Do you think that small business contracts and subcontracts have been going to contractors that do not qualify as small businesses? If so, you may be interested in the new legislative changes intended to discourage and penalize fraud in small business contracting. The changes are in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, signed by the President on September 27, 2010.
"size protest"
SBA Stiffens Rules for Small Business
By Husch Blackwell on
Posted in Bid Protests, Small Business
On February 2, 2011, the Small Business Administration published revised regulations regarding the effect of an SBA size determination. 76 Fed. Reg. 5680 (Feb. 2, 2011). The most significant of these new rules requires a contracting officer to terminate a contract that is awarded during the pendency of a size protest if the awardee is found to be not small.