Wong hints on FY2018 small biz scorecard

      The SBA’s annual Procurement Scorecard showing small business utilization in fiscal 2018 has not been released yet, but Robb Wong, SBA’s associate administrator for government contracting, offered some tidbits at a Senate hearing on June 12.

      “In 2017, we reached a record $105 billion to small businesses, and we expect to greatly exceed that in 2018,” Wong said in his prepared statement.

      There were hints of good news on HUBZones. “We will soon report that the HUBZone Program achieved its best contracting performance in FY18, in terms of contract value since 2011 and in terms of percentage since 2012. While we have not yet attained the government-wide 3% goal, we continue to make progress,” Wong added.

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Statement at Senate Small Business Committee hearing: https://bit.ly/2FeKv2v

$1.6M in FCA case

      Richard Moore of Aiken, SC, who is the owner of Carolina Sodding Services LLC, and Carolina Enterprises of the Lowcountry LLC, has agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve allegations of submitting false invoices for materials never provided, and false certifications as a woman-owned small business. The contracts were for work at the Savannah River Nuclear Site in Aiken.

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District of South Carolina US Attorney's Office release: https://bit.ly/2IqckqW

New execs at SBA

      The SBA announced the appointment of George Koklanaris as the Associate Administrator for the Office of Small Business Development Centers; and Stefanie Baker Wehagen as the National Ombudsman and Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Enforcement Fairness in the Office of the National Ombudsman.

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SBA Press Release 19-34: https://bit.ly/2x1qfwV

Schedules terms RFI

      If you have any special terms in your GSA Schedules contract, now is the time to tell GSA those terms are critical for you. Comments are due by July 5 on the GSA’s draft version of the terms and conditions for consolidated schedules.

      “It is absolutely essential in this case,” Larry Allen, a government contracting consultant, wrote in a recent blog. The consolidation “almost certainly will wipe out any special terms and conditions your company has negotiated...Make sure that GSA knows how important those terms are to your firm,” he added.

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Larry Allen blog entry: https://bit.ly/31FcORw

$35K for IT Mod fund

      The House Appropriations Committee has allocated only $35 million to the Technology Modernization Fund in its draft 2020 appropriations bill released earlier this month. The White House requested $150 million.

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