New SBA Rule Imposes Stricter Standards Affecting Size and Status Representations
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
Subcontracting to mentors: a growing risk? – Tony Franco, Alex Levine, Set-Aside Alert
Understanding the Limitations on Subcontracting: Where They Are Now, and Where They Are Headed
VA Seeks Comments on How to Improve its SDVOSB Regulations
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
Agreement to Agree, or Not to Agree? That Is the Question When Entering into a Teaming Agreement – Jon Williams, Set-Aside Aler
SBA Issues Amendment to WOSB Regulations Lifting Limitation on Dollar Amounts
On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued an amendment to its women-owned small business (“WOSB”) federal contract program regulations which lifted the limitation on the dollar amount of a contract that can be set aside for WOSBs. See 78 Fed. Reg. 26504 (May 7, 2013). This amendment takes immediate effect.
One size does not fit all: Beware of “boilerplate” contract provisions – Paul Mengel, Set-Aside Alert
PilieroMazza Legal Advisor – Second Quarter 2013
In This Issue: Beware of “Boilerplate” When Drafting Contract Provisions PilieroMazza Seminars and Events Lowest Price Technically Acceptable: It Doesn’t Work for Your Retirement Plan Either Risks of Delaying Your Debriefing Until After Award HUBZone Designation Update
Written testimony for the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Right-Sized: How a Contractor and its Outside Counsel Adjusted a GSA Schedule BPA RFQ to the Appropriate Size Standard
An article by Jon Williams and Alex Levine’s published in February’s Contract Management Magazine. Last summer, we helped a contractor with a case that had all of the plot twists of a Hollywood blockbuster. The case involved an RFQ for a blanket purchase agreement (“BPA”) under a GSA Schedule Contract. There were multiple Special Item Numbers (“SINs”) on the schedule, with different NAICS codes and size standards. The procuring agency issued the RFQ as a total set-aside for small businesses, . . . Read More