| ontract bundling is a federal procurement practice in which dissimilar requirements previously purchased from separate small businesses are combined into a single contract unsuitable for a small business. Most experts believe that contract bundling is the number one barrier to small business participation in federal government contracting. In its definitive 2002 study on contract bundling, the U.S. Small Business Administration estimated that 34,221 new bundled contracts were awarded from 1992-2001, causing nearly 15,000 small firms to exit the marketplace, and transferring up to... |
