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Small Business Development Program

We believe small businesses, including small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBzone companies and historically black colleges and universities as well as minority institutions bring good capabilities and technical know-how to assist Leidos and better serve our customers.

Leidos’s Vision and Commitment to Small Business Development

By working together with small businesses, we tap the strength of diversity. Our highly talented employee owners, in conjunction with our small business teammates' professional staff, bring tremendous and extraordinary depth and breath of technical expertise to create solutions that help solve complex problems for our Nation. Our collective experience and innovative ideas are key to jointly building business in the following areas:

  • National Security
  • Intelligence
  • Homeland Security
  • Logistics and Product Support
  • Cyber
  • Health
  • Engineering
  • Space and Earth Sciences
  • Global Commercial Services

“Small Business is Good Business”

At Leidos, working with small businesses is more than a commitment or strategy. It's good business and supported at the highest levels of management. Our commitment to small businesses is an integral part of our foundation since Leidos was once a small business. See our History & Timeline.

Teaming with small businesses is fundamental to Leidos's business objectives:

  • Being competitive
  • Growing our market share
  • Increasing customer loyalty

This focus reinforces Leidos's commitment to our customers, our employee owners and our communities, while assisting small businesses.

Chart showing government fiscal years and dollars subcontracted that are in the millions: GFY04 $960M, GFY05 $1.3B, GFY06 $1.2B, GFY07 $1.2B, GFY08 $1.6BDollars Subcontracted by Government Fiscal Year

In Government Fiscal Year 2010 (GFY 10), Leidos awarded over $2.2 billion in subcontracts to small businesses. This is the sixth year in a row that Leidos has subcontracted over one billion to small businesses. Leidos's commitment is clearly demonstrated as this activity is approximately 20% of Leidos's revenues.

To ensure continued company success and growth opportunities to small businesses, Leidos focuses on the following:

  • A proactive corporate-led "Small Business Development Program" responsible for marketing and outreach/awareness activities.
  • Fostering strategic relationships with small businesses that lead to subcontracting as well as prime contracting opportunities.