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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – September 2023 #3

Reducing the Negative Impacts of a Government Shutdown for Federal Contractors - Once again, the specter of a government shutdown looms over the federal contracting community. The federal government is set to run out of...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 2023 #3

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Federal Court Prohibits SBA’s Use of Rebuttable Presumption for 8(a) Program - On July 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued an important decision where...more

Federal Court Prohibits SBA’s Use of Rebuttable Presumption for 8(a) Program

On July 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued an important decision where it declared that the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage,...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses– June 2022 #2

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - House Passes Bill Increasing Importance of Subcontracting Plan Performance as an Evaluation Factor - On June 8, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill, referred to as H.R. 7694,...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses– April 2022 #2

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - SBA Increases Its Size Standards, Opening More Opportunities for Winning Government Contracts - The long-awaited increase to size standards by the Small Business Administration (SBA) has arrived....more

SBA Increases Its Size Standards, Opening More Opportunities for Winning Government Contracts

The long-awaited increase to size standards by the Small Business Administration (SBA) has arrived. On March 31, 2022, SBA issued four final rules that increase the small business size standards for a number of industries. As...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – September 2021

LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - Watch Your Step: Avoiding False Claims Act Violations from Limitations in Subcontracting and Performance of Work Requirements - Members of the government contracting community are...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - March 2020 #4

CLIENT ALERT: The CARES Act and Leave Guide for Employers: Deciding Which Option is Best for You and Your Employees, March 27, 2020....more

PilieroMazza Comments To Rin 3245-Ag94, Proposed Rule On The Consolidation Of Mentor Protégé Programs And Other Government...

Dear Ms. Fernandez - We are writing to submit comments on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) above-referenced proposed rule on amendments to its regulations to merge the 8(a) Business Development Program...more

PilieroMazza Drafts Comments To Rin 3245-AG94, Proposed Rule On The Consolidation Of Mentor Protégé Programs And Other Government...

Dear Ms. Fernandez - We are writing to submit comments on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) above-referenced proposed rule on amendments to its regulations to merge the 8(a) Business Development Program...more

Protégé Subcontract Revenues from Mentor Hold No Basis for Economic Dependence

An important benefit of a mentor-protégé agreement (MPA) is that no determination of affiliation may be found between a protégé and its mentor solely because of assistance provided under the agreement. A recent decision of...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - April 2018 #3

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - Tribal Consultation for Small Business HUBZone Program and Government Contracting Programs and Consolidation of Mentor Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments - The...more

SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals Reaffirms "Unconditional Ownership" Requirement in the SBA SDVOSB Program

A recent case reinforces that, just because the corporate governing documents of an SDVOSB satisfy the unconditional ownership requirements for VA’s SDVOSB set aside program, does not mean that the unconditional ownership...more

New Option for Past Performance Ratings - Set-Aside Alert

The difficulties faced by small businesses lacking past performance ratings in winning federal contracts are well known. ...more

Court of Federal Claims Applies a 150 Employee Size Standard to ITVAR Non-Manufacturers

The Court of Federal Claims (“Court”) has issued a bid protest decision which stated, in apparent dicta, that a concern must satisfy a 150-employee standard under the Information Technology Value Added Resellers (“ITVAR”)...more

Decision: Agencies Are Not Required to Accept Size Standards Increased After Solicitation is Issued

Recently, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued the decision in Orion Construction Co. v. United States, No. 15-1505C (Fed. Cl. April 1, 2016) which is a cautionary tale for all small business offerors regarding the risk of...more

4/25/2016  /  NAICS , SBA , Small Business , Solicitation

Time for A Check Up of Your Firm's Compliance with Government Contracting Standards

Some of you may recall that, back in the 1970s, the legendary actor John Wayne appeared in public service announcements urging people to undergo a “check-up.” Now that the New Year has begun, it is a good time for small...more

OHA Clarifies Non-Manufacturer Rules For Procurements Conducted Under Simplified Acquisition Procedures

Last month, the SBA Office of Hearing and Appeals (“OHA”) issued a decision which has clarified that, as in the past, for procurements conducted under simplified acquisition procedures, offerors who wish to qualify as a small...more

The “Rule of Two” For Orders Placed Against Multiple Award Contracts: The Other Shoe Has Dropped

As many of you may recall, Congress passed the Small Business Jobs Act (“Act”), in July 2010. The purpose of the Act was to ameliorate the effects of the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. Although the Act...more

PilieroMazza Legal Advisor - Third Quarter 2014

In this issue: - Avoiding Pitfalls with Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts - What Is Enough Consideration of Small Business Interests? – GAO Denies Protests Against GSA Consolidation of Small...more

SBA Issues Final Rules on the Use of Set-Asides for Multiple Award Contracts

On October 2, 2013, SBA issued its long-anticipated final rule addressing the use of set-asides on multiple award contracts and clarifying the regulations on bundling and contract consolidation. The final rule implements...more

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