Story excerpt provided by SmallGovCon Small business federal contractors may soon want to think about getting new luggage. The FAR will be updated to allow for – but not require – small business set-asides in overseas procurements. This has the potential to open up a substantial number of contracting opportunities to small businesses who have … Continue reading The FAR Will Soon Allow Small Business Set-Asides Outside the US
Industrial Expansion: Proposed New Size Standards for Manufacturing and Other Industries with Employee-Based Size Standards
Story excerpt provided by SmallGovCon The SBA’s regulations state it will examine monetary-based size standards (e.g., receipts, net income, assets) at least once every five years and determine if adjustments are needed to those standards at such time. 13 C.F.R. § 121.102. But what about employee-based size standards? In fact, the same rule applies for … Continue reading Industrial Expansion: Proposed New Size Standards for Manufacturing and Other Industries with Employee-Based Size Standards
More DoD contracting dollars are going to shrinking pool of small businesses
Story excerpt provided by Federal News Network The Defense Department has been steadily increasing the number of contracting dollars it directs to small business. But the number of small businesses it works with is dropping. For the Government Accountability Office, that indicates a need to better coordinate the department’s many efforts to promote small business. … Continue reading More DoD contracting dollars are going to shrinking pool of small businesses
Once bracing for a spike in demand, CMMC AB now worries about a shortage
Story excerpt provided by FedScoop The Department of Defense’s recent dramatic paring down of its contractor cyber requirements could collapse the market of cybersecurity assessors, the CEO of the accreditation body tasked with setting up that market told FedScoop. David McKeown, the DOD’s chief information security officer, said Wednesday that the number of companies that … Continue reading Once bracing for a spike in demand, CMMC AB now worries about a shortage
Event highlights opportunities for women-owned business
Story excerpt provided by Edwards Air Force Base WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Opportunities abound for women-owned small business in the Air Force, and the Air Force Materiel Command Small Business office is on a mission to make those possibilities known. The small business office, in partnership with the Wright Brothers Institute located in … Continue reading Event highlights opportunities for women-owned business