Nonpayment of Subcontractors: Can Subcontractors Get Any Help From the Government?
In April 2022, opportunity zone (OZ) legislation — H.R. 7467 or the Opportunity Zones Improvement, Transparency and Extension Act — was introduced, but not enacted. Among other items, that legislation included proposals to...more
This month's bid protest spotlight focuses on one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision and two U.S. Government Accountability Office decisions. While all three protests were unsuccessful, each serves as a different...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
On November 27, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a Proposed Rule to revise the small business size standards for businesses in five North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) sectors in an...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
Effective August 19, 2019, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has updated and increased the monetary-based size standards (i.e. receipts-based and assets-based size standards). The SBA announced this change back in...more
The “Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018,” which would expand the period of measurement for small business status from three years to five, is one step closer to becoming law, having recently passed the House and...more