Survey and analysis of Small Business and Disadvantaged Small Business Participation in Solar, Geothermal, Electric and Storage Energy Procurement Activity in FY 1978

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5850504

This report represents the findings of Small Business and Disadvantaged Small Business participation in Solar, Geothermal, Electric and Storage (ETS) Energy Programs as a result of procurement actions by the Department of Energy, Office of Solar, Geothermal, Electric and Storage Programs, and subcontract actions by ETS prime contractors for Fiscal Year 1978. This report also provides information about awards made to Small Business/Disadvantaged Small Business Enterprise (SB/DSB) by other Federal Agencies during the same period. The major findings of this survey are presented in the executive summary. Additionally, subsequent sections provide a more detailed description of ETS Energy and other Government Agency procurements, the methodology of soliciting, recording and processing survey data used as the basis for this report, and appendices containing sample survey forms and other supporting information. The primary findings of this survey indicate that 6.5% of the total ETS prime contract outlay of $341,443,000.00 for FY 78 was allocated to Small Business. Additionally, somewhat less than 0.1% was allocated to Disadvantaged Small Business Enterpirse in the form of prime contracts. The value of prime contract award to SB/DSB's was approximately $22.4 million. The value of subcontracts to the SB/DSB was approximately $48.6 million, which includes all of the survey business categories GOCO and Federal Agency expenditures. The sum of the foregoing would indicate that a total value of $71.0 million of ETS funds were received by SB/DSBs.

• Research Organization: Systematics General Corp., Falls Church, VA (USA). Energy Systems Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79ET21003
• OSTI ID: 5850504
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/21003-T1; ON: DE82004314
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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