Companies
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.
Contracts
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.
Contracts
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.
Companies
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.
Contracts
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.
Opinion
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.
Opinion
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.
Opinion
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.
Contracts
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.
Contracts
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.
Opinion
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.
Contracts
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.
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