SBA OIG and Other Investigations Agencies Have Stepped Up Procurement Fraud Cases for 8a Government Contracts The Eastern District Court bought the gravel down on two federal contractor executives for SBA 8a small business fraud and abused the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8a contracting program to obtain more than $31 million… Read more »
A recent SBA procurement fraud schemes and corruption case resulted in four retired and one active-duty Army National Guard official pleading guilty for their role in procurement fraud crimes under the SBA 8(a) Program. The result and consequences of procurement fraud and corruption ended in the award of millions of dollars… Read more »
The Area Office (“AO”) has discretion to apply the adverse inference rule once the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has received a size protest or a request for a formal small business size determination. 13 CFR 121.1008(d); 13 CFR 121.1009(d). The rule will likely be applied if the protestor fails to offer the… Read more »
The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) business development (bd) program application starts the process for qualified applicants to seek approval from the SBA and join thousands of other disadvantaged businesses to increase their likelihood of getting more business revenues. The 8 a BD Program is a 9-year program initiated by… Read more »
When trying to get the benefit of the SBA Mentor Protege Program, there is a Joint Venture affiliation exception that you must be extremely careful about. SBA rules that require 8a companies to get prior approval. This requirement poses substantial problems for small businesses relying on the SBA to approve a… Read more »
Theodore P. Watson, Esq. ( Federal Novation of Contract Law Lawyer) Get a better grasp on how to prepare for the government contract novation process and increase your chances of getting the contracting officer to approve your novation agreement. The bottom line with any sale of a business involving federal… Read more »
The Small Business Administration may deny your SBA 8a application for several reasons. A common problem occurs when the SBA requests more information as a precondition of admission to the 8(a) Business Development Program. When the SBA tells you that your 8a application is incomplete and requests more information, your application… Read more »
Contents of a joint venture agreement are statutorily set for small businesses and 8(a)certified companies. If you are a small business in the SBA 8a certification program and thinking about entering a joint venture agreement with another company, there are a few things that you want to consider. Not only are the… Read more »
Improve business relationships by teaming and joint venturing under the Native American and Super 8a rules. Are you having problems as an 8a Contractor getting Native American Government Contracts? Alaska Natives and Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian Organizations have a unique relationship with the United States Government as set forth… Read more »
Whether you are contemplating getting into a subcontractor relationship via an SDVOSB teaming arrangement for an upcoming project, small businesses use teaming agreements for many reasons. Each contractor’s goal is different. However, the ultimate concern of all interested parties should be whether the planned team relationship is legal or whether… Read more »