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3 ways to make the most of your subcontract
Are two businesses better than one? For many small businesses, teaming with a larger and more-established government contractor as a subcontractor may be a great way to gain experience and build a...
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Small business activist wins interim victory against Pentagon, Sikorsky
For four years, the small but vocal American Small Business League has argued that large federal contractors mislead agencies and the public by overstating their use of small businesses as...
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The General Services Administration’s Office of Small Business Utilization and Hoar Construction LLC are holding a networking session for small businesses on Feb. 8, 2018 in Savannah, Georgia....
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Army told to improve monitoring of small business subcontracts
Staff at two Army Contracting Command locations sometimes neglected to assure that contractors gave appropriate subcontracts to small businesses, the Pentagon watchdog found. Though most of the...
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DoD must work harder to include small business contractors, audit says
An audit of two Army Contracting Command centers in Redstone, Alabama and Warren, Michigan, revealed The Department of Defense (DoD) must increase its efforts in order to meet small business...
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Small business advocate wins $475,000 in legal fees after 4-year fight with...
After four years and expenses of more than $700,000, a California-based small business advocate on Thursday won an agreement from the Justice and Defense departments to pay his legal fees for...
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Credit for lower-tier subcontracts toward small business subcontracting goals
It has been a long time coming, but it appears that the government will (finally) amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to align with prior changes by the Small Business Administration (SBA)...
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Podcast: The state of small business contracting
This week Ken Dodds, government contracting industry expert at Live Oak Bank, and David Black, partner and co-chair of Holland & Knight’s Government Contracts Group, joined The Federal News...
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What federal contractors should know about small business subcontracting plans
Every year, the U.S. federal government establishes goals for the awards of prime contracts and subcontracts to small business concerns. While agencies are responsible for achieving these goals by...
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OMB releases guidance related to small business goals
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released guidance on December 2, 2021, implementing Executive Order 13985, “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal...
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