For every dollar spent at a small business, 66 cents does stay within the local community, whereas only 11 cents would stay within the local community if it's spent at a large multinational. This is part of our messaging, because there is a lot of federal procurement or federal purchasing that does not go reported, especially those lower amounts under the $10,000 threshold.
There is an opportunity here. While it's not directly procurement-related, it's still federal government spending; it's purchasing. There's an opportunity for the federal government to maybe put in some guiding principle that all departments consider, when there are non-compete procurement opportunities or there is purchasing under that $10,000 value, that they're supporting local, supporting small businesses and can really be the champions.
