Michael Match, the owner of Ashland Sales & Service was interviewed on Fox News about contracts being handed over to Federal Prison Industries (Unicor). Ashland produces clothing for DoD but they are in danger of losing the contract for manufacturing jackets like the one worn by the Commander in Chief. Please watch the video.

Both Jonathon Long and we have talked about Unicor’s advantage over small businesses as a Government directed source for many commodities. It’s a travesty that they are given no-bid contracts. There are several bills in Congress that would help curb the influence Unicor exerts over the procurement system. Hopefully, we will see some changes soon.

Tags: Ashland Sales and Service, Fox news, Jonathon Long

This entry was posted on Friday, February 17th, 2012 at 05:48 and is filed under Industry. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.