Devon Hewitt Writes on Sequestration’s Effect on Small Businesses
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Small Business Contracting Update 2013
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Key Pending and Proposed Regulatory Actions Affecting Small Businesses
Pending Small Business Regulatory Actions:
Acquisition Process: Task and Delivery Order Contracts, Bundling, Consolidation, 77 Fed. Reg. 29130 (May 16, 2012) (Proposed Rule).
- Authorizes set-asides of orders issued under Multiple Award Contracts including those on the GSA Schedule; discusses process
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Key Small Business Provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013
Section 1641 – Small Business Mentor-Protégé Program
- Authorizes SBA to establish a Mentor-Protégé Program for small businesses
- Small business Mentor-Protgege Program should be “identical” to 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program
- Agencies other than SBA cannot establish a Mentor-Protégé Program unless the agency
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Bid Protest News You Can Use
On November 13, the Government Accountability Office made its annual report to Congress which includes the hotly anticipated bid protest statistics report. Ok, not so hotly anticipated, but it is always interesting. Also included in the annual report is a …
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Federal Court Denies Aldevra-Type Protest
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, the US Court of Federal Claims issued a much-anticipated decision in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States. Kingdomware filed a protest at the Court challenging the VA’s use of the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) …
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Final Rule Issued Re: Reporting Executive Compensation
On July 26, 2012, the FAR Council issued a final rule entitled “Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.” The final rule follows an interim rule issued on the same subject on July 8, 2010. Both the interim and final …
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Air Force Lifts Booz Allen Suspension
On February 6 of this year, the Air Force proposed for debarment the San Antonio office of Booz Allen. The Air Force proposed the San Antonio office for debarment because a former Air Force official who joined Booz Allen brought …
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Small Business Contracting Legislative Update
March has been a busy month for the House Small Business Committee. In the last month, the committee has reported out over ten separate pieces of legislation affecting small business government contractors. What is particularly noteworthy is that all these …
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GAO Releases Its FY 2011 Bid Protest Statistics
Every year the General Accounting Office publishes statistics regarding bid protests filed with GAO the previous fiscal year. Yesterday, GAO released those statistics for FYs 2007-2011. These statistics show some interesting trends.
There was an 2% increase in protests filed …