SBA’s Social Disadvantage Portion of 8(a) Program at Risk

September 10, 2023. A federal judge declared the portion of the federal contracting 8(a) program that equates race with social disadvantage, and which provides contracting advantages and opportunities to 8(a) businesses, as unconstitutional. That is, being Black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American no longer automatically qualifies 8(a) program applicants, or those already approved, as socially …

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Ability to Self-Certify as WOSB and EDWOSB Ending Soon

Currently women may “self-certify” their businesses as woman-owned small businesses (WOSB) and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB). There are forms and data one provides to the Small Business Administration to do so. A small percentage of federal contracts are awarded only to these businesses (3500 contracts in FY19). Regulations enacting the new EDWOSB/WOSB certification …

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Larson Slade Provides Tribal Consultation Services

Larson Slade has consulted with tribes since the early 90s, and we also advise governments and companies on how to work with tribes. For example, as part of a leading tribal training organization’s team, we have provided training and technical assistance on a federal agency’s policy on tribal consultation, which emphasizes the government-to-government relationship between …

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Recent Business Development Success

Recently Larson Slade provided business development advisory and capture/proposal leadership services to several small and mid-market contractors.  These pursuits resulted in prime contractor awards valued at $400 million totally. The domains were government/commercial cloud services; healthcare services; and technical and administrative services.

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Help for Companies That Hire Low-income Personnel

If you are a business that employs low-income personnel, look into the HUD Section 3 program, which provides priority consideration for jobs, training and contracts. If your business meets one of these criteria, you may be eligible for priority consideration: 51% or more owned by Section 3 residents At least 30% of fulltime, permanent staff …

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Larson Slade Provides Tribal 8(a) Federal Contracting Training in Indian Country

Larson Slade has provided training on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 8(a) federal contracting program in numerous tribal communities and at tribal conferences for many years. Recently, as a subcontractor to the Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma) and for the SBA, we provided training and technical assistance on the 8(a) program for tribal governments (tribes, ANCs, NHOs) …

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Larson Slade Helps SDVOSB Win $92M in New Work

Larson Slade received news that its client won two contract awards for IT services from the Social Security Administration. The combined value is approximately $92 million and is new work for this client. Larson Slade supported the intensive effort to develop three proposals simultaneously for the SSA.

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