Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 12, 2019

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW This Project Is Behind Schedule – What Is a Contractor to Do?, August 6, 2019, Michelle Litteken Construction projects rarely, if ever, go precisely as planned. One of the most common issues government contractors face is falling behind schedule. A schedule is developed, and then the contractor is confronted with differing site conditions, changes, or a litany of other causes of delay. The contract completion date that seemed easily achievable when performance began may now appear to . . . Read More

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 23, 2019

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link. SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES CLIENT ALERT: SBA to Increase Size Standards with Inflationary Adjustment, July 17, 2019, Megan Connor On July 18, 2019, SBA issued an interim final rule increasing the receipts-based size standards for inflation. An unpublished version of the rule is available here. The change should be effective August 17, 2019, 30 days after the scheduled publication of the rulemaking. Comments to the rule . . . Read More

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 16, 2019

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link. SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES PilieroMazza Submits Comments in Response to RIN 3245-AG75, Proposed Rule on Women-Owned Small Business and Economically Disadvantage Women-Owned Small Business Certification Authors, Pamela Mazza, Megan Connor, Katie Flood, Meghan Leemon, Patrick Burns, Francis Massaro, July 15, 2019 [Read More] Please also see PilieroMazza’s May 15, 2019 blog “SBA Proposes to Implement Certification Requirement for WOSB/EDWOSBs and Revise Economic Disadvantage Criteria for 8(a) . . . Read More

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 8, 2019

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW Long-Awaited Proposed Rule for Lower-Tier Subcontracting Plan Credit Finally Arrives to the FAR, June 28, 2019, Kathryn Flood. The FAR Council is beginning to catch up with the SBA’s allowance that prime contractors with small business subcontracting plans may take credit for lower-tier small business subcontracting—albeit, three years behind schedule. PilieroMazza attorneys will monitor and report on these developments, which could affect prime contractors and . . . Read More

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 1, 2019

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link. SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES SBA Issues Proposed Rule Changing Receipts Calculation to 5 Years, Implementing Small Business Runway Extension Act, June 24, 2019, Megan Connor. On June 24, 2019, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published its long-awaited proposed rule changing the period of measurement for a receipts-based size calculation from three years to five years. This change was prompted by the Small Business Runway Extension Act . . . Read More

BLOG: Long-Awaited Proposed Rule for Lower-Tier Subcontracting Plan Credit Finally Arrives to the FAR

The FAR Council is beginning to catch up with the SBA’s allowance that prime contractors with small business subcontracting plans may take credit for lower-tier small business subcontracting—albeit, three years behind schedule. PilieroMazza attorneys will monitor and report on these developments, which could affect prime contractors and their subcontracting plan reporting, as well as their ability to win and maintain government contracts. In 2016, SBA issued its final rule implementing directives found in the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to . . . Read More

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – June 21, 2019

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link. SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES Small Business Administration – The SBA issued a proposed rule amending and updating its regulations for the 7(a) Loan Program. The proposed rule will implement the Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 and update the SBA’s regulations pertaining to supervision of all lenders participating in SBA’s business loan programs. Comments to the proposed rule are due August 20, 2019. . . . Read More

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – June 14, 2019

If you have any questions concerning the content below, please visit this link. FALSE CLAIMS ACT Department of Justice – The DOJ announced that Richard Moore, the owner of Carolina Sodding Services, LLC, and Carolina Enterprises of the Lowcountry, LLC, agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve allegations that he and his companies violated the False Claims Act by submitting false invoices for materials that were never provided and false certifications that his companies were women-owned businesses. DOJ FCA investigations . . . Read More