The government has certain contract set asides to help various types of companies get contracts. It's basically like affirmative action for contracting (vary br

The government has certain contract set asides to help various types of companies get contracts. It's basically like affirmative action for contracting (vary broadly speaking). Basically if you have a female/minority/veteran owned company you can sometimes get a leg up in the procurement process. The government also has these things for size of the business and I'm sure many other categories.