SmallGovCon Has 10,000 Subscribers!

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Shane McCall

We wanted to thank our loyal SmallGovCon readers for this milestone: we now have 10,000 subscribers to our newsletter! Our attorney-authors have always worked to make our posts helpful, timely, and easy to read. Our number of subscribers is a testament that we are doing something right. A special thanks to the tireless efforts of Rhonda Burgess to organize, improve, and keep the blog articles and newsletter on track!

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: April 21-25, 2025

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Shane McCall

Happy Friday! April is almost over and it’s time to get out there and star mowing those lawns! We have had quite a bit of rain here in the Midwest so the grass is growing pretty fast right now. We hope you have a wonderful weekend and can get outside to enjoy the Spring weather.

This week in federal government contracting news included updates on staff reorganizations, rewriting of the procurement rules, and use of commercial solutions.

A Look at the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing (Part III)

Posted on April 25, 2025 by John Holtz

For a few weeks now, we have looked at a recent Court of Federal Claims (COFC) decision in two parts regarding the duty of good faith and fair dealing. In the first part, we observed how insistence on the terms of a contract is not a breach of good faith and fair dealing. In the second part, we discussed several separate considerations ranging from a decision to not move a project forward to the next phase to rejection of a claim of a government cabal. Now, we will conclude our look at this decision with the court’s review of the SBIR/STTR policy directive and its impact on the case.

Webinar Announcement! Shaping Opportunities in the New GovCon Climate, May 8, 2025, 11:00am CDT

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Shane McCall

Please join Greg Weber and me to discuss how recent executive orders are having an effect on the contracting landscape, and how they interact with important new small business rules and updates, joint venture changes and guidance, and recent cases. This discussion will focus on existing small business and evaluation rules and regulations, and how those fit in with recent orders and reorganization efforts.

Key issues include:

Strategic Capabilities to Capacity – Multiple Award Contracts, JV, 8(a) Program, Mentor-Protege, Teaming Arrangrements
Strategic Competencies – Past Performance Regulations and Solicitation Language
Current Contracts – Bid Protests, Selling SDVOSB, WOSB or other socioeconomic businesses and affect on contracts and proposals

GovCon FAQs: It’s Been Two Years–Has My Joint Venture Reached the End of the Road?

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Annie Birney

The lifespan of a joint venture is a frequently asked question that can be hard to find in SBA’s regulations if you don’t know where to look. Alternatively, people hear about the “two-year rule” and assume that’s the answer. This question comes up frequently because, like many topics in federal contracting, the answer requires some digging into the regulations and specifically the affiliation rules.

SmallGovCon Week in Review: April 14-18, 2025

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Shane McCall

Welcome to the latest edition of the Week in Review. It’s been a busy week in the federal government contracting world and the attorney-authors at SmallGovCon are striving to provide you with the latest updates. Some key stories from this week include executive orders on massive procurement reform (read our summary here) and the push for commercial IT solutions, to ongoing agency-level budget tightening, it’s been a wild ride. Have a great weekend!

Why File: A HUBZone Status Protest

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Shane McCall

Lately, it seems there has been an uptick in questions we receive at webinars, on the blog, and from prospective clients about the HUBZone program. There may be more interest in this program than there has been in the past as it could be a key tool for procurement designations in the future. At the same time, the HUBZone program, while making some aspects of the program more flexible, has also put more scrutiny on current and aspiring HUBZone contractors. This post talks about one process that puts a lot of scrutiny on HUBZone contractors: a HUBZone status protest.