The National Defense Industrial Association is opposing a recommendation in the Section 809 panel's report to end mandatory small-business set-asides. The panel's report states the "current system of small business set-asides would be changed in favor of a small business price preference for evaluation purposes." "The Military Services and Defense Agencies, through their contracting activities, would be required to use small-businesses strategically," the report reads. Included in the report is a proposal to provide a 5 percent price preference for...
