03005cam a2200457 i 4500 156868937 RAND 20200811100929.0 050116s2011 caua b 000 0 eng d 0833039334 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780833039330 (pbk. : alk. paper) RAND/MG-443-OSD $20.00 paperback CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- UC263 .S63 2011 Small business and defense acquisitions : a review of policies and current practices / Clifford A. Grammich ... [et al.]. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011. xviii, 57 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "RAND National Defense Research Institute." Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-57). Support for small businesses has been a bipartisan effort promoted by policymakers for more than a century. The Department of Defense (DoD) has had mixed results in meeting some of its mandated small business goals, exceeding them in some industries while falling short in others. Part of the challenge may be due to the nature of the different industries with which DoD works and these industries' conduciveness to small business. Another part of the challenge may be attributable, in some measure, to the bewildering array of criteria for what constitutes a "small" business. In any event, overall, there is little evidence of the effectiveness of small business policies, but supporting such policies is likely to remain a concern of DoD for many years to come. The authors of this report research the general evolution of federal small business policy and how this has affected DoD, the challenges that evolving procurement needs pose to efforts by DoD to fulfill small business policy goals, and what the current practices of large private-sector firms toward small businesses suggest about the feasibility of DoD small business policies. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. United States. Department of Defense Procurement. Business logistics Government policy. Government contractors United States. Logistics Contracting out United States. Small business United States. Grammich, Clifford A. (Clifford Anthony), 1963- author. Edison, Thomas. author. Moore, Nancy Y., 1947- author. Keating, Edward G. (Edward Geoffrey), 1965- author. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Acquisition and Technology Policy Center. Rand Corporation. United States. Office of the Secretary of Defense. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG443.html 599779 599779