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Category: Government Contract Law

In this blog post, we discuss recent government contract law cases and give advice relating to government contract work. Read more now.

SBA Removes Limitation on Dollar Amount under WOSB Program

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 by Merritt Green
The SBA issued a Final Rule today amending the FAR to remove the previous dollar limitation on small business set-asides under the Women-Owned Small Business program. The WOSB program allows contracting officers to restrict competition to either Women-Owned Small Businesses (“ WOSBs”) or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (“EDWOSBs”) in certain industries as established by
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Protests of SDVOSB Status Must Provide Specific Information of Non-Compliance

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 by Merritt Green
The SBA regulations allow a disappointed offeror to challenge the status of an awardee self-certifying as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB). A recent decision by the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) demonstrates that when such a status protest is filed, the protester must include specific information allowing the SBA to investigate the
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What’s In Your Subcontract?

Friday, 12 April 2013 by Merritt Green
A subcontract under a Federal Government Contract can be a peculiar thing.  It can contain numbered clauses from the Federal Acquisition Regulations without any stated text.  It can say the Government prime contract takes priority over the subcontract without properly identifying the prime contract or incorporating some part of it in the subcontract.  And sometimes,
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Proposed Change to FAR Seeks to Revise Protest and Appeal Procedures for Small Business Size and Status Protests

Monday, 11 March 2013 by Merritt Green
On March 7, 2013, a proposed rule was released seeking to amend several clauses of the FAR addressing protests and appeals of small business size and status, in order to bring them in line with SBA regulations. “The objective of these changes is to provide in the FAR, procedures to assure that contracts set-aside for
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New VA Verification Policy Good News to Applicants

Thursday, 07 March 2013 by Merritt Green
The VA has announced a new Pre-Determination notification policy, anticipated to be effective May 1, 2013. This new policy will assist applicants into the VA’s Veteran-owned Small Business Program by allowing correction of easily fixable mistakes during the verification process. As a result, applicants will not have to wait to be denied by the VA
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Doing Business with Virginia Localities: A Procurement Law Primer

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 by Merritt Green
Governing Law Several Virginia statutes and regulations apply to procurements made by the Virginia state government and local Virginia governments and quasi-governmental agencies (such as city-owned utilities). The vast majority of procurement by Virginia’s state and local governments occurs under the auspices of the Virginia Public Procurement Act (the “VPPA”).  For local governments, the VPPA
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