In remarks at the 2026 GovCon Awards, Ryan Lambert of the Small Business Administration reminded attendees they have two weeks left to submit comments.
The tribally-owned contractor claims the Small Business Administration is relying on a Justice Department probe to avoid having to explain why the company is suspended from federal contracting.
The tribally-owned contractor says the Small Business Administration suspended it over a single YouTube video and has yet to produce any evidence of wrongdoing a year later.
The Small Business Administration previously said that it would relocate offices out of certain cities due to disagreements about federal immigration enforcement.
The Maryland firm known for its Intelligent Computing Platform will offer significant discounts to government customers on software licenses and pilots through September 30, 2028.
A year after its suspension stemming from a hidden-camera video, ATI Government Solutions says the Small Business Administration still cannot point to any evidence of wrongdoing.
Nearly 700 companies face "deeper scrutiny" as the General Services Administration and Small Business Administration hunt for signs of fraud, waste and abuse.
NASA uses the contract to acquire industry support across activities in data product development and validation, instrument development, and numerical modeling.
The Human Resources Solutions GEN VI contract suite has one opportunity for small businesses only, while the second will be a full-and-open competition.
Many oppose raising the thresholds, but there are plenty of supporters too. Industry has one more month to tell the Small Business Administration what they think.
File your comments but expect some version of the proposal to take effect in 2027. The best players are already mapping which contracts will flip to set-asides, studying their new competitors and recruiting teammates, writes Kevin Cooley, CEO of Resource Management Concepts.
Shifting budgets, tougher compliance rules and competition from big primes make it easy to get stuck in an echo chamber but an advisory board brings in experience, contacts and credibility without the legal baggage of a board of directors, writes market expert Mark Amtower.
Raising small-business size standards is a good start. But if we want more competition at the top of the defense market, we need to stop eliminating tomorrow’s competitors on their way there, writes Matthew Kasberg, CEO of Odyssey Systems.
Both proposed rules now accept comments through Nov. 20, as the Small Business Administration's Advocacy office projects a fraction of the 115,000 new small businesses the agency originally estimated.
The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy now says only 4,000 to 6,000 companies would become small businesses, not the 115,000 originally estimated.
The proposed rules would collapse nearly 1,000 size standards into 338 and shift many industries to headcount. You have until Sept. 21 to make your voice heard, writes attorney Ray Jones of Spencer Fane.
Only 1.2% of active 8(a) firms are registered in the 10 NAICS codes prioritized by the Small Business Administration, though pending reforms could expand the pipeline.
SBA’s proposed size-standard overhaul might help growing firm but it raises hard questions about competition, the mid-tier, and how to define small, writes Kristina Messner, CEO of Messner Media Group.
