For fiscal year 2005, PHMSA easily exceeded the 3 percent SDVOSB prime contracting goal due in great part to its firm dedication to support contracting opportunities for the service-disabled veteran owned businesses as encouraged by President Bush in Executive Order 13360.
"It is PHMSA's goal to fully implement the intent of this Executive Order by attaining or exceeding the mandated 3 percent goal for contracts awarded to service disabled veteran-owned small businesses," said PHMSA Director of Contracting and Procurement Tom Scott. "These men and women have earned and deserve consideration within the PHMSA contracting arena, and it is our responsibility to assist the President in achieving his objective."
Two companies under contract to PHMSA, B&W Human Resources Specialists and Catapult Inc., were instrumental in the agency exceeding the President's goal. They consistently displayed the professionalism, stability, and flexibility to meet PHMSA's specialized technological and human resource needs. These unique companies set precedence for providing quality work and have been vital to PHMSA's mission and goals.
Both companies' noteworthy accomplishments were recognized December 1, 2005, in Baltimore at the 2nd Annual National Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Conference and the Secretary of Transportation's Minority Business Awards Ceremony hosted by the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) and the Minority Resource Center. At the awards ceremony, B&W was presented with the Small Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Award. The DOT OSDBU Office later recognized PHMSA's award to Catapult at a separate senior staff meeting.
As a result of PHMSA's success with the SDVOSB program, the agency will continue to demonstrate the same level of commitment in promoting and advocating the use of small and disadvantaged businesses through outreach and participation in small business conferences.