Federal Drive

Jared Serbu: New bill adds teeth to DoD subcontracting accountability

Some members of Congress are concerned that DoD contracting officers aren’t holding large vendors accountable for meeting their small business subcontracting ...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

February 26, 2016 10:35 am

< a min read

Jared Serbu, DoD reporter, Federal News Radio

Some members of Congress are concerned that DoD contracting officers aren’t holding large vendors accountable for meeting their small business subcontracting plans. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, new legislation would add teeth to existing rules by holding vendors in breach of contract when they don’t meet their small business commitments.