Why isn SBA overseeing the 8(a) contracting process?
We are overseeing the process. We recently rewrote the partnership agreements to increase our oversight of delegated 8(a) authority and are having regular meetings with agency contracting officials on their use of that authority. A new requirement for SBA to oversee the contracting process would remove SBA’s current ability to delegate 8(a) authority to other agencies. This is authority we have delegated in order to streamline the contracting process, cut unnecessary government red tape and reduce costs to the taxpayer.
