SBA Proposes Significant Changes to Small Business Procurement: Will You Be Impacted?
Presented By Antonio Franco and Sam Finnerty Click here to view the recorded session. On December 4, 2018, the SBA issued a proposed rule that includes a number of sweeping amendments to the SBA’s regulations which will have a significant impact on small businesses. The proposed rule addresses important matters for small businesses, such as the limitations on subcontracting requirements and exclusions for compliance purposes, and requirements for size and status recertification. The SBA is also clarifying when size is determined, and . . . Read More
WEBINAR: SBA Proposes Significant Changes to Small Business Procurement: Will You Be Impacted?
SBA Information Notice Provides Guidance on SBA’s Interpretation of the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018
We recently wrote about the Small Business Runway Extension Act (Runway Extension Act), which President Trump signed into law on December 17, 2018. Under the Runway Extension Act, for industries with receipts-based size standards, the size of a firm is to be measured based on its average annual gross receipts over the previous five years (extended from the previously used three-year period). Missing from the Runway Extension Act is any explicit directive as to when the new five-year calculation takes effect, . . . Read More
Comments Submitted in Response to SBA’s Proposed Rule on the HUBZone Program, RIN 3245-AG38
On December 27, 2018, PilieroMazza submitted comments to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s proposed rule regarding changes to the HUBZone Program. The proposed rule outlines a comprehensive overhaul to the program’s current eligibility and compliance requirements.
SBA Proposes Significant Changes to Its Small Business Regulations
On December 4, 2018, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued a proposed rule (“Rule”) to implement several provisions of the National Defense Authorization Acts (“NDAA”) of 2016 and 2017 and the Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster Act of 2015 (“RISE Act”), as well as other clarifying amendments. The Rule will likely garner a lot of attention in the coming weeks, as it proposes a number of sweeping amendments that could have a significant impact on small business government contracting. . . . Read More
Big Changes Are Coming for SBA’s HUBZone Program
For the first time in 20 years, SBA is proposing an extensive overhaul of its regulations for the HUBZone program. SBA recognizes the difficulty firms face getting into and staying in the HUBZone program, so they are revising the HUBZone rules to provide greater certainty to HUBZone applicants and participants. The proposed rule would reduce the regulatory burdens imposed on HUBZone small business concerns and on government agencies by eliminating ambiguities in the regulations and making it easier for HUBZone . . . Read More
VIP Webinar – SBA’s New Rules for SDVOSBs: What You Need to Know
Effective October 1, 2018: SBA Issues Final Rule Regarding Ownership and Control Requirements for SDVOSBs
Recently, I wrote a blog detailing the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) final rule on verification guidelines for veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), which provides that the VA will use the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) regulations. Just three days before taking effect, SBA issued its final rule on Ownership and Control of SDVOSB Concerns, amending its regulations relating to ownership and control for VOSBs and SDVOSBs. For context and background, I also wrote about SBA’s proposed rule earlier . . . Read More