Small & Medium Policy Committee

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Since it's early days as GovEvolve, our members have worked tirelessly to advance the priorities of Small and Medium ITVARs. We intend to continue that work through this dedicated committee focused solely on the issues that will ensure fair and competitive playing field for ITVARs of all sizes.

If you are a current FITCA member, you are eligible to participate in the Small & Medium Issues Committee. Send us an email and we will have your or your designated point of contact added for upcoming planning meetings and events.

 1. Align the SBA’s small business size standards to keep pace with the federal government’s larger buying trends. Ensuring NAICS codes used by resellers reflect the size of contracts/task orders being awarded by federal agencies is important to the survival of these small businesses. IT resellers typically operate on low margins – even though their annual receipts may be high, the size standard should be based on employee count rather than annual revenue. 

 2. Increase utilization of small business sole source awards. As the government continues to increase buying through larger vehicles and move away from direct contracts, there are less opportunities for small businesses to participate in the federal marketplace. To create a more harmonized contracting system to utilize small businesses, sole source thresholds should be raised and requirements streamlined for sole source contracts.