Other Sec. 8(a) firms that have been very successful with HUD include the following:
AFR & Associates
Total contract dollars from HUD from 2003 to 2006: $78,612,446
Amount in open-competition contracts: $0
Company information: Headquarters in Atlanta.
The company, started in 1996, has six employees, with annual sales of $1 million. Specializes in “management consulting services,” as “mortgage bankers and loan correspondents.”
President: Anthony Richardson. Vice President: Sandra Richardson.
This company is listed as Sec. 8(a) certified on its Web site, but not by the Small Business Administration. An FEC search provided no information on the employees’ campaign contributions.
Drayton, Drayton & Lamar
Total contract dollars from HUD from 2003 to 2006: $23,988,938
Amount in open-competition contracts: $0
Company information: Headquarters in Evans, Ga.
The company has 89 employees, with annual sales of $7 million. It specializes in “computer integrated systems design” and “computer-related consulting services.”
President: Robert L. Drayton. Vice President: Roy Scales.
An FEC search provided no information on the employees’ campaign contributions. In the HUD Inspector General’s report, an unidentified witness charged that top HUD officials had intervened on the firm’s behalf to prevent the agency from declining to renew a contract to this firm.
Harrington, Moran, Barksdale Inc.
Total contract dollars from HUD from 2004 to 2006: $174,626,367
Amount in open-competition contracts: $131,098,109
Company information: Headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas.
The firm went from zero to $71 million in HUD contracts in fiscal 2004. The company manages HUD-owned single-family homes in 10 states. Started in 1993, the company has 300 employees and annual sales of $6.5 million.
President: Maurice Barksdale. Vice President: Alfred Moran.
In 2000, Moran contributed $1,000 to the RNC, and $1,000 to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in 2002. Barksdale was assistant secretary for housing under President Ronald Reagan.
(Sources include Federal Election Commission records of campaign donations by persons who listed each firm as their employer at www.fec.gov; the federal procurement database through www.fedspending.org; and Dun and Bradstreet)
