Tag Archives: set-asides

Changes in Regulations Now Allow Litigation Support Government Contractors To Access Sensitive Information

This post was written by Cody Roberts, Gunjan Talati and David Cohen. The government is a frequent litigant as both a plaintiff and defendant on a variety of matters at any given time. Like many other litigants, the government sometimes finds itself needing litigation support. Litigation support contractors fill that need and, because of a … Continue Reading

Even Small Suspensions Can Have Big Costs: How Two Weeks Cost a Company 43% of Revenue

This post was written by Gunjan Talati. In October 2010, the Small Business Administration suspended government contractor GTSI Corp. for alleged improper contracting relationships with small business contractors. The suspension lasted for two weeks and was only lifted when GTSI entered into an administrative agreement with the SBA. The damage, however, was done, and according … Continue Reading

Small Businesses to Have Larger Role in Big Contracts

This post was written by Gunjan Talati. Earlier this month, the government issued an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement set-aside requirements of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. The Small Business Jobs Act amended the Small Business Act to require the government to set aside parts of a multiple-award … Continue Reading

Not a HUBZone Business? No Longer a Problem: Equal Footing for Small Business Set-Asides

This post was written by Leslie A. Peterson. The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (“the Act”), signed by President Obama on September 27, 2010, quashed the argument that Historically Underutilized Business Zone (“HUBZone”) small businesses are entitled to absolute contracting priority. Section 1347 of the Act establishes parity among the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) … Continue Reading
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