Contracts
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.
Opinion
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.
Contracts
SBA proposes sweeping rewrite of small business size standards
The Small Business Administration says this new methodology would base the standards on market size, not just receipts and number of employees.
Rankings
Fast 50 nominations deadline extended
Washington Technology is now accepting entries through Sept. 15 for our 2026 ranking of the government market's fastest-growing small businesses.
Contracts
HHS seeks small business support for future vendor management office
The Health and Human Services Department has started its work to find a contractor that can help oversee various software licensing agreements.
Contracts
Small business prime awards fell in fiscal 2025
The Small Business Administration releases its newest annual grading of how agencies worked to meet their small business contracting goals.
Contracts
SBA proposes opening 8(a) program to white-owned businesses
The Small Business Administration wants to eliminate race-based eligibility presumptions and create a new social disadvantage test for applicants.
Contracts
Air Force Research Lab seeks small businesses for rapid innovation support
AFRL's Center for Rapid Innovation focuses on addressing urgent operational needs in 24 months or less.
Contracts
Army small business office pulls the plug on LinkedIn posts
The office directs followers to its website, but critics say the move cuts off a key connection to the defense industrial base.
Contracts
Legislative proposal would eliminate contracting preferences for minority, women-owned businesses
The bill would codify and expand on Trump’s executive order to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in federal contracting.
Contracts
NOAA starts the bidding for ProTech 2.0's environmental monitoring domain
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking to hire a pool of companies that can help it use satellite data for its forecasting and modeling operations.
Companies
Contractors sue to block Trump’s federal DEI executive order
The lawsuit alleges minority-owned businesses are being forced to trade their First Amendment rights for federal contracts.
Companies
Redhawk Federal Solutions acquires SETA outfit
For Redhawk, this transaction follows Genesis Park's investment in the two-year-old company in the fall.
Opinion
SBA is coming for your 8(a) certification: What targeted firms need to know
Businesses facing termination need to meet their deadlines, scrutinize SBA’s calculations, and preserve their right to appeal, writes Stephen Bacon, an attorney with the law firm Rogers Joseph O’Donnell.
Companies
154 firms face ouster from 8(a) program after failing financial eligibility test
The Small Business Administration's crackdown targets companies that have exceeded net worth, income and asset thresholds.
Contracts
8(a) program faces unprecedented pressure from Trump administration attacks
Defenders of the small business contracting initiative say it enables rapid procurement, can meet administration priorities and the administration is overstating fraud concerns.
Companies
SBA suspends 1,000 8(a) contractors for missing data submission deadline
These companies now have until Feb. 19 to submit financial records, but their reinstatement remains uncertain.
Opinion
How small businesses can adapt to new 8(a) and procurement realities
Understanding contracting officer motivations and pressures and strategically aligning your interests with theirs is more important than ever, writes BD and capture expert Ezekiel Russell.
Contracts
Polaris small business protests continue as GSA seeks to update the administrative record
Six companies are at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims challenging the evaluations of their scores, claiming that improper point deductions cost them spots among the top 100 awardees.
Contracts