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Article: Federal agency loses in set-aside dispute: the "landmark case" involved a Mississippi contractor. (Fordice Construction Company of Vicksburg wins case against federal government's set aside 8-A programs)
- Article from:
- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 2, 1990
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Federal agency loses in set-aside dispute
The federal government can no longer hand all of a particular contract to minority businesses and exclude non-minorities, according to a recent decision involving in Mississippi construction company.
The southern U.S. District Court ruled in April that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Small Business Administration (SBA) violated federal law when they set aside 100 percent of Corps projects available to small businesses in a district exclusively for "socially and economically disadvantaged" contractors. Under this provision, other firms were barred from participation of any kind.
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Article: Fordice Construction Wins $168,750 Contract
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
July 20, 2006 ;
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...JACKSON, Miss., July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $168,750 contract to Fordice Construction Co., Vicksburg, Miss., for the replacement of bridge at the Homochitto Ranger District, Meadville, Miss. The ...
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