Bid Protests: Seven Things Every Contractor Should Know
Presenter: Tony Franco at the Nationals Veterans Small Business Conference in St. Louis
Presenter: Tony Franco at the Nationals Veterans Small Business Conference in St. Louis
Last Friday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued the long-awaited final rule implementing provisions of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (“Jobs Act”) pertaining to small business size and status integrity. The new rule, while softened from the proposed rule, implements a strict standard with wide-ranging consequences for contractors representing their size or status under the System for Award Management (“SAM”) database or submitting a proposal under a solicitation reserved or intended for small businesses or businesses participating . . . Read More
Presenters: Pam Mazza, Cy Alba and Katie Flood
Presented by Pam Mazza and Cy Alba at the 2013 Veteran Entrepreneur Training Symposium
Presented by Pam Mazza at the 2013 Veterans Entrepreneur Training Symposium
On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, seeking comments on how to improve the regulations governing the VA’s Verification Program for SDVOSBs and VOSBs. See 78 Fed. Reg. 27882 (May 13, 2013). The VA is planning to amend its regulations to provide greater clarity, to streamline the verification program, and to encourage more veteran-owned firms to participate in the program. As an . . . Read More