified firms were mandated to help the victims first in the 560 presidential disasters where $11.5 billion worth of federal contracts were awarded.
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