DOT’s New DBE Utilization Rules
The Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) new Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) regulations went into effect on November 3. These new rules will have a significant impact on the highway construction industry, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. Because so many small disadvantaged businesses also participate in the DBE program, it is important that they stay abreast of these new regulations. The DOT considered the revisions to be a minor adjustment to the old rules, but they actually have a . . . Read More
Managing and Incentivizing Employees – Sharing in the Upside While Protecting the Company’s Downside – A WIPP Give Me Five Webinar
Presented by Nichole Atallah
Small Business Legislative and Regulatory Update
Presented by Tony Franco and Peter Ford. For the National Veterans Small Business Engagement (NVSBE)
19th Annual Government Contracting Update
Presented by Pamela Mazza and Jon Williams of PilieroMazza at Dixon Hughes Goodman
Bid Protests – Seven Things Every Contractor Should Know
Presented by Tony Franco and Peter Ford. For the National Veterans Small Business Engagement (NVSBE)
Comprehensive Joint Venture Agreements
In Partnership with the National Center for Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) Presented by Tony Franco and Peter Ford. For the National Veterans Small Business Engagement (NVSBE)
SAM’s New Ownership Disclosure Requirements
The System for Award Management (“SAM”) administrator recently issued a new requirement for identification of your entity’s ownership in order to maintain an active registration in SAM. The notice, which was issued Nov. 1, informs small business owners of new ownership questions that are now required to be answered in order to keep their SAM registration active. The notice is included below: Effective November 1, 2014, a new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 4.18 – Commercial and Government Entity Code . . . Read More
Finally! Sole Source Authority for the WOSB Program
By Megan Connor On December 2, 2014, the House Armed Services Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee released the text of an agreement they have reached on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2015 (“NDAA”). Section 825 of the FY 2015 NDAA creates, for the first time, sole source authority for small business concerns owned and controlled by women. This legislation will bring parity to the WOSB Program which, until now, was the only small business procurement program without sole source authority. WOSBs will not see the impact immediately. . . . Read More
Court Ruling Confirms that SDVOSB Contractors Possess Procedural Due Process Rights Against Adverse Eligibility Determinations
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affair’s (“VA”) Center for Veterans Enterprise (“CVE”) has a tough and sometimes thankless job. Its role is to serve as a “gatekeeper” for VA contracting programs for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses (“SDVOSB”), so that purported SDVOSBs which are, in fact, no such thing or are otherwise ineligible, do not receive benefits under these programs. Even so, it is no secret that legitimate and eligible SDVOSBs have sometimes had unexpected and significant difficulties with CVE in . . . Read More
Court of Federal Claims Affirms Due Process Rights for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
By Brian Wilbourn The United States Court of Federal Claims recently issued an important decision affirming the due process rights of Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (“SDVOSBs”). The case, AmBuild Company, LLC v. United States (Fed. Cl., Oct. 2014), involved an SDVOSB that had been decertified without first giving the company notice and an opportunity to respond to the specific compliance issue on which the decertification was based. AmBuild Company, LLC (“AmBuild”) was the awardee under a SDVOSB set-aside solicitation issued . . . Read More