SBA Orders Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Program: What You Should Do to Prepare -
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced an “immediate and full-scale audit” of its 8(a) business development program. The...more
The Rise of OTA in Defense Contracting, Part 4: Capitalizing on Consortia -
In this final blog of PilieroMazza’s blog series, “The Rise of OTA in Defense Contracting,” we discuss DOD’s authority to award OTs to consortia...more
The Rise of OTA in Defense Contracting, Part 1: Defense Acquisition Reform -
President Trump’s April 9, 2025, Executive Order Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation In the Defense Industrial Base (EO) is...more
On November 15, 2024, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a protest where a mentor-protégé joint venture offeror attempted to use the past experience of a wholly owned subsidiary of the protégé member to satisfy...more
The Senate approved the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY25 NDAA) on December 18, 2024. The bill is now on its way to the President’s desk for signature. Of particular note to federal defense contractors...more
On November 15, 2024, the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) affirmed the Area Office’s finding that a tribal-owned company was small due to the affiliation exceptions for tribal-owned...more
Corporate Transparency Act, Part 4: Reporting Requirements Temporarily Suspended -
As you may have been following, PilieroMazza previously reported on the requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the...more
12/6/2024
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Bid Protests ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
FinCEN ,
GAO ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SAM ,
SBA ,
U.S. Treasury ,
USPTO
7(a) Loan Approval for Borrowers with Unresolved COVID-19 Pandemic Loan Compliance Issues: On May 21, SBA’s OIG issued an inspection report assessing SBA’s 7(a) loan approval process for borrowers with unresolved pandemic...more
GAO’s recent decision in Marathon Medical Corporation provides a cautionary tale for government contractors seeking to protest the terms by which an agency conducts a procurement. Specifically, Marathon reinforces a...more
Department of Labor (DOL) Announces Final Rule to Modernize Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) -
The DOL announced the issuance of the final rule “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation” to update regulations that...more
8/17/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Mentor-Protege Program ,
SBA ,
Ukraine
BID PROTESTS -
GAO Sustains Protests of CIO-SP4 Procurement -
On June 29, 2023, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained protesters’ challenge of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National...more
The Court of Federal Claims (COFC) recently interpreted FAR Clause 52.204-7, which requires offerors to register in the System for Award Management (SAM), to indicate that even a slight lapse in a contractor’s SAM...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS -
Biden Proposes Emissions Reduction and Reporting Standards for Federal Contractors -
The Biden-Harris Administration recently published a proposed rule on Federal Supplier Climate Risks and...more
The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) issued yet another round of significant changes to the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) Request...more
CIO-SP4 may be one of the most significant opportunities for both small and large government contractors during 2020.
Join Cy Alba of PilieroMazza and Reena Bhatia of ProposalHelper as they discuss the potential impacts of...more
4/21/2020
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Bid Protests ,
Business Opportunities ,
Chief Information Officers (CIO) ,
Federal Contractors ,
HUBZone ,
Joint Venture ,
New Rules ,
Past Performance ,
Recertification ,
Request for Proposals ,
Small Business ,
Subcontractors ,
Webinars
RULES AND REGULATIONS -
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a proposed rule on November 29, 2018 proposing to amend and update its VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) in phased increments to revise or remove any...more
12/3/2018
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Bribery ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Explosives ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
Fraud ,
Gender Discrimination ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
OFCCP ,
Pregnancy ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retailers ,
SDVOSB ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Tax Evasion ,
VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR)
As we noted in our May 2, 2018, post on the possible 809 Panel recommendations for bid protests, the Panel was planning to make radical changes to the bid protest process at DOD, which would lead to less oversight and...more
Published by Set-Aside Alert Newsletter: In Section 809 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016, Congress created a panel, known as the Section 809 Panel, to review and to provide recommendations on how to...more
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION -
Masstech, Richard Lee, and Arnold Lee to Pay U.S. $1.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Small Business Innovation Research Awards -
Columbia-based MassTech,...more
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Amendments Related to Sources of Electronic Parts -
The Department of Defense (DoD) is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition...more
5/7/2018
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Bid Protests ,
Cyber Threats ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
Liquidated Damages ,
NASA ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
SBA ,
Small Business ,
Subcontractors ,
Verification Requirements
In Section 809 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016, Congress created a panel, known as the Section 809 Panel, to review and to provide recommendations on how to streamline and improve the Department of...more
The common assumption is that Millennials move quickly between jobs, never truly laying down roots for the long-term. The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) conducted its own study, which focused on...more
OVERVIEW -
- Introduction to Organizational Conflicts of Interest (“OCI”)
- Unequal Access to Information
- Biased Ground Rules
- Impaired Objectivity
- Waiving an OCI
- Strategic...more
9/17/2015
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Confidential Information ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Subcontractors ,
Third-Party Risk
Jurisdiction of the GAO and the Court of Federal Claims to hear task order protests is limited to protest of awards over $10 million. How one defines whether a task order is over or under the $10 million threshold is subject...more