Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer reports that certain small firms secure special 8(a) status under DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) criteria, obtain lucrative sole-source federal contracts, and then quietly subcontract most or all of the work to major contractors while pocketing the difference.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/schweizer-exposes-dei-fraud-machine-inside-federal-contracting-complex