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Set-Asides Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

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OHA Rules Company Remains Eligible For Award Of Small Business Set-Aside Schedule Orders Even After Acquisition By A Large...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) has yet again clarified that a company’s size change in connection with a merger-and-acquisition event generally does not prevent the company from...more

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

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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

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Navigating Small Business Set-Asides

The U.S. Government Accountability Office decision, In the Matter of Steiner Construction Company, Inc., B-421254.9 (December 4, 2023), is a good reminder that timing counts when determining eligibility for small business...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses– July 2022

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Federal News Network Quotes PilieroMazza’s Cy Alba on Re-Release of Polaris RFP - Cy Alba, a partner in PilieroMazza’s Government Contracts Group, recently discussed the re-release of the Polaris...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Tiered Evaluations: A Lesson in Reasonably Applying Different Rules

It’s not always clear where the applicability of one law or rule should stop and the applicability of another should begin. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in Becton, Dickinson and Company,...more

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Congressional Blue-Ribbon Committee Recommends Major Changes to Certain Socioeconomic and Small Business Requirements for DoD...

In this fourth and final installment of our Section 809 Panel alerts, we explore the recommended changes to update and eliminate burdensome aspects of certain socioeconomic and small business requirements for Department of...more

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The National 8(a) Association Summer Conference Recap; Mentor-Protégé Regs Looming

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On June 13-14, the National 8(a) Association held its annual summer conference in Anchorage, Alaska. The conference included useful programs on a variety of topics of interest to tribal, Alaska Native Corporations (ANC), and...more

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National 8(a) and GAO Small Business Set Aside Provision

This update is a brief synopsis of a case that held, if there is not a certain FAR provision addressing subcontracting limitations in a set aside contract for small business, there is not a mandatory duty to comply with the...more

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How Much U.S. Work Is Needed for the Small Business Set-Aside Rules To Apply?

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In a decision issued last year, the GAO denied the protest of Maersk Line, Limited, of Norfolk, Virginia (“Maersk”), a large business, which challenged the decision of the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command...more

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