Small Business Update January 17, 2012 Randy Czaia Minnesota District SBA Office
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Small Business Update January 17, 2012 Randy Czaia Minnesota District SBA Office 1
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Small Business Update January 17, 2012 Randy Czaia Minnesota District SBA Office. U.S. Small Business Administration. Agency of U.S. Government – Part of President’s Cabinet Financial Assistance Business Counseling and Training Government Contracting http://www.sba.gov/ (national) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Small Business Update
January 17, 2012Randy CzaiaMinnesota District SBA Office
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U.S. Small Business Administration
Agency of U.S. Government – Part of President’s Cabinet
Financial Assistance Business Counseling and Training Government Contracting http://www.sba.gov/ (national) http://www.sba.gov/mn (local)
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Big Changes to the Small Business Contracting Programs in 2011!
Jobs Act HUBZone Women Owned Small Business Program 8(a) Business Development
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Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
Parity of Small Business Programs Repeal of Comp Demo Set Asides for Multiple Award Schedules Presumption of Loss (under False Claims
Act) for Size Misrepresentation
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Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
Annual Certification of size in ORCA DOJ Attorney General will issue policy for
prosecution of size and status fraud Establishes SB Teams Pilot Project Establish Mentor Protégé Programs for
HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB
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Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
Holding Large Prime Contractors Accountable to Subcontracting Plans– Contractor must explain in writing to the
Contracting Officer reasons why it did not award identified subcontracts.
Payment to subcontractors Contractor must notify the CO when payments
are less than the agreed to price or payments are not made with in 90 days.
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Expiration of “Grandfathered” HUBZone Areas
2004 Law stated no HUBZone area will lose its designation until 2010 census.
On Oct 1, 2011 SBA announced new HUBZone Counties based on census data.
All of the areas “Grandfathered” by 2004 law lost status.
Approximately 40% of HUBZone certified firms no longer qualified.
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Women Owned Small Business Program (WOSB)
Set-aside program for women enacted by statute in Dec 2, 2000 implemented in Feb 4, 2011.
Set-aside only permitted under NAICs codes where:– WOSB underrepresented– WOSB substantially underrepresented
Contract limits: $5M for manufacturing or $3M for other contracts.
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Women Owned Small Business Program (WOSB)
Two categories of WOSB:– WOSB– Economically Disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB)
NAICs codes underrepresented = EDWOSB NAICs codes substantially underrepresented
= WOSB
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Women Owned Small Business Program (WOSB)
WOSB and EDWOSB may:– Self certify with documentation into SBA online
document repository.– Be certified by SBA approved third party.
Contracting Officer verifies documentation of successful offeror.
For statistical and subcontracting purposes WOB can still self certify.
Information at www.sba.gov/wosb.
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8(a) Business Development
Major changes to 8(a) regulations March 14, 2011 including:– Economic Disadvantage– Restrictions on Tribal and ANC ownership of
additional firms and on award of follow-on contracts– Prohibits release of 8(a) requirements without the
concurrence of the SBA Associate Administrator for 8(a) BD
– Joint ventures– Mentor Protégé
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SADBOC
2012 SADBOC Government Procurement Fair April 25, 2012 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center– Sign Up to Exhibit!– Sign up for Match-Making!– Spread the word to the vender community!
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