SBA Size Standards Under the Microscope
?SBA’s size standards are one of the agency’s most important metrics. The size standards draw a bright line between small and large businesses for each industry by NAICS code. A firm that is below the size standard for its industry is eligible to pursue federal contracts and programs reserved for small businesses. And small businesses are also exempt from other rules that would otherwise apply to federal contractors. So how and where SBA draws the size line for each industry . . . Read More
Transactional Data Reporting: Brave New World
By Katie Flood As part of its Category Management initiative, the U.S. General Services Administration (“GSA”) has piloted the Transactional Data Reporting rule (“TDR”), which is meant to provide a greater degree of transparency into the federal and commercial marketplace practices of GSA Schedule contractors. The TDR is meant to remove burdensome tracking and reporting supplier requirements from the Price Reductions Clause (“PRC”) and Commercial Sales Practices (“CSP”), as contractors will now be required to report data on a transactional . . . Read More
The Weekly Update February 24, 2017
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS Procedural Rules and Regulations The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) amended its procedural rules and regulations to (1) reflect modern technology, such as E-Filing, and eliminate references to telegraphs, carbon copies, and the requirements for hard copy submissions and multiple copies; (2) use more plain language and eliminate legalistic terms such as “therefrom,” “thereupon,” “therein,” “herein,” and “said;” (3) reorganize the rules and add headings so that the subject matter is easier to find; (4) incorporate current practices . . . Read More
Identity of Interest Affiliation: Everything You Need to Know
Identity of Interest Affiliation: Everything You Need to Know
Presented by Jon Williams and Julia Di Vito Click here to view the recorded session
2016 GAO Bid Protest Annual Report: Sustain Rate Hits Nine Year High, Up More Than 10 percent from 2015
By Megan Connor This article originally appeared in the First Quarter Legal Advisor. GAO recently released its annual report to Congress, which included data concerning its protest filings for the fiscal year 2016. Based on the data, 2016 was a historic year. GAO not only decided more cases on the merits in 2016 than in any prior year, dating back to 2001, but it also sustained more cases in 2016 than in any year during that same period. It is . . . Read More
Small Business Update & SBA s New Mentor-Protege Program
Presented by Jon Williams
Small Business Valuation — What Is It And Why Does It Matter?
By Michael A. de Gennaro Government contractors who have built successful businesses over a period of time often neglect to answer one simple question until very late in the game. The question, “What is my business worth?” has far-reaching implications and comes up in a number of scenarios, such as the sale of the contractor’s business, the creation of long-term incentive plans for employees, estate/business succession planning, and death/divorce of an owner. At least monthly, we receive a call from . . . Read More
SBA s New Mentor-Protege Program
Presented by Jon Williams at FDA HUBZone Industry Day
Keep an Eye Out for Identity of Interest Affiliation
By Julia Di Vito Anyone who does business with a small business government contractor will always want to be aware of any potential bases for affiliation that might arise. However, the so-called “identity of interest” affiliation, as described in 13 C.F.R. § 121.103(f), is a particularly easy type of affiliation for a firm to have and not even realize it. It is important to be aware of the way identity of interest affiliation can be found and how to avoid . . . Read More