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Sept 4 2020    Next issue: Sept 18 2020

What do PCRs actually do?

Documentation lacking

      Support documents for the activities of Procurement Center Representatives (PCRs) at the Small Business Administration are inadequate, the Government Accountability Office found. For example, in fiscal 2018:

  • PCRs did 2,429 procurement reviews but there were support documents for only 1,524 reviews;
  • PCRS were claimed to influence $1.2 billion in set-asides, but there were documents for only $258 million; and
  • In 1,002 cases, PCRs notified small firms of solicitations, or added them to the RFPs, but SBA had support documents for only 7 cases.

      The GAO recommended improved reporting. In fiscal 2019 there were 53 PCRs, down from 58 in fiscal 2010.

More information:
GAO report: https://bit.ly/3gP01SS

     

Inside this edition:

Number of fed’l small biz prime contractors declined in 3 years

Comments due on unpriced schedules

SDVOSBs gain in contracting, but not in SDVOSB set-asides

New interim rule on Huawei

What do PCRs actually do?

SBA OIG finds EIDL fraud

UNICOR info not up to date

Washington Insider:

  • Most federal COVID19 contracts not competed
  • SBA to allow appeals of rejected PPP loans

Coronavirus Update



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