Joe Petrillo: New rule coming from SBA

Contractors need to be ready for yet another new rule, this one from the Small Business Administration. Depending on what industry a contract is concerned with,...

Contractors need to be ready for yet another new rule, this one from the Small Business Administration. Depending on what industry a contract is concerned with, contracting officers as of two weeks from now have new authority to give sole-source awards to women-owned and other disadvantaged businesses. Joe Petrillo is a partner at the law firm Petrillo & Powell. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin  with more on the rule.

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