Sparta Company Getting $75K In Virus Relief Funds

SPARTA, NJ - The federal government has sent millions to companies in New Jersey for coronavirus relief efforts since Congress passed the CARES Act in March and locally it still being doled out.

More than $75,000 of that federal money ended up in Sparta according to the Federal Procurement Data System. PDS Consultants INC. received $75,000 which will be used to provide goods and services to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Congress passed the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act on March 27. In addition to direct aid to people who lost their jobs and the Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses avoid laying off workers, the act included direct government spending for fighting the coronavirus.

You can search for companies that received payments under CARES Act contracts through Nov. 5 using the search box below. You can also search by town. (NOTE: A payment showing $0 means the contract has been awarded but not payments had been made as of Nov. 5)

Source: Federal Procurement Data System

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