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Reposted from Breaking: SBA Issues Veteran-Owned Certification Rules - SmallGovCon Click here for Koprince newsletter The SBA has issued its draft rules on how it will go about certifying Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) and Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs). Below, we highlight some of the main components of these rules. The changes stem from Congress’s requirement in the 2021 NDAA to to eliminate SDVOSB self-certification and adopt a government-wide SDVOSB certification requirement, while transferring control of the certification process from the VA to the SBA. For the most part, SBA has taken a simple approach, combining its existing rules...

Reposted from SmallGovCon Reposted from SmallGovCon John Holtz AttorneyKoprince McCall Pottroff LLC 785-200-8919Email Ah, the Federal Acquisition Regulations, or FAR. Quite numerous and complex, yes, but they provide a standardized set of rules and procedures that govern federal government procurements.  Regardless of what contract you’re dealing with (other than a few exceptions such as the FAA, which is not subject to the FAR), you can be sure that the rules of the FAR govern it. Unfortunately, that last statement is not true. Since 1989, the Department of Defense (and as time has passed, more and...