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Procurement Guidelines

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The Small Business Administration is a United States federal agency established in 1953 by the Small Business Act. The SBA is dedicated to assisting and supporting small business and entreprenuers. The SBA carries out its mission through a variety of programs including providing financial and federal contract procurement assistance, management assistance, and specialized outreach to women, minorities and armed forces veterans. less -

SBA to Increase Size Standards and Program Thresholds Due to Inflation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/21/2022

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently published a final rule on its 2019 interim final rule that adjusted monetary-based industry size standards (i.e., receipts- and assets based) for inflation which has...more

SBA Proposes Revisions to Ownership and Control Requirements for the 8(a) Business Development Program

PilieroMazza PLLC on 10/24/2022

As PilieroMazza noted recently here, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a major proposed rulemaking that will impact government contractors, primarily those that are participants in the 8(a) Business Development...more

SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors

PilieroMazza PLLC on 10/28/2020

SBA recently issued a final rule that will impact joint ventures, the mentor protégé program, the 8(a) program, and much more. PilieroMazza believes the final rule will largely simplify procedures for small businesses...more

[Webinar] SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors - October 28th, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

PilieroMazza PLLC on 10/19/2020

Small Business Runway Act Regulation Goes Into Effect – You May Have a Choice in How to Calculate Your Size

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters on 1/10/2020

Being a small business can have its advantages. Federal procurement rules provide that certain contracting opportunities may be set-aside for small business competition. Small businesses also may be exempt from certain...more

Substantively Non-Protestable Issues (Post-Award Protest Primer #8)

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 9/14/2017

In our last post, we discussed a few procedural rules that can exclude an otherwise meritorious ground from protest. There are also a number of substantive issues that the GAO’s rules exclude from review. See 4 C.F.R. §...more

NAICS Code Appeals: One Size Does Not Fit All

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 9/12/2017

The federal government sets aside many contracts for small businesses, but not all small business set-asides are created equal. Instead, different size standards define small business status for different procurements. The...more

SBA Closes the Door on Resellers of Major Commercial Software

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/16/2016

On January 26, 2016, SBA issued its final rule regarding proposed size standard increases to numerous NAICS codes, but one thing that could impact many IT contractors is the new requirement and/or clarification from SBA that...more

A Tale of Two Protests: Itemized SBA JV Agreements and Dependence on a Large Business Determination Not Upheld

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/10/2015

Recently, two Small Business cases that came out that are notable. Both protests affect Small Business Administration interpretation and application of affiliation rules. The first protest defeated a joint venture agreement...more

Proposed FAR Changes To Implement SBA Small Business Subcontracting Rules

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/16/2015

DOD, GSA, and NASA have proposed a number of changes to the FAR to implement changes made by the Small Business Administration in 2013 regarding small business subcontracting goals and plans. While the proposed FAR changes...more

Disruptive Changes on the Horizon for Federal COTS Software Supply

Blank Rome LLP on 2/20/2015

Action Item: Firms making commercial off-the-shelf ("COTS") software sold to the federal government, or reselling COTS software to the federal government, should respond to the SBA’s recent proposed rule or risk a loss of...more

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