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On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued initial guidance to implement the Executive Order Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs. ...more
As many of our readers know, the ostensible subcontractor rule is one way in which the Small Business Administration (SBA) can find affiliation between a small business and one of its subcontractors, potentially resulting in...more
On February 19, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) denied an appeal from an unsuccessful bidder who argued the awardee was large due to an acquisition that occurred while the award was pending. OHA found that Small...more
We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. Today, we focus on revisions to the regulations governing size protests and requests for formal...more
On October 25, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a proposed rule to mandate a Rule of Two analysis for most task and delivery order competitions, except under Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. ...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) has yet again clarified that a company’s size change in connection with a merger-and-acquisition event generally does not prevent the company from...more
On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a direct final rule eliminating self-certification for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) when considering contracts for agency...more
The U.S. Government Accountability Office decision, In the Matter of Steiner Construction Company, Inc., B-421254.9 (December 4, 2023), is a good reminder that timing counts when determining eligibility for small business...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Federal News Network Quotes PilieroMazza’s Cy Alba on Re-Release of Polaris RFP - Cy Alba, a partner in PilieroMazza’s Government Contracts Group, recently discussed the re-release of the Polaris...more
It’s not always clear where the applicability of one law or rule should stop and the applicability of another should begin. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in Becton, Dickinson and Company,...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
On June 13-14, the National 8(a) Association held its annual summer conference in Anchorage, Alaska. The conference included useful programs on a variety of topics of interest to tribal, Alaska Native Corporations (ANC), and...more
This update is a brief synopsis of a case that held, if there is not a certain FAR provision addressing subcontracting limitations in a set aside contract for small business, there is not a mandatory duty to comply with the...more
In a decision issued last year, the GAO denied the protest of Maersk Line, Limited, of Norfolk, Virginia (“Maersk”), a large business, which challenged the decision of the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command...more