If the proposed rule is adopted, contractors will no longer qualify for set aside orders and agreements under multiple award IDIQ contracts after a disqualifying recertification.
The proposed rule makes many changes to SBA...more
The Small Business Administration has issued a direct final rule requiring that Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses be certified by its VetCert program in order for agencies and prime contractors to receive credit...more
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued a new Small Business Strategy to reverse the significant decline in the number of small businesses participating in government contracts by launching new initiatives that will...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council recently issued a far-reaching proposed rule that includes significant compliance obligations for contractors related to their greenhouse gas emissions.
Most federal contractors,...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is consolidating and making significant changes to the Veteran-Owned Small Business and the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business programs, including the elimination of...more
The Small Business Administration’s proposed rule would adopt the latest NAICS revision issued by the Office of Management and Budget, creating 111 new industries by reclassifying, combining or splitting 156 existing...more
The proposed rule would increase the employee-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 proposed...more
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
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
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
The final rule consolidates the two mentor-protégé programs and clarifies and updates many provisions in SBA’s small business procurement regulations.
Small businesses are now required to recertify their size status when...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
The final rule implements the statutory prohibition against self-certification for WOSB and EDWOSB set-aside and sole source awards.
Beginning on October 15, 2020, concerns may no longer self-certify as a Women-Owned Small...more
SBA’s final rule extends the measurement period from three to five years for contractors under receipts-based size standards to determine eligibility as a small business for federal procurements, including set-aside...more
12/12/2019
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Small Business Runway Extension Act
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
The Act extends from three to five years the “look-back” period for determining whether a government contractor qualifies as a small business based on its average annual revenue. A recent GAO decision held that the Act will...more
The interim rule increases all small business revenue-based size standards, allowing many businesses to regain small business status or to remain a small business for longer.
SBA is increasing the revenue-based size...more
SBA’s proposed rule extends the measurement period from three to five years for contractors under revenue-based size standards to determine eligibility as a small business for federal procurement, including set-aside...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
1/30/2019
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Buy American Act ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
NDAA ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Service Contract Act ,
Set-Asides ,
Small Business
The Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 extends the measurement period from three to at least five years for contractors under revenue-based size standards to determine small business eligibility.
The Runway Act...more
The FY 2019 NDAA requires DoD study multiple protest filings, and develop a plan for an expedited protest process for small contracts.
Congress is concerned about the delays caused by bid protests that have been filed at...more