SmallGovCon
Small business federal contracting commentary.
FAR 2.0 Update: Part 15 – Contracting By Negotiation
As most federal contractors have heard, the Federal Acquisition Regulation is undergoing a major overhaul. FAR 2.0, commonly referred to as the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (or just the “RFO”), is the responsibility of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the Federal
Koprince Law LLC · Dec 4, 2025
Happy Thanksgiving from SmallGovCon!
As we dive into another Thanksgiving season, we wanted to say thank you to all of our wonderful readers who make SmallGovCon such a nice place to write for. We love receiving your comments and questions. Whether you’ve been here for years or just stumbled in recently, we apprecia
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 26, 2025
GovCon FAQs: How Can I Maximize Use of Teammates to Perform Larger Government Contracts?
Most federal contractors are well-aware of the potential benefits of using one of the FAR-prescribed teaming options to perform government contracts. But one question we get a lot from small business federal contractors is how to most effectively utilize those teaming options (i.
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 25, 2025
Govology Webinar! The 2025 Government Contracting Year-End-Review, December 11, 2025
In what has certainly become one of our most popular and anticipated annual webinars, federal government contracts attorneys, Nicole Pottroff and Shane McCall of Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC, will break down some of the most significant 2025 legal developments impacting federal g
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 25, 2025
SmallGovCon Week in Review: Nov. 17-21, 2025
It’s time for the SmallGovCon Week in Review. As you head in to your weekend and look forward to Thanksgiving, it’s time to catch up on the latest in federal contracting news. Have a great weekend and enjoy some crisp fall weather. This week in federal government contracting saw
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 21, 2025
2026 NDAA: DoD CPARS Changes Coming
Both the Senate and House, as part of the draft 2026 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA), have proposed nearly identical ideas on overhauling the Department of Defense’s Contractor Performance Assessment Report System (CPARS) processes. While both NDAAs have passed, and th
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 21, 2025
Overview of Recent Updates to Cybersecurity Requirements Under the CMMC Program (Part 2)
Not long ago, we discussed the basics of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program at DFARS subpart 204.75. Of course, with such a large new system as the CMMC Program, there is more to it than what we reviewed there. In this second set of posts, we will dive
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 19, 2025
OHA Says: Compliance with SBA Joint Venture Requirements is Determined at the Time of Final Proposal Revisions
Navigating the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations can sometimes feel like navigating through a room filled with laser tripwires. One wrong decision or misstep could result in the company’s disqualification. A company might make a decision relying on its understa
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 14, 2025
SmallGovCon Week in Review: Nov. 10-14, 2025
Happy Friday! It’s been another eventful stretch across the federal landscape, as agencies continue navigating everything from sweeping acquisition updates to the lingering aftershocks of the longest government shutdown on record. In other news, SBA has cleared its VetCert backlo
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 14, 2025
OHA Finds Totality of the Circumstances Affiliation Based on Loans and Close Oversight of Operations
Long-time SmallGovCon readers are probably aware of the thorny issues presented by an SBA finding of affiliation. When set aside contracts are dependent on a small business size status, an allegation of affiliation with a large business can be a crisis for a small business contra
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 13, 2025
Happy Veterans Day From SmallGovCon
Today, on Veterans Day, we at SmallGovCon take a moment to honor the brave men and women who’ve served our country. We salute those who’ve worn the uniform and their families who’ve stood beside them. Both today and whenever we have the chance. Because this is a legal blog, we al
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 11, 2025
GAO to Federal Agency: You Must Show Your Work When it Comes to Evaluation Documentation
The gears of protest resolution at the General Accountability Office have ground to a halt due to the government shutdown but not so long ago, those protest gears were turning. And during that time, GAO sustained the protest of Island Peer Review Organization, Inc., d/b/a IPRO, B
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 10, 2025
SmallGovCon Week in Review: Nov. 3-7, 2025
I recently attended the NAPEX Fall conference in DC this past week. I was able to speak on the topic of The FAR Overhaul and Legal Updates for 2025. It was a great presentation with some insightful questions. Thanks to all the wonderful Apex Accelerator folks for saying hi to me.
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 7, 2025
DOT Issues Guidance on Impact of Removal of Presumed Disadvantage
As discussed in a previous post on SmallGovCon, the Department of Transportation (DOT) recently issued a interim final rule removing certain presumptions of disadvantage from its eligibility requirements for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program. As part of that cha
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 5, 2025
Webinar Announcement: Regulatory Updates in Government Contracting, Nov. 18, 2025
In this webinar, hosted by the El Paso Texas APEX Accelerators, government contracting attorneys and authors Shane McCall and John Holtz will discuss the most important legal developments for federal contractors in 2025. Specifically, they will discuss the many FAR changes, impor
Koprince Law LLC · Nov 4, 2025
SmallGovCon Week in Review: October 27-31, 2025
Happy Halloween! We hope you have the candy purchased and are ready for the trick or treaters. And speaking of scary things, another week of the government shutdown which is creating a lot of uncertainty about when agreement can be reached. One data point: all shut downs in the p
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 31, 2025
OHA: Contractor Learns from Earlier OHA Decision to Show Me the Money on Ostensible Subcontracting Issue
Compliance with the ostensible subcontractor rule is essential for companies seeking small business and socioeconomic set-asides. Yet many contractors learn the hard way that there is a difference between simply claiming compliance and proving it. Earlier this year, we blogged on
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 30, 2025
Overview of Recent Updates to Cybersecurity Requirements Under the CMMC Program (Part 1)
On September 10, 2025, the Department of Defense (As all the documents we address use the Department of Defense naming, we will go by that to prevent confusion.) (DoD) implemented the acquisition rules for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program at DFARS subpart 20
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 29, 2025
SmallGovCon Week in Review: October 20-24, 2025
October and November always seem to be a popular conference season in the federal contracting world. Last week attorney-author Greg Weber was in Oklahoma. This week saw Nicole Pottroff visit the GovCon Kansas City 2025 to present on the topic of the Top 21 Legal Mistakes in Feder
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 24, 2025
DOT Ditching DBE Program’s Presumed Social Disadvantage
The Department of Transportation (“DOT”) has administered aspects of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program for decades for work to be performed for state and local transportation agencies. The DBE program’s eligibility requirements are quite similar to those under
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 23, 2025
SBA OHA: On Second Thought, Managing Venturer Must Still be in Charge of JV
A few months back, we discussed a case at SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals that took a closer look at the actions that a Non-Managing Venturer in a small business joint venture is permitted to have negative control over—that is, those actions which the Non-Managing Venturer’s
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 21, 2025
SmallGovCon Week in Review: October 13-17, 2025
Hello, SmallGovCon readers! It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another Week in Review. SmallGovCon attorney-author Gregory Weber recently traveled to Oklahoma City this week to attend the ICBS Conference Accelerating Success in Contracting, where he gave a presentation on one
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 17, 2025
FAR 2.0 Update: Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services
Many federal contractors have heard about the revamping of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Variously called FAR 2.0, the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, or simply RFO, this project has been undertaken by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the Federal Acquisition
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 15, 2025
2025 8(a) Application Updates (Part I): New Application Countdown Timer
Despite various impacts to SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program–both quite recently and over the last couple years (which you can read about here and here, and even listen to me talk about here)–this “golden child” of SBA’s socioeconomic programs remains alive and well. And it
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 13, 2025
GovCon KC 2025 Conference Announcement: October 22, hosted by Missouri APEX Accelerators
The GovCon Kansas City 2025 event is to foster connections and advancing knowledge in the government contracting community and business basics. This event brings together a wide array of industry leaders, government officials, and business professionals for a unique opportunity t
Koprince Law LLC · Oct 13, 2025