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Federal Drive with Tom Temin Interviews PilieroMazza’s Kevin Barnett on DOD Rule Updating SPRS Assessment Process for Federal...

PilieroMazza PLLC on 6/19/2023

The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requiring Contracting Officers to use Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) assessments when...more

SBA 8(a) Program Regulatory Changes: Limitations on Subcontracting

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 6/12/2023

On April 27th, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a final rule making changes to the regulations governing the 8(a) program. This final rule is SBA’s implementation of the proposed rules issued by the...more

Ostensible Clarity: SBA Rule Addresses Ostensible Subcontractor Rule in General Construction Contracts and DoverStaffing Factors

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 6/2/2023

In a previous post, we mentioned the April 27, 2023 Small Business Administration (SBA) Final Rule, which made a number of revisions to the Small Business Regulations. A few of those revisions relate to the Ostensible...more

SBA 8(a) Program Regulatory Changes: Ostensible Subcontractor Rule ‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 6/1/2023

On April 27th, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a final rule making changes to the regulations governing its 8(a) program. This final rule is SBA’s implementation of the proposed rules issued by the SBA...more

Final Rule Makes Host of Changes to SBA Regulations

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/26/2023

On April 27, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule which, effective May 30, will make a number of changes to the SBA regulations impacting small businesses. The regulations, finalizing the proposed rule...more

Summary of New Changes to the SBA’s 8(a) Regulations

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 5/3/2023

The final rule is currently scheduled to go into effect on May 27, 2023 On April 27th, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a final rule making changes to the regulations governing the 8(a) program....more

DOD, GSA, and NASA Update FAR to Provide for Accelerated Payments to Small Businesses and to Conform to SBA Regulations

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 2/23/2023

In the past week, there were several important updates made to the Federal Acquisition Regulations by the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space...more

FAR Council Issues Final Rule on Accelerated Payments to Small Businesses

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/16/2023

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council recently published a final rule to implement a policy that provides for accelerated payments to small business prime contractors and small business subcontractors. This...more

Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider

Venable LLP on 1/6/2023

Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. Regulatory Updates - The FAR Council has proposed to amend the FAR...more

SBA JV Agreements: Continued Awareness is Key to Avoiding Compliance Risks

Maynard Nexsen on 11/23/2022

As many contractors have known for quite some time, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) regulations provide detailed requirements for joint venture agreements, and failure to meet any of the regulatory requirements...more

New SBA Rule Enhances Past Performance Opportunities for Small Businesses

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/11/2022

On August 22, 2022, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will implement a final rule that provides two new methods by which small businesses can obtain past performance credit when competing for federal prime...more

SBA Expands Past Performance Universe for Small Businesses

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/26/2022

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued a final rule that provides two new methods for small business government contractors to obtain past performance ratings to be used in support of offers on prime...more

Small Business Administration Changed Its Calculation Period for Employee-Based Size Standards

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/12/2022

On July 6, 2022, the Small Business Administration (SBA) changed its rules for calculating size based on the number of employees from a 12-month calculation period to 24 months (87 Fed. Reg. 34094 (the Final Rule))....more

The FAR’s Revised Limitations on Subcontracting: What You Need to Know

PilieroMazza PLLC on 9/10/2021

On August 11, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a final rule revising and standardizing the limitations on subcontracting (LOS), including the nonmanufacturer rule, that apply to small...more

At Long Last...The FAR Catches up on Limitations on Subcontracting!

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 8/19/2021

On August 10, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued a final rule, revising the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) relating to the limitations on prime contractors’ ability to subcontract on small business...more

FAR Council Publishes Three Final Rules Aimed at Boosting Small Business Contracting

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/13/2021

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published three final rules on Aug. 11, 2021, amending the FAR to implement changes mandated by various National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs) and to homogenize the FAR...more

FAR Limitation on Subcontracting Rules Are Finally Here!

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/12/2021

In 2016, the Small Business Administration (SBA) updated its regulations pertaining to limitations on subcontracting. Five years later, on August 11, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council finally followed...more

Bye Bye 8(a) MPP and Hello to New Small Business Rules!

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/11/2020

In October, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a final rule entitled “Consolidation of Mentor-Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments,” which went into effect on November 16, 2020....more

SBA Issues Wide-Ranging Final Rule Addressing Government Contracting Programs

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 10/19/2020

The Small Business Administration (SBA) today issued a significant final rule addressing numerous issues of interest to Federal contractors. With one exception, the rule will take effect on November 16, 2020. We anticipate...more

SBA to Enact Significant Changes to Small Business Regulations Before 2020: Everything You Need to Know - Set-Aside Alert

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/20/2019

On Nov. 29, the Small Business Administration issued a final rule that will implement several provisions of the National Defense Authorization Acts of 2016 and 2017 and of the “RISE Act” of 2015, as well as other clarifying...more

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Federal Drive with Tom Temin Interviews PilieroMazza’s Kevin Barnett on DOD Rule Updating SPRS Assessment Process for Federal...

SBA 8(a) Program Regulatory Changes: Limitations on Subcontracting

Ostensible Clarity: SBA Rule Addresses Ostensible Subcontractor Rule in General Construction Contracts and DoverStaffing Factors

SBA 8(a) Program Regulatory Changes: Ostensible Subcontractor Rule ‎

Final Rule Makes Host of Changes to SBA Regulations

Summary of New Changes to the SBA’s 8(a) Regulations

DOD, GSA, and NASA Update FAR to Provide for Accelerated Payments to Small Businesses and to Conform to SBA Regulations

FAR Council Issues Final Rule on Accelerated Payments to Small Businesses

Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider

SBA JV Agreements: Continued Awareness is Key to Avoiding Compliance Risks

New SBA Rule Enhances Past Performance Opportunities for Small Businesses

SBA Expands Past Performance Universe for Small Businesses

Small Business Administration Changed Its Calculation Period for Employee-Based Size Standards

The FAR’s Revised Limitations on Subcontracting: What You Need to Know

At Long Last...The FAR Catches up on Limitations on Subcontracting!

FAR Council Publishes Three Final Rules Aimed at Boosting Small Business Contracting

FAR Limitation on Subcontracting Rules Are Finally Here!

Bye Bye 8(a) MPP and Hello to New Small Business Rules!

SBA Issues Wide-Ranging Final Rule Addressing Government Contracting Programs

SBA to Enact Significant Changes to Small Business Regulations Before 2020: Everything You Need to Know - Set-Aside Alert

SBA Issues Final Rule Impacting Small Business Regulations

Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update - May/June 2019

DoD, GSA and NASA Issue Proposed Rule Addressing Credit for Lower-Tier Small Business Subcontracting

DoD Issues a Limitations on Subcontracting Class Deviation; FAR Revisions Proposed

Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2016 #4

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