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Bid Protest Spotlight: Rule Of Two, Post Award, Cost Request

This article is part of a monthly column that provides takeaways from recent bid protest cases. This installment highlights three decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Each of this month's decisions...more

Summertime Sadness For Mentor Protégé Joint Ventures

This summer has seen two notable updates that parties to mentor-protégé joint ventures (MPJVs) should be aware of. First, buried in a Notice that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued on July 22, 2024, is a...more

SBA Updates Its Regulations On Lower-Tier Small Business Subcontracting Credit

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a final rule amending its regulation on lower-tier small business subcontracting credit to account for statutory changes introduced in the National Defense Authorization Act...more

Subcontracting To A Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture: Changes To How Small Business Subcontracting Goals Are Calculated

Recent changes to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations affect how large businesses can take small business credit for subcontracting to their own mentor-protégé joint ventures (MPJVs). SBA’s final rule...more

GSA Issues Multiple Award Schedule Solicitation Refresh 16: What It Means For Joint Ventures, Good And Bad

On May 19, 2023, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) solicitation refresh 16, which introduced a formal offer process for joint ventures. To provide guidance on navigating those...more

SBA Finalizes Rule To Modernize The SBIC Program

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) finalized a rule to modernize the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program on July 17, 2023. Part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the new SBIC Investment...more

Back To The Drawing Board: FAR Councils Withdraw Long-Delayed Proposed Rule For Lower-Tier Small Business Subcontracting Credit

Some of you may recall the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 from nearly a decade ago. It amended the Small Business Act (SBA) to allow a contractor, under certain circumstances, to receive...more

February 2023 Bid Protest Roundup: Lessons For Joint Ventures

The common theme of this month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup is a seemingly hot topic these days: joint ventures. One recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) decision and one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims...more

Is Your Joint Venture Agreement Compliant With Current SBA Regulations And Current Case Law?

The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) popular shields from affiliation for all-small and mentor-protégé joint ventures are powerful tools for helping small businesses succeed in the federal procurement marketplace. These...more

May 2022 Bid Protest Roundup: Errors, Subcontractors, Bundling

This month's bid protest spotlight focuses on one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision and two U.S. Government Accountability Office decisions. While all three protests were unsuccessful, each serves as a different...more

SBA Finalizes Changes In How To Calculate Size For Various Programs

Earlier this week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a Final Rule adopting changes to how a concern calculates its number of employees for eligibility purposes in all of SBA’s programs, as well as how a...more

Five Million Reasons For Government Contracts Lawyers To Assist With The Acquisition Of Companies That Perform Government...

Due diligence is an important preliminary step before one company acquires another or an investor puts millions behind an existing firm. When a target company performs government contracts or subcontracts, it is critical that...more

Levels Of Accountability: What Federal Contractors Should Know About Small Business Subcontracting Plans And Compliance Reviews

Every year, the U.S. federal government establishes goals for the awards of prime contracts and subcontracts to small business concerns. While agencies are responsible for achieving these goals by awarding prime contracts to...more

All Is Not Forgiven: PPP Forgiveness And Credits

On March 23, 2021, The House Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure held a remote hearing titled: “The Interaction Between the Paycheck Protection Program and Federal Acquisition Regulations: What It...more

November 2020 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

This installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest spotlight examines three protest decisions from three different forums: one from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

May Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

This month’s Law360 spotlight examines three protest decisions addressing first article testing, proprietary information in unsolicited proposals, and timely submittal of proposals... Article first appeared in Law360, June...more

SBA's Long-Awaited Implementation of the Runway Extension Act Is Finally Here

For many small business government contractors, the winter holidays came early on December 5, 2019, when the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued its final rule adjusting its regulations on the calculation of average...more

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