3. Competition?
-- For competitive
contracts, solicitation
documents may be
available online at
FBO.gov
-- For non-competitive
contracts, look for
Justification & Approval
(J&A) documents
12. Extent that the
contract was
competed
Small business or not?
How many
bidders?
Unfortunately, the contract won’t tell you which
other companies bid on the award.
13. A few more databases
SAM: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM
Search basic records for all contractors and look up
suspended and debarred contractors
Small Biz:
http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm
Search records of small business contractors
Protests:
http://www.gao.gov/legal/bids/bidprotest.html
Search GAO bid protest records
Sorry, there’s no good database for subcontracts!