Nonpayment of Subcontractors: Can Subcontractors Get Any Help From the Government?
On October 5, the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) issued a joint notice (Joint Notice) with the Small Business Association (SBA) and in coordination with the Department of Defense (DOD) clarifying that the...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
The Court of Federal Claims (COFC) recently affirmed that agencies are required to apply the “Rule of Two” to all federal acquisitions in its decision of Tolliver Grp., Inc. v. United States. Further, agencies must give a...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
Recent developments in small business procurement policy indicate that the government’s increase in the amount of contract awards to small businesses is likely to continue. The government exceeded its 23 percent small...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
In a Memorandum Opinion issued on June 17, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia applied the so-called "presumed loss" rule to assess the full contract value as the measure of the government’s loss for...more
Why it matters - In recent remarks at the State Small Business Credit Initiative Conference, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry discussed the state of small business credit programs, emphasizing the “crucial...more
8(A) Subcontracting Limitations: Continued Noncompliance with Monitoring Requirements Signals Need for Regulatory Change - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted a study to review how federal agencies...more
On June 25, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued and certified, as required by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010...more