Archive - GovCon Intelligence

The FAR Council Strikes Back: How the latest FAR rewrite hurts small-business competition

Nine years ago, the FAR Council tried and failed to mandate consolidated contracting, but this time, the mandate will go into effect.

Aug 18 •

Small business contract spending is down across the board

Join me at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion with Aditi Dussault about GovCon developments

Aug 13 •

The "FAR Loophole" let the Government buy from China. A Federal court just closed it.

Plus bipartisan support for keeping the Rule of Two, when "to the extent" means more than "if," and COFC wants more analysis of veteran control

Aug 10 •

After 27 years, SBA's Mentor-Protégé Program faces another overhaul

SBA questioned if an "inordinate" amount of awards go through the program and threatened changes that would slow its growth

Aug 8 •

Could DOJ's DEI memo change the 8(a) program?

Plus what AI got right about the HUBZone price preference and how SBA won't use LinkedIn for size protests

Aug 2 •

July 2025

Local firms get most Federal contracts that go to small businesses. Consolidation will change that.

Category Management shifts contracts to national and regional businesses, putting pressure on local firms

Jul 31 •

The women-owned small business program dodged a Constitutional attack

Plus how OMB's consolidation memo uses SBA's playbook, the workaround for the vet program's licensing requirement, and more FAR-rewrite cuts affecting…

Jul 26 •

The FAR Overhaul: Be a Little Worried but Not Too Much

A video from the National HUBZone conference

Jul 24 •

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HUBZone contracts are at their lowest in 6 years. Here's what firms should do.

There are some bright spots for HUBZone program as we get to the last quarter of the Fiscal Year

Jul 22 •

What the FAR Council’s legislative proposals say about the future of the Rule of Two

A recording from Sam Le's live video

Jul 22 •

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The FAR Overhaul of Part 31: Grab your dictionaries

Plus GSA shows its distaste for set-asides; DoD wants your small-business advice; GAO's affiliate-past-performance case is for entity-owned firms; and…

Jul 18 •

The new SBA Scorecard is like a time machine

Three things you need to know about how the world has changed since SBA finished its Scorecard

Jul 17 •

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