The $35 Million Question: Will the Government Respond or Stay Silent?

The $35 Million Question: Will the Government Respond or Stay Silent? Something significant is moving beneath the surface of federal contracting—and it may be about to break wide open. At the center is a $35 million Defense Health Agency (DHA) contract, awarded under a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) designation. On paper, it looked like a success story. But beneath the compliance checkboxes, the actual labor was performed not by the small business, but by a large, undisclosed subcontractor with private equity backing. The prime contractor? A shell in practice. Internal mapping shows: All deliverables were completed by personnel with no formal role on the contract. A Whistleblower Silenced A whistleblower flagged the arrangement internally. Within days: Terminated Severance revoked Legal threats issued Confidentiality breached by the DHA official tasked with receiving the complaint But the story didn’t end there. Evidence Secured and Delivered The evidence was...