Small Business

VA's small business director shares tips for winning contracts

Chantel Bankston-Carter advises companies to treat capability statements like tailored résumés and lead with solutions, not problems.

SBA is moving field offices away from major cities, union says

The Small Business Administration previously said that it would relocate offices out of certain cities due to disagreements about federal immigration enforcement.

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(US)AI becomes GSA's first direct OneGov contract with a small business

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.

ATI sues SBA, claims O’Keefe video sidelined the tribally-owned business

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.

GSA, SBA target more 8(a) firms for audits

Nearly 700 companies face "deeper scrutiny" as the General Services Administration and Small Business Administration hunt for signs of fraud, waste and abuse.

NASA launches $425M hydrosphere research support recompete

NASA uses the contract to acquire industry support across activities in data product development and validation, instrument development, and numerical modeling.

Army unveils first drafts for $7B in HR support contracts

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.

SBA's proposed size standard rules draw 1,200-plus comments… and counting

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.

Hope is not a plan: Get ready for SBA's new size standards now

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.

Why every small GovCon needs a board of advisors

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.

The defense industrial base’s disappearing middle

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.

SBA formally reopens size standards comment period after portal lag

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.

SBA reopens size standard comment period, slashes estimates of its impacts

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.

SBA's size standards overhaul means bigger thresholds, fewer exceptions, real winners and real losers

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.

SBA fast tracks 8(a) applicants in defense-critical industries

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 size standard rewrite draws angry, frustrated comments

Critics say the rule would turn the small business program into a marketplace dominated by the biggest players.

When ‘small’ gets bigger, who gets left behind?

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.