The final rules increase the receipts-based small business size standards for these industries, allowing many businesses to remain a small business for longer or regain their small business status.
The final rules increase...more
The final rule provides for additional debriefing rights and clarifies the GAO bid protest stay timeliness rules.
DoD debriefings now must include a redacted version of the source selection decision document for all awards...more
A Court of Federal Claims decision holds that offerors do not have a duty to inform agency of changes to key personnel availability after submission of proposal.
- The decision departs from well-settled GAO precedent.
-...more
On November 16, 2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2021. The GAO’s report, which is mandated by the Competition in Contracting Act, lists its...more
The Small Business Administration is proposing to use a 24-month average to calculate a business concern’s number of employees for eligibility purposes in all of SBA’s programs.
SBA proposes to use a 24-month average...more
Recent GAO protest decision provides a painful reminder that protests that run afoul of the “diligent pursuit” rule will be dismissed as untimely.
GAO’s Bid Protest Regulations contain strict rules for the timely...more
Rule based upon provisions contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 authorizes many participants in the 8(a) Business Development program to...more
Effectiveness rate increases to 51 percent, the highest on record.
GAO’s effectiveness rate increased to 51 percent from 44 percent in FY 2019 and 2018.
GAO’s sustain rate increases to 15 percent from 13 percent in FY...more
The proposed rule would increase the receipts-based small business size standards for 70 service industries in five industrial sectors, allowing many businesses to qualify or re-qualify for small business set-aside...more
The proposed rule would increase the receipts-based small business size standards for 46 service industries, allowing many businesses to remain a small business for longer or regain their small business status.
Using a...more
Recent developments in small business procurement policy indicate that the government’s increase in the amount of contract awards to small businesses is likely to continue.
The government exceeded its 23 percent small...more
In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) addressed the timeliness rules for enhanced debriefing situations.
The clock for purposes of obtaining an automatic stay and timeliness may start after the...more
The final rule revises and clarifies numerous provisions in the Small Business Administration’s regulations.
SBA revised the limitation on subcontracting rules for set-aside service contracts by excluding direct costs such...more
The proposed rule seeks to overhaul and update dozens of provisions in the SBA’s small business regulations.
SBA proposes to merge the 8(a) Business Development Mentor-Protégé Program and the All Small Mentor-Protégé...more
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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GAO’s sustain rate and effectiveness rate both dropped to the lowest levels since Fiscal Year 2015.
Protest activity at the GAO increased slightly over the previous year....more