SBA adding 15 more Womens Biz Centers

      President Biden announced that the SBA is increasing the number of Women’s Business Centers, bringing the total to 160.

     “This Administration has invested nearly $70 million in the Women Business Centers network, expanding it for the first time into all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This includes tripling the number of WBCs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions and other minority-serving institutions (MSI),” according to a White House Fact Sheet for the SBA’s 2023 Women’s Business Summit on March 28 and 29.

Read more:
White House Fact Sheet: https://bit.ly/3KCcv2n

431 awardees in NIH NITAAC’s $50B CIO-SP4

      NIH announced that 431 companies preliminarily have been awarded a place on the long-awaited $50 billion IT CIO-SP4 IT services contract, 40 more than in the current iteration.

      And 308 of those awardees are small businesses, while 123 winners are other than small.

      NIH’s NITAAC said the list is preliminary and not yet complete.

      Some of the firms are counted in more than one category.

Read more at:
Preliminary awardees list by category (8(a), WOSB, VOSB, etc.): https://bit.ly/3ZTTyN2

Proposal on lower-tier credit withdrawn

      On June 6, 2019, a proposed rule was issued to amend a previous SBA regulation pertaining to credit for lower-tier small business subcontracting. Since Congress made additional changes to such credits in the 2020 NDAA, SBA has withdrawn the June 6, 2019 proposed rule and will open a new FAR case.

Read more at:
New FAR case: https://bit.ly/3KK5JaS

Inside this edition:

Number of 8(a) firms has risen by 10% since low point in 2019

SBA’s 2024 budget plan to lift govcon, entrepreneur programs

Funds for sustainability

HUBZ appeals at SBA’s OHA

Senate panel OKs Syed as SBA Dep Admin

Reps. seek OA advocate

Guzman on defense

Column: The Key Personnel Conundrum

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