SBA, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Final Rules

Are You One of the 20,000 Self-Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses? Because of a New Regulation, You Should...

Venable LLP on 6/12/2024

On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a direct final rule eliminating self-certification for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) when considering contracts for agency...more

Federal Drive with Tom Temin Interviews PilieroMazza’s Kevin Barnett on DOD Rule Updating SPRS Assessment Process for Federal...

PilieroMazza PLLC on 6/19/2023

The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requiring Contracting Officers to use Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) assessments when...more

DOD, GSA, and NASA Update FAR to Provide for Accelerated Payments to Small Businesses and to Conform to SBA Regulations

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 2/23/2023

In the past week, there were several important updates made to the Federal Acquisition Regulations by the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space...more

FAR Council Issues Final Rule on Accelerated Payments to Small Businesses

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/16/2023

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council recently published a final rule to implement a policy that provides for accelerated payments to small business prime contractors and small business subcontractors. This...more

Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider

Venable LLP on 1/6/2023

Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. Regulatory Updates - The FAR Council has proposed to amend the FAR...more

Agencies Issue Notice of Proposed Regulations Amending FAR

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 12/22/2022

On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule making changes to the SBA’s 8(a) program regulations “to more clearly articulate SBA’s intent with regard to certain aspects of the 8(a)...more

DOD Issues Final Rule on SBA Joint Venture Eligibility ‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 11/29/2022

On October 28, 2022, the Department of Defense’s amendments to FAR 52.212-3 and FAR 52.219-1 became effective. These changes amended the Federal Acquisition Regulations to be in line with prior changes by the SBA to its...more

SBA to Increase Size Standards and Program Thresholds Due to Inflation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/21/2022

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently published a final rule on its 2019 interim final rule that adjusted monetary-based industry size standards (i.e., receipts- and assets based) for inflation which has...more

New SBA Rule Enhances Past Performance Opportunities for Small Businesses

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/11/2022

On August 22, 2022, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will implement a final rule that provides two new methods by which small businesses can obtain past performance credit when competing for federal prime...more

Small Business Administration Changed Its Calculation Period for Employee-Based Size Standards

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/12/2022

On July 6, 2022, the Small Business Administration (SBA) changed its rules for calculating size based on the number of employees from a 12-month calculation period to 24 months (87 Fed. Reg. 34094 (the Final Rule))....more

Indian Health Service Releases Final Rule on Buy Indian Act

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/20/2022

The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), published its Final Rule governing implementation of the Buy Indian Act (87 FR 2067) on Jan. 13, 2022. These Buy Indian...more

The FAR’s Revised Limitations on Subcontracting: What You Need to Know

PilieroMazza PLLC on 9/10/2021

On August 11, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a final rule revising and standardizing the limitations on subcontracting (LOS), including the nonmanufacturer rule, that apply to small...more

FAR Council Finalizes Small Business Subcontracting Rules

Holland & Hart LLP on 8/24/2021

The FAR Council recently published a series of final rules amending several FAR provisions relating to limitations on subcontracting. These amendments “advance the interests of small business prime contractors by making it...more

At Long Last...The FAR Catches up on Limitations on Subcontracting!

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 8/19/2021

On August 10, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued a final rule, revising the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) relating to the limitations on prime contractors’ ability to subcontract on small business...more

FAR Council Publishes Three Final Rules Aimed at Boosting Small Business Contracting

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/13/2021

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published three final rules on Aug. 11, 2021, amending the FAR to implement changes mandated by various National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs) and to homogenize the FAR...more

FAR Limitation on Subcontracting Rules Are Finally Here!

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/12/2021

In 2016, the Small Business Administration (SBA) updated its regulations pertaining to limitations on subcontracting. Five years later, on August 11, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council finally followed...more

SBA Changes Mentor Protégé Programs and Other Small Business Contracting Rules

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/26/2020

WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule consolidating the 8(a) and All-Small Mentor-Protégé Programs. The rule eliminates the 8(a) version of the program, including its unique requirements and...more

SBA to Enact Significant Changes to Small Business Regulations Before 2020: Everything You Need to Know - Set-Aside Alert

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/20/2019

On Nov. 29, the Small Business Administration issued a final rule that will implement several provisions of the National Defense Authorization Acts of 2016 and 2017 and of the “RISE Act” of 2015, as well as other clarifying...more

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