For many small companies, doing business with the government is a labyrinthine affair. The seemingly impenetrable bureaucracy of the Homeland Security Department, in particular, has been enough to ...

A Colorado Springs-based company that advises and assists the military has won the 2013 Small Business Administration Prime Contractor award, defeating millions of other businesses in the competition.

For many small companies, doing business with the government is a labyrinthine affair. And contracting with the Homeland Security Department is particularly mysterious. Intecon was one such company.