Business Administration
Saint Petersburg, FL – February 14, 2005
Acacia Consulting, Inc., a leading edge provider of advanced services in
the design, development, construction and maintenance of computing
systems, announced today that the firm has been certified by the U.S.
Small Business Administration as a participant in the 8(a) Business
Development program for a nine-year period.
Benefits of 8(a) Certification:
- Participants can receive sole-source contracts, up to a ceiling of $3
million for goods and services and $5 million for manufacturing.
While SBA helps 8(a) firms build their competitive and institutional
know-how, the agency also encourages them to participate in
competitive acquisitions.
- Federal acquisition policies encourage Federal agencies to award a
certain percentage of their contracts to SDBs. To speed up the award
process, the SBA has signed Memorandums of Understanding
(MOUs) with 25 Federal agencies allowing them to contract directly
with certified 8(a) firms.
- Recent changes permit 8(a) firms to form joint ventures and teams to
bid on contracts. This enhances the ability of 8(a) firms to perform
larger prime contracts and overcome the effects of contract bundling,
the combining of two or more contracts together into one large
contract.
This certification will allow Acacia Consulting, Inc. to expand its service
offerings to many Government agencies, Prime Contractors, and public
sector organizations. The 8(a) certification along with Acacia’s current HUB
Zone and State of Florida CMBE Certifications will allow the company to
purse additional federal contracting projects. The government's
procurement budget of $200 billion annually will be a source of new
business opportunities for the company.
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Phone: 727-823-4864 - Fax: 800-582-1083
Email: Info@AcaciaConsulting.Net
