"Or require actual bids on contracts that a small business person can grok instead of blanket purchase arrangements that require Fortune 50 sized legal/contract

"Or require actual bids on contracts that a small business person can grok instead of blanket purchase arrangements that require Fortune 50 sized legal/contract teams to bid on." At the local level, at least in the Pacific Northwest, this is exactly what happens. Local agencies have targets of anywhere from 15-30%, for how much they'd like to spend directly on contract dollars awarded to minority-owned/woman-owned firms. Most are hitting between 5-15% now, but I'd say probably 4 out of 5 purchasing managers wants to do better and actively encourages their staff to do outreach to the minority/woman-owned small business communities.