This week’s discussion is on “Have Gov’t Contractors Been Impacted by Pandemic”. In order to make this determination I can reports through USASpending.gov. The results were surprising. In fact, two set-aside actually saw an increase in contracting dollars when compared to just a year ago. Now, I could have used the FPDS database to obtain the numbers for this episode, but I find it too cumbersome when compared to USASpending. Besides, the information is the same no matter which system you use. Depending on the set-aside used government contractors saw a 11.54% decrease to a 24% increase! The biggest winner were small businesses with a 24% increase. 8(a) contractors saw the largest decrease of 11.54%. HUBZone contractors saw an 11.03% decrease as well. The service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses saw an increase of 1%. This number really surprised me. Last but not least Women-Owned Small businesses (including Economically Disadvantaged women-owned small businesses) saw a 2.5% decrease.