Roadmap to Joint Venture Agreements: Legal and Accounting Considerations
SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors
Half an inch. That is what stood between a health care contractor and a slice of a $260 million Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) procurement. Not a missed deadline, not a small-business misstep, not a price gaffe—half...more
The Army’s Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) procurement represents one of the most significant professional services contracting opportunities in recent years....more
On March 6, 2026, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) posted a proposed clause setting forth terms and conditions for artificial intelligence (AI) under GSA multiple award schedule (MAS) contracts. The clause,...more
Key Takeaways: The VA has launched its next-generation Community Care Network procurement, with proposals due March 16, 2026. The multiple-award IDIQ will recompete contracts that administer roughly 40% of VA care....more
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) in June 2025 announced the expansion of transactional data reporting (TDR) to 62 new product and cloud services Special Item Numbers (SINs) and...more
What: On January 22, 2026, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from industry regarding the role of value added resellers (VARs) in the federal government’s...more
The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) grace period for implementation of its new recertification regulations ended as of January 17, 2026. As we previously advised, last year SBA substantially rewrote its recertification...more
The Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) of the General Services Administration (GSA) revealed on October 17, 2025, that it will issue a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 “refresh” sometime in November...more
On September 26, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council released the much-anticipated rewrite of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19, formerly titled Small Business Programs, as part of the broader...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council recently released its long-awaited overhaul of FAR Part 19, the section governing small business programs. While the rewrite is part of the Trump administration’s broader...more
As part of its Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council (FAR Council) on Sept. 26, 2025, issued its long-awaited update to FAR Part 19, which governs the small business program. FAR Part 19...more
The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On September 26, 2025, it released its revisions to FAR Part 19, Small Business Programs. ...more
In Addx Corp., B-423633, July 23, 2025, Addx protested the Air Force’s issuance of a task order to KL3 LLC under the OASIS+ small business IDIQ contract. Addx challenged both the evaluation of its proposal and an alleged...more
Join us for a webinar on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) revised recertification rules and the potential impacts on your (or your investment target’s) multiple-award contracts....more
Effective January 16, 2025, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule intended to close what SBA considered to be a long-standing loophole in its size recertification rules that allowed a large business to...more
We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. We previously discussed SBA’s changes to the effect of recertifications under multiple award...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Dec. 17, 2024, issued a Final Rule that substantially changes the effect of recertifications of size and socioeconomic status under set-aside contracts following the merger or...more
On December 17, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued a Final Rule (“Rule") that will dramatically change the landscape for the Merger and Acquisition (“M&A”) market for both large and small businesses....more
In August, the Small Business Administration ("SBA") issued a proposed rule that included significant and sweeping changes to its regulations, including to its rules on joint ventures, mentor-protégé, HUBZones, and others....more
The final rule, which takes effect January 16, 2025, could significantly affect small and large businesses considering any merger and acquisition (M&A) activity—and timing will be critical. In a major change, contractors...more
On September 17, 2024, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the General Services Administration (GSA) released its Audit Plan for the 2025 fiscal year, which includes, among other activities, certain, and potentially...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule on Oct. 24, 2024, expanding federal agencies’ ability to give preference to small businesses on task and delivery orders issued under multiple-award...more
The US Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued a proposed rule impacting the ability of small business government contractors to continue performance of set-aside awards following a merger or acquisition. The...more
On October 25, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a proposed rule to implement recommendations from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy’s memorandum “Increasing Small Business Participation on...more
WHAT: On October 25, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule to revise sections of SBA’s regulations (13 C.F.R. Part 125) to apply the Rule of Two to multiple-award contract task and delivery...more