SBA HUBZone “Legacy Employee” Grace Period Ends: 3 Changes Affecting Recertification in 2022

As part of sweeping changes to the HUBZone rules in the 2019 Final Rule , SBA implemented the so-called HUBZone “legacy employee” rule.  This new rule was welcomed by HUBZone firms because it permits them to continue counting an employee as a HUBZone employee even after the employee moves out of a HUBZone, as long as certain requirements are satisfied.  Specifically, to qualify as a HUBZone legacy employee, the rule requires that an employee (i) reside in a HUBZone for at least 180 . . . Read More

SBA Awards $1.1 Million to Support Native American-Owned Small Businesses

Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced on December 15, 2021, that SBA’s Office of Native American Affairs awarded $1.1 million in grants and contracts to seven entities which will provide business development services, management, and technical assistance to Native American-owned small businesses across the country.  This monetary investment is a step in the right direction to help native-owned, small-business government contractors gain access to contracting opportunities.   Ms. Guzman stated that “[n]ative-owned small businesses are vital to our shared economic . . . Read More

SBA Proposes to Change Two Key Size Standard Calculations

The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued a proposed rule that would change two size standard calculations. First, SBA is proposing to use a 24-month period, as opposed to the current 12-month period, for calculating employees under employee-based size standards. Second, the proposed rule would allow companies in SBA loan programs to utilize a 5-year average or a 3-year average when calculating average annual receipts (AAR). Comments on these proposals are due by December 2, 2021. Below are key details regarding SBA’s . . . Read More

Govcon Giants Podcast: Meghan Leemon Offers Insights on SBA’s Suspension of Bona Fide Place of Business Requirements for 8(a) Construction Contracts

Govcon Giants’ podcast host Eric Coffie recently spoke with PilieroMazza ’s Meghan Leemon where she offered insights on the all-new, effective immediately, SBA policy to suspend bona fide place of business requirements for 8(a) construction contracts.  Meghan covers what is a bona fide office, why was it created, and how it impacts small businesses.  The discussion also goes into other rules and changes recently implemented that may affect small business government contractors.   Meghan is a member of PilieroMazza’s Government Contracts Group where she counsels businesses on . . . Read More

Washington Business Journal: PilieroMazza’s Cy Alba Discusses How DCSA’s Rejection of an SBA Facility Clearance Regulation Impacts Small Businesses

In the excerpt below from the Washington Business Journal article “What the DCSA’s Rejection of an SBA Regulation Means for Your Business,” PilieroMazza ’s Cy Alba , a partner in the Firm’s Government Contracts Group , discusses how the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s refusal to follow a new Small Business Administration facility clearance mandate impacts small businesses, joint ventures, and the overall federal marketplace. To view the full article, please visit this link . On November 16, 2020, a slew of Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations . . . Read More

CVE’s SDVOSB and VOSB Verification to Transfer to SBA January 1, 2023

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that the functions of its Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) will be fully transferred to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on January 1, 2023. The CVE certifies service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) and veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB) to compete for set-aside and sole-source contracts under the VA’s Veterans First Contracting Program, which—with some exceptions—currently operates independently of SBA’s SDVOSB program. This transfer will eliminate the VA’s separate SDVOSB and VOSB . . . Read More