Introduction
The Portland District fully supports the Government's policy of placing a fair proportion of our contracts with qualified small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned, and service disabled veteran-owned business concerns. We consider small business to be the heart of the U.S. economy and a very vital part of the Corps' procurement process. To that end Carol McIntyre has been appointed Deputy for Small Business for the Portland District. Her role is to "aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns in order to preserve free competitive enterprise, to ensure that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts or subcontracts for property and services for the Government be placed with small business enterprises."