Service disabled veteran-owned small business

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, questions Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett during the second day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Edelman/Pool via AP)

First Look

Sen. Ernst leads bills seeking higher standard for federal small business contracting goals

The top Republican on the Senate Small Business Committee is calling for higher standards for federal small business contracting goals.

Contracting

Credit where credit is due

Commentary

What it takes to lift up veteran-owned businesses

Federal Drive

Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC

How a ‘small’ business can grow during a contract

Federal Drive

Group photo of Mark Amtower and Scott Denniston

Marci Love Thomas: Too many choices for veteran owned small businesses

Groups say veteran-owned contracting still broken

Congress

Johnson planning bill to change VA small business contracting process

Lawmakers say VA contracting rule squeezing out vet-owned firms

VA not doing enough to verify service-disabled veteran owned firms

GAO highlights a need for tighter controls to fix
the contracting program.

NIH makes first set of awards under CIO-SP3 GWAC

The agency picks 10 service disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) for its CIO-SP3 Small Business GWAC. NIH will make other small business and…

Defense

Agencies must justify large 8(a) contracts

Management

The FAR Councils are adding a new set of controls to contracts worth more than $20 million going to vendors in the socioeconomic program. This interim rule is in reaction to problems that surfaced last year when 8(a) firms were passing most of the work under the award to large businesses. Agencies also have new requirements to determine the order of priority for small business programs, around multiple-award contracts and when to use other than firm-fixed price contracts.