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The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”) is expected to finalize as many as nine regulations in the upcoming year. One of the most interesting of the proposed rules would require prime contractors to accelerate payments to small business contractors.

FAR council issued notice of this proposed rule on December 19, 2012. The proposed rule…

Since 2010, when the VA instituted its process to verify service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses, we have received call after call from companies that have been denied verification. Denial, of course, can have a devastating effect. Without receiving verified status, a company cannot qualify for contracts set-aside by the VA for SDVOSB companies. Many times, when…

We recently posted an article discussing changes to the limitations on subcontracting rules for small business federal contractors.  The changes were marshaled in by Congress as part of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA” or “the Act”), which actually includes a number of other changes affecting small business contractors.  Several of those changes are…

For many Veterans and Service-Disabled Veterans attempting to do business with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the hope outlined in the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (the “Act”) has largely been elusive.  The Act called for the VA to give “priority to [] small business concern[s] owned and controlled by…

On January 3, President Obama signed into law the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA” or “the Act”).   The Act seeks to change a number of acquisition provisions applicable to contractors doing business with the federal government.

One important change involves the limitation on subcontracting rules relating to small businesses.  The NDAA calls for changes…

By: Edward T. DeLisle & Maria L. Panichelli

Yesterday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) proposed certain size standard changes, which could expand the number of contractors eligible for “small” business status in relation to construction contracts under NAICS Code 23.

Specifically, the SBA issued a proposed rule that would increase the size standard…

By: Edward T. DeLisle & Maria L. Panichelli

Last year, after over a decade of discussion, the Small Business Administration (SBA) finally implemented a federal contracting program specifically designed to assist small businesses owned by women. This program authorizes contracting officers to set aside federal contracts for eligible WOSBs (woman-owned small businesses) and EDWOSBs (economically…

By: Edward T. DeLisle & Maria L. Panichelli

In a recent opinion, SDVOSB Appeal of Rush-Link One Joint Venture, SBA No. VET-228 (2012), the United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) used two 8(a) program regulations, namely 13 C.F.R. § 124.106(g) and 13 C.F.R. § 124.3, to determine…

By: Edward T. DeLisle & Maria L. Panichelli

Eight bills aimed at assisting small businesses won approval in the House of Representatives on May 18, 2012. The bills include not only the Government Efficiency Through Small Business Contracting Act, the Small Business Advocate Act, the Subcontracting Transparency and Reliability Act, the Small Business Opportunity Act,…