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New SBA rule defines contract protesting procedure

The rules provide protest procedures \"for challenging the eligibility of a contractor for an award that has been restricted to small businesses or a particular...

Federal News Network Staff

May 10, 2011 6:38 pm

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Your agency’s small business program has a new set of rules for the way it works with contractors.

The rules provide protest procedures “for challenging the eligibility of a contractor for an award that has been restricted to small businesses or a particular group of small businesses,” according to Lars Anderson and Brendan Lill of Venable, a law firm.

The two go on to state in an email, “For government contractors, these changes increase the likelihood that filing and prosecuting a meritorious size protest will result in meaningful relief and decrease the risk that a contractor will lose an opportunity to compete in a protracted procurement where the solicitation has been substantially re-written.”

Anderson spoke with Federal News Radio about the new rule and what it means for contractors.