According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, California Senator Barbara Boxer has written a letter to the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, D.C., asking the agency to investigate whether some companies have falsely claimed to qualify as small companies for purposes of federal contracting. The Small Business Administration enforces size standards in procurement, and it has an established procedure for companies to follow if they suspect a competitor is not a small business. For more information, visit the SBA site at www.sba.gov/gopher/Financial-Assistance/Defin.
Several questionable small companies mentioned in the Los Angeles Times article function as small subsidiaries of large multinational corporations. They include GovConnection, an operation of computer giant PC Connection, and ASAP Software, a subsidiary of Dutch office supply maker Buhrmann Co.
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