The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed a revised Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act (HR 1873) on May 1, 2007. This bill, originating in the House Small Business Committee, has the primary effect of limiting small business bundling and upping the small business participation goals. The bill as passed will up the small business goal from 23 to 28 percent, according the the GovExec article and waters down the original from virtually eliminating all bundling to those requirements that were originally satisfied by two or more small businesses.
For a discussion of the original bill, click here, here, and here. For the text of the original bill, click here. The amended bill is not yet available online and will be posted when it is available.
Will keep you up to date on the latest changes.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
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HR 1873 does not require immediate recertification of companies registered as a small business. This goes directly against the spirit of the Small Business Act of 1953.
HR 1873 has absolutely no provisions of any kind that would stop Hundred's of Fortune 1000 firms and international firms that have received federal small business contracts from continuing to receive billions in federal small business contracts until 2012.
HR- 1873 Small Business Fairness and Contracting Act This decision is about $65 Billion per year according to www.asbl.com
There is vote coming up in Congress on Tues May 8th 2007 and the bill does not contain provisions to stop Fortune 500 companies that have EXISTING Federal small business contracts to continue from continuing to receive awards from those contracts. The sponsor Bruce Braley of Iowa who was put up for this by Nydia Velazquez is she influenced by large businesses?
HR 1873 does not require annual recertification of companies registered as a small business. This goes directly against the spirit of the Small Business Act of 1953.
HR 1873 has absolutely no provisions of any kind that would stop Hundred's of Fortune 1000 firms and international firms that have received federal small business contracts from continuing to receive billions in federal small business contracts until 2012.
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