An Analysis of Selected United States Marine Corps Contracts Involving Minority Owned Small Businesses

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to examine difficulties associated with U.S. Marine Corps contracts awarded to minority owned small businesses under the 8(a) program. Specifically, causes of contract default and firm failure were identified; indicators which illustrated difficulties leading to default and firm failure were identified and steps which could have alleviated these difficulties and thereby prevented contract default or firm failure were recommended. A historical and legislative background for the 8(a) program has been developed. Six contract cases were examined in detail, in conjunction with a mail survey of USMC contracting officers and small business advocates, to determine the primary causes of contract default and 8(a) firm failure and their indicators. The thesis describes how observable indicators of contract default and firm failure can be recognized and how corrective action can be undertaken to significantly reduce the incidence of default and firm failure when dealing with companies participating in the 8(a) program.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA243081

Entities

People

  • Harvey B. Williams Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Employment
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Market Economy
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Small Business
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design