The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) designation offers companies improved prime and subcontracting opportunities. Certain contracts are set aside for SDVOSB’s. The Small Business Association (SBA) initially determines the eligibility of any business applying for SDVOSB status. A Service-Disabled Veteran is a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, who was

As of September 29, 2023, the SBA has reopened 8(a) applications. New applicants may still prepare and upload a social disadvantage narrative to the Certify.sba.gov system. The SBA is now requiring all 8(a) participants who originally relied upon the presumption of social disadvantage in their application to re-establish their 8(a) Program eligibility by completing a social

The Small Business Administration (SBA) “temporarily suspended” new 8(a) application submissions after a July ruling from the Eastern District of Tennessee. The SBA’s website alerts the public that new 8(a) application submissions under the Business Development Program are currently suspended while it revises the application questionnaire to comply with the court’s decision. The SBA’s 8(a)

Each year, the General Accountability Office (“GAO”) releases an annual report, which compiles information about cases it saw in the previous year. GAO recently released the report for fiscal year 2022 with information about protests filed with GAO for the 2022 fiscal year. During the 2022 fiscal year, GAO received a total of 1,658 cases,