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Apr 28 2023    Next issue: May 12 2023

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Set-Aside Alert exclusive analysis:

More than 2,500 HUBZone firms decertified in FY2021-2022

Ineligible firms removed from program after number of HUBZone firms surged by 30% from FY 2017-2020

     To reduce the number of ineligible firms in the HUBZone program, the Small Business Administration decertified more than 2,500 HUBZone firms and removed them from the program in fiscal 2021 and 2022, according to recent federal reports.

      The purge occurred after four years of dramatic growth in the number of certified HUBZone firms in SBA’s Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) from fiscal 2017 to 2020. Many HUBZone firms--whether longstanding or newly listed--were considered to be at risk of ineligibility at that time by the SBA’s Inspector General.

      The IG recently credited SBA with weeding out ineligible HUBZone firms by implementing regulations in fiscal 2021 requiring HUBZone firms to recertify annually, along with processes for SBA to tighten oversight on the firms’ recertification exams every three years:...more....

     

Next issue: May 12, 2023

Inside this edition:

More than 2,500 HUBZone firms decertified in FY2021-2022

Contractor diversity data now posted online

Competed 8(a) set-asides fell by 52% in FY2018; still struggling

DOL: Equity in Megaprojects

GAO updates high risk list

Govt collaborates in acquiring tech

Geography of govcon

Column: Why the Content of a Contractor’s Joint Venture Agreement Matters

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  • IT & Professional Services spending forecast



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