HeyJaredGovCon Intelligence
Small-business government contracting updates and analysis from legal, regulatory, and data perspectives. I spent 20 years writing contract regulations for the government. Now I help small business owners understand the fine print. www.govconintelligence.com
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The Case Against the FAR Overhaul (with Marcos Gonzalez) (opens the original)
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I had a feeling this was coming: When the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul first came out, the process that the FAR Council used looked every bit as revolutionary—and ultimately even more so—than the FAR itself. Now, Marcos Gonzalez of GovSpring Legal, a small law firm in D.C., is suing on behalf of a contractor, arguing that that process is illegal. We talked about the basis for his case against the FAR at the Court of Federal Claims. We also discussed how Marcos’s firm uses AI in the practice of law
SBA's Huge Size Standards Increases: Are they too much? (opens the original)
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SBA published proposed size standards that raise small-business limits by 15x in some important industries. As I explained in my live stream earlier, the across-the-board increases flow from SBA’s interpretation of the “dominance” provision in the Small Business Act. SBA explains that, for $20 billion industries, a $500 million business “would not be dominant.” That’s why the proposed size standards go up to $531 million in some important government contracting industries, and even higher in oth
Domestic Sourcing: The Buy American Act and TAA Explained (with Karri Palmetier) (opens the original)
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Karri Palmetier is a legal expert on one of the fastest evolving subjects in government contracting: domestic-sourcing requirements. She joined me after her well-attended session at NCMA World Congress in Orlando, and we started our discussion with a new Executive Order. The Order prioritizes domestic sourcing in the military supply chain. Underlying that Order is a combination of complicated laws, the Buy American Act and the Trade Agreements Act (or TAA). This is an area where knowing the case
SBA Case Updates: Joint Ventures, 8(a) & Size (opens the original)
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Meghan Leemon and I caught up after her excellent presentation on joint ventures at the National HUBZone Conference in Virginia. Meghan, who practices out of PilieroMazza’s Colorado office, was involved in one of the most important joint-venture cases in years. She also had a fascinating tip on how larger small businesses can use JVs to keep their status longer. We then talked through her recent wins on 8(a) suspensions and few recent SBA OHA decisions. The cases that Meghan works on aren’t just
FOCI: The Next Small Business Compliance Bomb (with Erin Estevez) (opens the original)
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Erin Estevez has a warning for Defense contractors—if you think you’re in the clear because of the CMMC Phase 2 pause, you may not be ready for what’s next. A new compliance regime is right around the corner. And the soon-to-be-required disclosures on Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence (FOCI) are much broader than the name suggests. If you have a contract with a foreign company, an overseas investor, or an employee on Visa status, you will probably need to comply. These rules will be espe
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