SBA, Mentor-Protege Program, Proposed Rules

How SBA's Proposed Size, Status Recertifications Rule Could Impact Small Business M&A

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/25/2024

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Aug. 23, 2024, issued a Proposed Rule that significantly changes the effect of recertifications of size and socioeconomic status under set-aside contracts following a merger or...more

SBA’s Proposed Rule: All Small Mentor-Protégé Program ‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 9/12/2024

On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would significantly change the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program and other small business programs, including the 8(a) Program...more

SBA Proposes Significant Changes to Multiple Programs and Policies

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/28/2024

WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a proposed rule that’s directed principally at amending its regulations governing the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program, but also proposes...more

SBA’s Proposed Rule: Impact on HUBZone and 8(a) Programs

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 8/26/2024

On Friday, August 23, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would make significant changes to the SBA’s HUBZone small business contracting program, as well as modifications to other small business...more

SBA Announces It Is Considering Whether To Prohibit Mentor-Protégé Joint Ventures From Competing For Multiple Award Contracts

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/30/2024

On July 22, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA) posted an announcement, Tribal Consultation for HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications and Potential Reforms Under Executive Order 14112, 89 Fed. Reg. 59010...more

SBA Notices Tribal Consultation in Advance of Proposed Rule Affecting HUBZone, 8(a) and Other Small Business Contracting Programs

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/24/2024

On July 22, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a Notice of Tribal Consultations (Notice) in the Federal Register related to a forthcoming proposed rulemaking affecting a number of SBA's small...more

SBA Proposed Rule and its Impact on Alaska Native Corporations

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 6/12/2024

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) that will align the FAR with regulatory...more

DoD Mentor-Protégé Program Solidified under Proposed Rule

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 11/10/2023

On October 25, 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a Proposed Rule amending the Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and permanently authorizing the DoD Mentor-Protégé Program...more

PilieroMazza Summarizes SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs

PilieroMazza PLLC on 10/16/2020

Today, SBA issued its final rule making changes to its rules on joint ventures, the mentor protégé program, the Section 8(a) program, and much more. In developing this final rule, SBA reviewed and considered the many...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2020 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/2/2020

Comments to Proposed Rule on Consolidation of Mentor Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments, February 7, 2020 - In its role as advocate to small businesses operating in the government contracting...more

PilieroMazza Comments To Rin 3245-Ag94, Proposed Rule On The Consolidation Of Mentor Protégé Programs And Other Government...

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/20/2020

Dear Ms. Fernandez - We are writing to submit comments on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) above-referenced proposed rule on amendments to its regulations to merge the 8(a) Business Development Program...more

PilieroMazza Drafts Comments To Rin 3245-AG94, Proposed Rule On The Consolidation Of Mentor Protégé Programs And Other Government...

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/3/2020

Dear Ms. Fernandez - We are writing to submit comments on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) above-referenced proposed rule on amendments to its regulations to merge the 8(a) Business Development Program...more

January 2020 Small Business Roundup

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/3/2020

As we dive into the next decade of small business matters (hello 2020!), we wanted to briefly review the key small business regulatory changes that took place at the end of 2019. We also want to discuss a December 2019...more

Column: The Implications of SBA's Proposed Rule Changes for Tribally Owned 8(a) Businesses - Set-Aside Alert

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/31/2020

The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently published a proposed rule (https://bit.ly/2RQhpwb) that would merge its mentor-protégé programs and amend many of its rules governing the 8(a) Business Development program. ...more

The Implications of SBA's Proposed Rule Changes for Tribally Owned 8(a) Businesses

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/9/2020

SBA recently published a proposed rule that would merge its mentor-protégé programs and amend many of its rules governing the 8(a) program. Our firm’s managing partner, Pam Mazza, recently explained the rule’s significant...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2019 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/12/2019

CLIENT ALERT: SBA to Enact Significant Changes to Small Business Regulations Before 2020: Everything You Need to Know - On November 29, 2019, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule that will...more

SBA Proposes Combining 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program with the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program, As Well As Extensive Changes to 8(a)...

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/11/2019

On November 8, 2019, the Small Business Administration published a proposed rule to combine the 8(a) Business Development (BD) Mentor-Protégé Program with the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program. 84 Fed. Reg. 60,846 (Nov. 8,...more

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