Courts, Boards, & GAO
SBA Proposes to Eliminate the Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned 8(a) Firms: What Contractors Need to Know
Blank Rome - The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a proposed rule on June 11, 2026, that would reshape how individually owned small...
Avoiding Ostensible Subcontractor Affiliation With SBA’s “Safe Harbor”
Steven Koprince - The ostensible subcontractor affiliation rule provides that a small business prime contractor is affiliated with its subcontractor if the subcontractor "performs...
Behind the Scenes of the Fight for the Rule of Two
GovCon Intelligence - Lizzie Sullivan has been pushing the Rule of Two through Congress for years now, and this year is the best shot...
GovCon FAQs: What Costs Can I Exclude From Limitations on Subcontracting Calculations?
Koprince McCall Pottroff - If your small business performs federal government contracts, chances are, you’ve already calculated your small business’s compliance with the applicable...
“Show Your Math!” Why Did OHA Reject the Protester’s Affiliation Arguments?
The appellant challenged a size determination, arguing the area office failed to properly analyze whether a joint venture's members were small businesses when accounting...
SBA’s One-Page Suspension ‘Record’ Gets Remanded — Agency Must Show Its Work
GovConFeed - The Small Business Administration's suspension of tribal 8(a) contractor ATI Government Solutions hit a procedural wall in May, when the agency's own...
Proposed Rule Would Turn 8(a) Program on its Head
Schoonover & Moriarty - The Small Business Administration proposed the most significant rewrite of 8(a) Business Development program’s social disadvantage eligibility in the program’s...
Important Exception to “Size at Initial Offer” Rule Dooms Award to Mentor-Protégé JV
Koprince McCall Pottroff - As a general rule, when it comes to compliance with a solicitation’s size standard, what matters is the size of...
SBA Proposes Major 8(a) Program Eligibility Change
FedLift - The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued a proposed rule to overhaul who is considered “socially disadvantaged” for purposes of 8(a) Program...
White House Polices Hitting Small Business Contractors Hard, Senator Says
Federal News Network - New data from Democrats on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee sheds new light on just how rough it...
Timing is Everything: The Key to Timely SDVOSB Status Protests
Koprince McCall Pottroff - When filing a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOSB) status protest, timing is critical. A single missed deadline may be the...
SBA OHA Confirms That the Submission Date for a Proposal with Pricing Controls Size Determination
Crowell & Moring - On April 8, 2026, the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) denied an appeal, arguing that...
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