Not exactly true. They typically have a goal to award a certain percentage for those programs. It’s not as if every contract is graded by that criteria. But ye

Not exactly true. They typically have a goal to award a certain percentage for those programs. It’s not as if every contract is graded by that criteria. But yes, it can open the door to corruption and inflated costs. For example, a tiny veteran owned corporation may be hired who subcontracts to a massive firm instead of the other way around. The govt would probably be better off just contacting to the large firm directly.