Jeannette King named SBA’s WV Small Business Person of the Year MARTINSBURG, WV – Jeannette King, President and CEO of Strategic Resolution Experts, Inc. in Martinsburg, WV has been named the winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia … Continued
Bill would provide transition period for SDVOSB status H.R. 1313, the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Relief Act passed the House of Representatives on Monday, May 18th. The bill would protect small businesses owned by disabled veterans in … Continued
By Adam Mazmanian for FCW.com May 15, 2015 Open government activists have a long-standing dislike for the DUNS number, the proprietary business identifier used in government procurement. The problem as they see it is that because the Dun & Bradstreet’s … Continued
Advocacy Group Accuses SBA of Misapplying Law on Small Business Set-Asides As it celebrates National Small Business Week, the Small Business Administration is facing renewed accusations that its efforts to reserve work for small contractors have been distorted by accounting … Continued
8(a) Small Business Program May Be a Hassle, but the Payoff? Huge Sometimes, certain entrepreneurs deserve an edge over the competition. That’s the theory behind a government leg-up program for disadvantaged small-business owners. Those who may have been subject to … Continued
Congress should back GAO investigation into small business contracting fraud California Rep. Janice Hahn (D) has drafted an amendment to H.R. 1481 that would call for a new GAO investigation into fraud and abuses in federal small business contracting programs. … Continued
Simplified Acquisition Threshold To $500,000? House Proposes Huge Increase The simplified acquisition threshold would increase to $500,000 under the version of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act currently before the U.S. House of Representatives. If the House proposal ultimately becomes … Continued
Agencies May Evaluate Proposals During GAO Protests, Says Court A procuring agency was entitled to evaluate proposals during the course of a pre-award GAO bid protest without violating the automatic stay provision of the Competition in Contracting Act. According to … Continued
GAO Doubles Down On FedBid/COC Ruling The GAO has sustained a second protest based upon FedBid’s suspension of a contractor from its system. For the second time in less than one week, the GAO held that the contractor’s suspension from … Continued
Contractor Alert: Suspensions and Debarments Keep Climbing The 2014 numbers are in – and they confirm that Federal marketplace remains volatile for government contractors. According to the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee (ISDC), Federal agencies saw an uptick of about … Continued
