Program managers at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) tend to look to large companies when shopping for goods and services, Latetia Henderson, assistant administrator of TSA’s Office of Acquisition, told an industry day gathering on Tuesday. “We struggle to get them to understand small businesses.”
Mingling with 26 small business contracting firms attending the Contract Connections town hall at TSA headquarters in Arlington, VA, Henderson and top Homeland Security procurement officials stressed their commitment to buying products from small businesses for “the crux of what TSA does” in the field, such as explosive trace detection, intermodal training and call centers.
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