In GovCon it is all about striking the right partnerships! This month the OS AI team noted 10 formal strategic small business arrangements made by some of the top Federal IT and Consulting firms, including multiple Women Owned, Veteran Owned and 8(a) STARS III Primes forging new relationships; and more than a dozen rapidly emerging Federal Health, National Security, Federal Financials, Citizen Services, and DOD focused small business and digital transformation leaders locking in a new partnership.
The winds can change quickly, so from a competitive standpoint it is important to regularly review which large, mid-tier, and emerging small businesses are creating alliances, and with whom. One example of a formal declaration of a partnership comes in the form of the popular Small Business Administration (SBA) mentor protégé arrangement, whereby an emerging small business creates a tighter bond with a mentor company and should be viewed as a likely go-to potential partner option (Prime or sub) for the respective mentor.
The SBA Mentor Protégé Program is a well-utilized program intended to help eligible small businesses (protégés) gain capacity and win government contracts through partnerships with more experienced companies that are willing to fill the mentor role. It will come as no surprise that many highly successful government contractors and mentors came up through the program themselves.
The spreadsheet below details a subset of the agreements that were formalized and approved by SBA in the month of April. A few of the more interesting companies to note include TeleSolv, Aeyon, NavAide, CornerBrooke (CB), Huron Consulting, Jefferson Consulting Group, BeSpoke Technologies, Core One, Onyx Government, Ocho Technology Services, ABSS Solutions, Inc. (ASI), W2 Consulting, Laredo Technical Services (LTSI)
We applaud these mentor companies for stepping up to offer their resources and support to smaller firms that can greatly benefit from the advice and guidance of a large company and set of leaders who have walked in their shoes.
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