To help accelerate access to the professional expertise, carefully engineered solutions, and right-sized support at Bowler Pons, we are currently participating in the Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program. This nine (9) year program (enrolled in 2018; graduate in Feb. 2028) allows our Federal and Defense customers to bypass restrictive contracting hurdles to offer direct Sole Source contracts with Bowler Pons without the need to compete with large federal and defense conglomerates. Additionally, this fast-track contracting program supports the rapid award of competitive contracts with ceiling values up to $41.5M/year, advertised ONLY to 8(a) Certified small businesses, thereby reducing the number of bidders, and focusing solely on capable, ambitious, and socially and/or economically disadvantaged small businesses.
The program has made the contracting process simple, efficient, and highly effective for contracting organizations to get the value they deserve from those who really want to serve others. Bowler Pons and its clients have successfully completed the sole source contracting process through this program on many occasions in the past three (3) years. Given the program's duration, we will continue to offer clients this simplified method of working directly with Bowler Pons through February 2028.
Benefits of 8(a) Contracting:
- Sole source vehicle provides organizations simplified and shortened acquisition procedure
- Reduced acquisition cycle measured in days (NOT months)
- Lowered administrative costs
- Initiate contract w/ high-level SOW
- Directly negotiated best-value pricing
- Credit for Small Business promotion w/in Organization