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Law360 Publishes Article on Kingdomware by Jeff Belkin and Breana Ware

June 22, 2016 By Jeffrey Belkin

On June 21, 2016, Law360 published the article “High Court Boosts Veterans Contracts in Kingdomware” written by Jeff Belkin and Breana Ware. In this article, Jeff and Breana discuss the issues at hand in the recent unanimous decision for the U.S. Supreme Court in Kingdomware Technologies Inc. v. United States, No. 14-916. As indicated by Jeff and Breana, this ruling will have a significant impact on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ procurement process; on current and future protests before the Government Accountability Office regarding the VA’s use, or nonuse, of the Rule of Two; [...]Read more

Filed Under: Advice to Contractors & Grant Recipients Tagged With: Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), Kingdomware Technologies Inc. v. United States, Press, Rule of Two, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)

Women-Owned Small Businesses and Sole Source Contracts

February 11, 2016 By Jessica Sharron

President Obama’s administration has made it a priority to meet the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) prime and subcontracting goals, which include metrics relating to the percentage of government contracts awarded to small businesses, women-owned small businesses (WOSB), small disadvantaged businesses, service disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and historically underutilized business zones. Although in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 government agencies met or exceeded their prime contracting goals for small businesses in general, they did not achieve their goals for WOSBs. One way to [...]Read more

Filed Under: Advice to Contractors & Grant Recipients Tagged With: Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Defense Authorization Act, Regulatory Secretariat Division, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Small Business Administration (SBA), Sole Source Award, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB)

Jeff Belkin Quoted on the U.S. Supreme Court Case Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States

January 1, 2016 By Alston Government Contracts Team

On November 5, 2015, Jeff Belkin was quoted in Law360 in connection with the Kingdomware case. Belkin was again quoted on December 1, 2015, in Law.com on the same case. At issue for the Court is whether the Federal Circuit court erred in construing 38 U.S.C. § 8127(d)’s mandatory set-aside as discretionary. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of 38 U.S.C. § 8127 provide authority for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) contracting officers to restrict competition and make awards directly to service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and veteran-owned small business (VOSB) firms, [...]Read more

Filed Under: Advice to Contractors & Grant Recipients Tagged With: Kingdomware Technologies Inc. v. United States, Press, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), U.S. Supreme Court, Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), Writ of Certiorari

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