John Shoraka

Industry calling on NITAAC to reassess CIO-SP4 solicitation, push back due date for bids

The National Institutes of Health Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) made changes to the CIO-SP4 solicitation last week that is causing major concerns…

Contracts/Awards

Why systemic bias exists in government contracting programs

Commentary

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Limiting period of performance is killing highly successful 8(a) GWAC

Reporter's Notebook

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GSA adds $7B to 8(a) governmentwide contract’s ceiling

Contracts/Awards

The downside of a wildly successful governmentwide 8(a) contract

Reporter's Notebook

How recent decisions could change the landscape for small businesses

Commentary

Don’t undermine the goals of small business contracting

Commentary

Lead agencies must turn category management small business strategies into action

Reporter's Notebook

FILE - In this June 30, 2014 file photo, the Supreme Court building is seen in Washington. A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, sided with the government in a legal clash over the nation's insider trading laws, a victory for prosecutors seeking to curb corruption on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

SBA and GSA, OFPP not seeing eye-to-eye on ‘rule of two’ application

The Small Business Administration issued a memo in October stating all task and delivery orders between $3,000 and $150,000 under the GSA schedule are…

Reporter's Notebook

Lawmakers berate SBA for trying to ‘usurp authority’ in HUBZone program

The House Small Business Committee had a number of bones to pick with the Small Business Association’s HUBZone program, including the agency’s decision…

Congress