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Lorenzo Buford IBM files protest over VA's $12B T4 contract

IBM files protest over VA's $12B T4 contract

IBM Corp. is protesting recent awards made under the Veterans Affairs Department’s $12 billion…

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Added by Lorenzo Buford on August 9, 2011 at 10:03am — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford Oct 11 2010 GAO Upholds SDVOSB Mandatory Set-Aside Posted by Dr. Earl R Smith II in Set-aside, tags: 8(a), adviser, advisory board, ANC, consulting, director, dr earl r smith, dr earl r smith ii,…

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GAO Upholds SDVOSB Mandatory Set-Aside

Posted by Dr. Earl R Smith II in Set-aside, tags: 8(a), adviser, advisory board, ANC, consulting, director, dr earl r smith, dr earl r smith ii, earl r smith ii, earl smith, federal circle, federal contracting, government contractor, managing partner, SBA, service disabled veteran, set-aside, small business, the federal circle, veteran owned, woman owned

A protest to GAO that the VA improperly failed to set-aside… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Buford on October 12, 2010 at 11:05am — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford Oct 11 2010 GAO Upholds SDVOSB Mandatory Set-Aside Posted by Dr. Earl R Smith II in Set-aside, tags: 8(a), adviser, advisory board, ANC, consulting, director, dr earl r smith, dr earl r smith ii,…

Oct

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2010



GAO Upholds SDVOSB Mandatory Set-Aside

Posted by Dr. Earl R Smith II in Set-aside, tags: 8(a), adviser, advisory board, ANC, consulting, director, dr earl r smith, dr earl r smith ii, earl r smith ii, earl smith, federal circle, federal contracting, government contractor, managing partner, SBA, service disabled veteran, set-aside, small business, the federal circle, veteran owned, woman owned

A protest to GAO that the VA improperly failed to set-aside… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Buford on October 12, 2010 at 11:04am — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford Why GTSI, and are others in SBA’s crosshairs?



The news that broke late Friday that GTSI Corp. had been suspended from winning future government work was a shocker.



SBA alleges that GTSI was improperly receiving dollars meant for small businesses. In other words, SBA says that GTSI was using small business prime contractors as a front to funnel money to the company.



In the initial rush of reading the Washington Post report and GTSI’s rebuttal, the first reaction is, "Boy, those guys at GTSI must have really… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Buford on October 4, 2010 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford GTSI suspension: a shot across the bow? SBA rare action raises questions and concerns



By David Hubler

Oct 04, 2010

The Small Business Administration's suspension Friday of GTSI Corp. from winning new federal contracts because of allegations it received contract dollars meant for small businesses has raised questions and concerns within the contracting community -- and maybe some fear.



“This could be devastating for the company,” said Warren Suss, president of Suss Consulting. “They live and die by federal contracts. Being suspended from government… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Buford on October 4, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford The US Army Has Awarded a $1.2 Billion Contract to a Construction Joint Venture to Build a Data Center at Camp Williams, Utah

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jaguar is the most powerful supercomputer in the world as ranked by the Top500 supercomputer rankings. It peaks at 2.33 PFlops, has two partitions, one of which contains 224,256 compute cores and a whopping 598 TBytes of memory, and has been used for, among other things, modeling atomic processes. The other partition is 16th on the Top500 in its own right.





Army-Funded Utah Data Center to be Used by NSA For Cybersecurity Operations



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Added by Lorenzo Buford on October 1, 2010 at 10:46pm — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford Provisions in the Small Business Jobs Act





Legislation includes increased IRC Section 179 expensing limits, "bonus" first-year depreciation, changes to treatment of small business stock, general business credit, and health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.



On September 27, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (H.R. 5297). Provisions contained in the act include:



• Increased IRC Section 179 expense limits -- Effective… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Buford on October 1, 2010 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford Veterans Benefits Act Of 2010 Sent To President Obama's Desk

Amended and approved by the Senate earlier in the week, today’s House action sends the bill to President Obama for his signature. The legislation improves and modernizes certain benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans and their families.
Chairman Filner said, “H.R. 3219 is the result of numerous productive hearings and markups, meaningful oversight and bi-partisan compromise – all to ensure that those who were willing to… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Buford on September 30, 2010 at 11:21pm — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford President Obama Signs Small Business Jobs Bill

President Obama Signs Small Business Jobs Bill

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 BY THE DBETODAY.COM EDITOR LEAVE A COMMENT



Photo Credit: The White House

Yesterday afternoon, President Obama signed into law the Small Business Jobs bill that will help promote job creation and spur private-sector growth. Historically, small businesses have accounted for two thirds of all American jobs, and this law will provide small businesses with new tax cuts and new capital to invest and expand –… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Buford on September 29, 2010 at 11:23am — No Comments

Lorenzo Buford The FAR Revises Its Coverage of SDVOSB Set-Asides to Be Consistent with SBA Rules

In FAC 2005-43, the FAR Council amended the circumstances in which a sole source award could be made to an SDVOSB concern. FAR 19.1406(a) was amended, effective August 2, 2010, to state that a sole source award can be made to an SDVOSB concern if the “contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.” This change was made to make the FAR consistent with the SBA regulations concerning… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Buford on September 28, 2010 at 2:38pm — No Comments

Henry T, Wilfong Jr SDVOSBs HAVE A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE

TO A SELECT FEW:





WILFONG'S THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

APRIL 18, 2009



ISSUE STATEMENT NO. 4021: SDVOSBs HAVE A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE…



One of the major items that’s gonna be on the table at the NASDB Seminar and The NASDB BrainTrust is gonna be The SDVOB issue. Many of you know that the Ol” Sarge is a service-disabled veteran from the Korean Conflict. Former S/Sgt Henry T. Wilfong Jr. US 56-238182, 18th Airborne Corps, has been drawing 20% disability pay, since the… Continue

Added by Henry T, Wilfong Jr on April 19, 2009 at 2:30pm — 5 Comments

Henry T, Wilfong Jr NASDB SEMINAR

NASDB is returning to Washington D.C. on April 23rd for a seminar-"Learn What You're Entitled To and How to Demand It". We will concentrate on how to get your fair share of the contracts generated under the STIMULUS PACKAGE, and the "regular" federal contracting.

Contact Hank Wilfong at :
hwilfongjr@aol.com
912/692-1168 (c)301/357-0297

Added by Henry T, Wilfong Jr on April 2, 2009 at 2:25pm — 2 Comments

Andrew Kearns SBA Construction Bonding - 27MAR09 News Release

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U.S. Small Business Administration



-- News Release --



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Release Date: March 27, 2009

Contact: Dennis Byrne (202) 205-6567

Release Number: 09-19

Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news



Recovery Act More Than Doubles Surety Bond

Guarantee Ceiling for Small Businesses



Move Could Help Spur Much Needed Construction… Continue

Added by Andrew Kearns on March 27, 2009 at 8:19pm — No Comments

Walter Cotton III The Perfect Contracting Storm!

(By: Walter Cotton III) 3/09



If you have not been watching the Federal Contracting Forecast, let this be your early warning. There is a category 5 SDVOSB Contracting Storm heading your way and you still have time to prepare for it!



Much like Hurricane Katrina, all of the conditions are optimal for the production for an environment-shifting event that will pass through our business community. Yet the single most important questing that must be addressed, in advance of this… Continue

Added by Walter Cotton III on March 25, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

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