DOD rule allows incentive payments

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A procurement rule went into effect Sept. 17 permitting 5 percent incentive payments to contractors and subcontractors that use Native American, Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian small businesses as subcontractors on Defense Department work worth more than $500,000.

A procurement rule went into effect Sept. 17 permitting 5 percent incentive payments to contractors and subcontractors that use Native American, Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian small businesses as subcontractors on Defense Department work worth more than $500,000.

The rule implements provisions of the Defense appropriations laws for fiscals 2003, 2004 and 2005, according to a Sept. 17 announcement in the Federal Register.

 

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