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Small Businesses in U.S. Territories Eligible for Preferential Treatment Under New SBA Rule
While it is understandable why people focus on the 50 states, the United States is not just those areas. In addition to the states, the United States has 14 territories. Five of these have a permanent population: Puerto Rico, the Northern Marianas Islands, Guam, American Samoa, a
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 30, 2022
SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 22-26, 2022
Happy Friday, Readers. I hope this has been a productive week for you. We have been very busy here at SmallGovCon moving into the fall season. Living in a college town always brings a sense of energy and excitement as the students return for the fall semester. The SBA made announ
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 26, 2022
Congress Directs SBA to Take Stab at COVID-19 Loan Fraud
President Biden signed two bills aimed at preventing fraud by participants within the Small Business Association on August 2, 2022. H.R. 7334 is titled the COVID-19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022 (EIDL Act). H.R. 7352 is titled the PPP and Bank Fraud Enforcement Ha
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 24, 2022
Back to Basics: SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program
One of the biggest gamechangers among Federal Contracting programs is the SBA’s Mentor Protégé Program. It provides an avenue for small businesses and large businesses to work together where they otherwise may not have been able to previously, helps federal contractors develop th
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 22, 2022
Reading the Tea Leaves from SBA’s Regulatory Agenda
We’re back with another edition of looking for interesting tidbits from SBA’s semiannual regulatory agenda. SBA (along with other agencies) provide a guide to upcoming regulations. This schedule can help contractors determine when SBA is likely to update certain rules. Here are a
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 18, 2022
SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 15-19, 2022
Happy Friday, Readers. I wanted to send another thank you to Carter Merkle, Berbon Hamilton, and all the other folks who made the ICBS Show 2022 such a great experience. There were some informative speakers and a great opportunity for networking. I was very pleased to be able to
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 17, 2022
Webinar Event: Still a Game Changer: The SBA Mentor-Protégé Program (2022 Update)
Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC will be presenting a webinar hosted by Govology, on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Mentor-Protégé Program that will be on August 30 at 1:00pm EST. In this webinar, government contracts attorneys Shane McCall and Nicole Pottroff will ex
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 17, 2022
Webinar Event: Teaming and Partnering Strategies – with Koprince McCall Pottroff, August 23, 2022
Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC will be presenting a webinar hosted by Nebraska Business Development Center, Teaming and Partnering Strategies will be on August 23 at 10:00am CDT. In this webinar, government contracts attorneys Nicole Pottroff and John Holtz will break down the type
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 15, 2022
Back to Basics: Veteran-Owned Businesses and SDVOSB Eligibility
To honor the sacrifice made by our country’s veterans, the federal government has made it a priority to set aside federal contracting opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). To qualify for these opportunities, businesses must meet certain speci
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 11, 2022
SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 8-12, 2022
It’s Friday, and that means its time for another round of SmallGovCon updates as you ease on into your weekend. I’m excited to be heading to Norman, Oklahoma next week for the ICBS 2022 show. I’ll be speaking about local opportunities related to the Infrastructure Act. Hope to se
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 11, 2022
Back to Basics: Types of Affiliation
This is a the second article of two taking you back to the basics of affiliation. The first, giving you a general overview of affiliation, can be found here. This follow-on article goes through the different bases for affiliation, as set forth in SBA’s affiliation regulations. Ke
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 9, 2022
SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 1-5, 2022
Happy Friday, Readers. We hope you had a great week. Shane McCall, our usual Week in Review contributor, is enjoying a much deserved vacation with this family and I have the delightful privilege of filling in for him. Can you believe it’s August already and school will soon be st
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 5, 2022
DFARS Data Rights Provisions in Action
Back in April 2022, we looked at how data rights are handled by the Department of Defense in the DFARS (Defense Acquisition Regulation Systems), and prior to that, we explored many of the regulations regarding data rights and similar intellectual property. This is all well and go
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 3, 2022
SBA Issues 2021 Small Business Scorecard, Small Businesses Contracting Over $154 Billion!
The SBA recently released the Government Wide Small Business Procurement Scorecard for fiscal year 2021. This annual scorecard details information on the various categories of small businesses recognized by the SBA, including whether SBA met its goals related to small business fe
Koprince Law LLC · Aug 1, 2022
SmallGovCon Week in Review: July 25-29, 2022
We’ve been enjoying summer out here in Lawrence and many of our SmallGovCon professionals are taking a little time to themselves for summer vacation. We hope our readers are able to do the same thing! Whether you’re getting back from a vacation or working regular hours, here’s ou
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 29, 2022
FAR Final Rule Eases Use of Small Business Joint Venture and Subcontractor Past Performance
SBA has issued a final rule that should help small businesses demonstrate their past performance more easily. Perhaps most importantly, the rule will allow for a small business to receive a written performance record, similar to CPARS, showing its performance as a subcontractor t
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 28, 2022
Nonprofit Parent Companies do not Automatically Cause Affiliation for SBA Size Determinations
The Office of Hearings and Appeals, more commonly referred to as OHA, is tasked with deciding size determination appeals that arise under the Small Business Act of 1958, as well as 13 C.F.R. parts 121 and 134. When an unsuccessful offeror raises a question, via a size protest, re
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 26, 2022
SmallGovCon Week in Review: July 18-22, 2022
Happy Friday, Readers! I hope you are all staying cool. It seems the whole country is under a heat advisory and we are not the exception here at SmallGovCon, with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees. Whew…who’s ready for Fall? There was a lot of news in the federal governmen
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 22, 2022
FAR Proposed Rule: Incumbent Service Workers Need to be Hired
Once again, the incumbent service worker rule has had its pendulum swing back to the hiring of incumbent workers, reflecting a “general policy of the Federal Government that service contracts which succeed contracts for the same or similar services, and solicitations for such con
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 21, 2022
Back to Basics: Affiliation, An Overview
Affiliation is quite possibly one of the scariest words to small business government contractors. And it is easily one of the most misunderstood concepts in SBA’s small business regulations. Perhaps the widespread fear and misunderstanding are due to the fact that there are so ma
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 19, 2022
SmallGovCon Week in Review: July 11-15, 2022
Hello, Blog Readers! We hope you had a productive week. Here at SmallGovCon we have been geeking out to the new images from the James Webb Space Telescope. If you haven’t seen the spectacular images, we encourage you to do so! This photo was captured in infrared light and the ima
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 15, 2022
Don’t Ignore NAICS Code Changes: New Rule a Reminder to Contractors
While many industries have existed since time immemorial, new industries are created and old industries fade all the time. A mere twenty-five years ago, there was no such thing as social media and video rental stores were all the rage. Now the former is a multi-billion-dollar ind
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 14, 2022
OHA Remands Size Determination Because Area Office Failed to Provide Due Process to Protested Concern
SBA’s Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA) recently said that the SBA Area Office should have informed the protested concern of the issues its adverse size determination focused on before ruling against the concern’s size eligibility on that basis. In addition to its lesson on due
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 11, 2022
SmallGovCon Week In Review: July 4-8, 2022
Happy Friday, Readers! We hope you had a nice, long 4th of July weekend and we’d also like to show our appreciation for our veterans and active duty military personnel. Thank you for your service. This week in federal government contracting news there were announcements from a ke
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 8, 2022
Breaking: SBA Issues Veteran-Owned Certification Rules
The SBA has issued its draft rules on how it will go about certifying Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) and Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs). Below, we highlight some of the main components of these rules. The changes stem from Congress’s requiremen
Koprince Law LLC · Jul 6, 2022