Roadmap to Joint Venture Agreements: Legal and Accounting Considerations
SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors
In Addx Corp., B-423633, July 23, 2025, Addx protested the Air Force’s issuance of a task order to KL3 LLC under the OASIS+ small business IDIQ contract. Addx challenged both the evaluation of its proposal and an alleged...more
Effective January 16, 2025, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule intended to close what SBA considered to be a long-standing loophole in its size recertification rules that allowed a large business to...more
We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. We previously discussed SBA’s changes to the effect of recertifications under multiple award...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Dec. 17, 2024, issued a Final Rule that substantially changes the effect of recertifications of size and socioeconomic status under set-aside contracts following the merger or...more
On December 17, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued a Final Rule (“Rule") that will dramatically change the landscape for the Merger and Acquisition (“M&A”) market for both large and small businesses....more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule on Oct. 24, 2024, expanding federal agencies’ ability to give preference to small businesses on task and delivery orders issued under multiple-award...more
On October 25, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a proposed rule to implement recommendations from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy’s memorandum “Increasing Small Business Participation on...more
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a policy memorandum with a goal of promoting small business participation under multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts (MACs). One of the...more
Aerospace, defense, and security businesses are subject to a myriad of regulations and operational requirements that are constantly changing. These include things like SBA rules for credit for small businesses and...more
WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule consolidating the 8(a) and All-Small Mentor-Protégé Programs. The rule eliminates the 8(a) version of the program, including its unique requirements and...more
CLIENT ALERT: FAR Council Changes Rules Regarding Small Business Rerepresentation / Recertification and Multiple Award Contracts - On February 27, 2020, the FAR Council published a final rule that amends the Federal...more
On Nov. 29, the Small Business Administration issued a final rule that will implement several provisions of the National Defense Authorization Acts of 2016 and 2017 and of the “RISE Act” of 2015, as well as other clarifying...more