Weekly Update Report for August 9, 2013

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS DoD, GSA and NASA Issue Proposed Rule Regarding Contractor Comment Period, Past Performance Evaluations DFARS DoD Issues Guidance for Use of AbilityOne Base Supply Center Program Rule Would Boost Consideration of Contractor Past Performance DoD Cuts Furlough Days to Six Vendor Settles in Case Over Chinese-Made Supplies Notices Issued by the Committee for the Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled SMALL BUSINESS SBA Publishes Notice for SBIR/STTR Commercialization Benchmark Scroll down to read this week’s . . . Read More

New SBA Rule Imposes Stricter Standards Affecting Size and Status Representations

Last Friday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued the long-awaited final rule implementing provisions of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (“Jobs Act”) pertaining to small business size and status integrity. The new rule, while softened from the proposed rule, implements a strict standard with wide-ranging consequences for contractors representing their size or status under the System for Award Management (“SAM”) database or submitting a proposal under a solicitation reserved or intended for small businesses or businesses participating . . . Read More