Topic
Size Protests
6 published works
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Size Protest Considerations in Set-Aside Negotiated Procurements Lacking a Pre-Award Notice
In negotiated procurements set aside for small businesses, agencies are required to provide a pre-award notice of award to all offerors stating the name and address of the apparently successful…
BuildSmart
Size Protest Amendments to the FAR Are Coming
By Aron C. Beezley, Nathaniel J. Greeson, Owen E. Salyers
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has made multiple changes to its regulations over the last decade, including final rules published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2013 (78…
The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
Size Protest Timing: How to Manage Deadlines and Save Your Protest or Appeal
We often look at GAO bid protest timing as a complex and strictly enforced issue. Today: a reminder that all protests – including size protests filed with the Small Business Administration…
Inside Government Contracts
Lost in Transmission: Email Failure Results in Untimely Size Protest
The Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) recently issued a decision exemplifying the well-known reality that protest deadlines are short and unforgiving. In Size Appeal of…
Focus on Regulation
Small Business Contractors See Large Opportunities But Face Increasing Risks of a Size Protest
By Pete Dungan
In July 2012, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) announced that small businesses were awarded $91.5 billion in federal contracts in fiscal year 2011, representing 21.7% of all prime contract dollars.…
The Contractor's Perspective
SBA Stiffens Rules for Small Business
On February 2, 2011, the Small Business Administration published revised regulations regarding the effect of an SBA size determination. 76 Fed. Reg. 5680 (Feb. 2, 2011). The most significant of these new…