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Small Business Subcontracting
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Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Trump DEI Executive Orders – Impacts on Small Businesses and Small Business Subcontracting
On January 20 and 21, 2025, President Trump signed two executive orders focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs: EO 14151, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Fastest 5 Minutes
Artificial Intelligence, Small Business Subcontracting, JV Security Clearances This week's episode covers the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, a final SBA…
The Contractor's Perspective
FAR Council Publishes Update to Small Business Subcontracting Regulations
By Maya Desai
On September 10, 2021, the FAR Council published a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify how contracting officers should evaluate a prime contractor’s “good faith efforts”…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Assessing Good Faith Efforts to Comply with a Small Business Subcontracting Plan
By Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan, Olivia Lynch, Michael Samuels, Zachary Schroeder
The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published a final rule, effective September 10, 2021, that updates the Federal Acquisition Regulation…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Small Business Subcontracting for Cloud Computing Gets Easier
By Sheppard Mullin, Townsend Bourne, Bochan Kim
In response to widespread interest in allowing more small business participation in opportunities involving cloud computing, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has decided to exclude cloud computing from the limitation…
Government Contracts Law
The FAR Council and the Hare – The Race to Credit for Lower-Tier Small Business Subcontracting
Changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation’s (FAR) small business subcontracting rules have been slow in coming, but the FAR Council is finally catching up with the Small Business Administration (SBA)…
Government Contracts Law
New Year, New Rules—Changes Are Coming to the FAR’s Small Business Subcontracting Limits and Nonmanufacturer Rule
By Alex Major, Franklin Turner
On Dec. 4, 2018, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council finally released a proposed rule to implement changes to certain small business subcontracting regulations required by the 2013 National Defense Authorization…
The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
Awards to Lower Tier Small Business Subcontractors Finally Count towards Small Business Subcontracting Goals
By Reggie Jones
After years of pushing by industry groups and the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule…
Inside Government Contracts
Changes to Small Business Subcontracting On the Horizon
Last week, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Council issued a Final Rule to implement regulations adopted by the Small Business Administration in 2013. The Final Rule significantly amends FAR Parts…
Inside Government Contracts
FAR Council Adds New Layer to Small Business Subcontracting Rules
On January 20, 2016, the FAR Council published a proposed rule calling for changes to FAR Parts 19 and 52 that address payments to small business subcontractors. The proposed changes,…