It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
It's interesting the way that works. In essence, in some cases, a certain percentage is shaved off the bid price of such subcontractors. But only for bid analysis purposes. The contract is executed at the full bid amount. In other cases, only those subcontractors are considered as eligible bidders.
The government is always wanting small (women, minority or disabled veteran) owned businesses bidding on or subcontracting on contracts.