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FY2025 NDAA: Significant Impacts on Small and Large Defense Contractors

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The Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025 NDAA), signed into law on December 23, 2024, has significant implications for defense acquisition and...more

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The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: What Government Contractors Should Know

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The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes numerous provisions relevant to government contractors in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, supply chain concerns related to...more

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Should You File Your Bid Protest Before GAO or COFC: For the Record, the Record Can Make All the Difference

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In a bid protest, the record of the actions that the contracting agency took during the procurement is of paramount importance. Regardless of whether a protester files its challenge with the Government Accountability Office...more

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GAO Confirms Joint Ventures Pursuing DOD Contracts May Rely on Facility Clearances of Their Members

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In a recent decision, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest challenging the terms of a solicitation because it required that a joint venture (JV) pursuing an Air Force contract hold a facility...more

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Significant U.S. Small Business Administration Regulatory Changes Take Effect November 16, 2020

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule on Oct. 16, 2020, consolidating its Mentor-Protégé programs and making several potentially significant changes to other aspects of SBA's government contracting...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2020 #2

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Comments to Proposed Rule on Consolidation of Mentor Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments, February 7, 2020 - In its role as advocate to small businesses operating in the government contracting...more

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Congress Commissions Study of Bid Protests Filed at Both the GAO and COFC

The FY 2019 NDAA requires DoD study multiple protest filings, and develop a plan for an expedited protest process for small contracts. Congress is concerned about the delays caused by bid protests that have been filed at...more

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New DoD Class Deviation Tackles Micro-purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds

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On April 13, 2018, The Department of Defense (DoD) issued Class Deviation 2018-O00013, which consolidates and supersedes two prior class deviations that increased the micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds and...more

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Section 809 Panel Releases First Volume of Recommendations for the Overhaul of DoD’s Acquisition Process

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In 2016, Congress instructed the Department of Defense (DoD) to review its procurement regulations by convening a panel of procurement professionals—from both the public and private sectors. This panel became known as the...more

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Congressional RAND Study Refutes Common Misperceptions about DoD Bid Protests

A Congressionally mandated research study demonstrates that bid protests filed against Department of Defense (DoD) procurements do not unduly delay these acquisitions and are not frivolous. More than 99.7% of DoD contracts...more

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FY 2018 Forecasts: Items of Interest in Contracting, Small Business, and M&A

In the final post of our 2018 Fiscal Year Forecast series, Kevin Mullen and Damien Specht focus on the use of Low Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) contracts, the mounting backlog of security clearance applications, the...more

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Size Recertification Now Required for Pending Proposals After M&A - Set-Aside Alert

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Effective June 30, 2016, the SBA has implemented a final rule regarding the subcontracting limitation requirements mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013. ...more

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