The Committee on Small Business will meet for a hearing titled, “The Impact of Category Management on the Small Business Industrial Base.”  The hearing is scheduled to begin at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. 

This hearing continues the Committee’s longstanding oversight examining the use of contract bundling and consolidation in the federal procurement system.  Category management, at its core, can be distilled to contract bundling and consolidation.  The hearing will examine the Administration’s approach to utilizing category management principles in the context of past Executive Branch initiatives and will discuss the impact the current approach may have on small businesses and the industrial base. 

Attachments
1. Hearing Notice
2. Witness List
3. Hearing Notice 
4. Opening Statement

Witness List
Ms. Shirley Bailey
CEO and Managing Member
MSC Management Services, LLC
Oakland, MD
* Testifying on behalf of the HUBZone Contractors National Council
Testimony
Disclosure

Mr. Alan Chvotkin
Executive Vice President & Counsel
Professional Services Council
Arlington, VA
Testimony
Disclosure

Ms. Beth Laurie Strum
Vice President of Business Development
IT WORKS
Washington, DC
* Testifying on behalf of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Testimony
Disclosure

Ms. ML Mackey
CEO
Beacon Interactive Systems
Waltham, MA
* Testifying on behalf of the National Defense Industrial Association
Testimony
Disclosure