Understanding the legal application of the Runway Extension Act can save thousands in unnecessary litigation and potentially save millions in a federal small business contract. By: Cheryl E. Adams, Esq. Small business government contractors can be eligible to receive small business set-asides if they are “small” under the applicable Small… Read more »
Understand the SDVOSB certification rules when your status challenged in a bid protest or you may lose millions in government contracts. One of the most challenging experiences as a service disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB business) is to defend against the status of your company in a bid protest. There… Read more »
An SBA size protest is a legal challenge to the agency’s decision to award a government contract because of the awardee’s alleged small business size violation. Specifically, the protestor challenges the awardee size status by asserting and providing a legal and factual basis for the size protest. 13 CFR 121.1001… Read more »
Federal government contract fraud prosecutors are pursuing defense contractor fraud defendants at full speed in the last 5-7 years. The companies involved are alleged to have committed a series of procurement fraud activities. The criminal defendants, which could be the company or the CEO or both, very seldom have any… Read more »
Many solicitations require that the offeror must submit and SBA approved mentor protégé agreement at bid submission. Other federal government solicitations require the mentor protégé agreement to be approved before the award. In the recent case of Size Appeal of North Wind Site Services, LLC, SBA No. SIZ-5988 (2019), which was an… Read more »
Never Guess At the SBA Affiliation Rules, You May be Wrong. SBA joint venture rules can be confusing the say the least. Yet, many companies tend to roll the dice and then late become subject to a small business size protest and lose the profits and revenues from the awarded… Read more »
CPARS Ratings, Fapiis Past Performance and Contractor Integrity Data – What Every Federal Government Contractor Needs to Know By Cheryl E. Adams, Esq. The Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS Rating Scale) exists to provide government source selection officials (SSOs) with a variety of types of information that SSOs need… Read more »
Author: Cheryl Adams, Esq. How could this possibly go wrong? You cannot believe your good fortune: a large-business incumbent government contractor is not eligible for award of the agency’s follow-on procurement. The follow-on is a set-aside, the incumbent is too big to be eligible to compete for the contract. The… Read more »
Your small business may at some point receive an adverse small business size determination from the SBA. Since so much is at stake, your immediate reaction would be to file a U.S. Small Business Administration – SBA size appeal to the Office of Hearings and Appeals ( SBA OHA). Your… Read more »
Does increased Government Micro purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds Solve A Problem? On February 16, 2018, the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC) rolled out CAAC Letter No. 2018-02 to Federal agencies which was tantamount to the slight deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for implementing the newly increased government… Read more »