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Federal Compliance Contacts and Resources for Small Businesses
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Executive Order - Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Released February 12, 2013
Small Business Size Standards for Software Publishers and Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services Increased
effective January 7, 2013
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-12-06/html/2012-29360.htm
Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program
effective February 4, 2011
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-25179.pdf
This Final Rule amends
part 127, entitled ‘‘The Women-Owned
Small Business Federal Contract
Assistance Procedures,’’ and implements
procedures authorized by the Small
Business Act (Pub. L. 85–536, as
amended) to help ensure a level playing
field on which Women-Owned Small
Businesses can compete for Federal
contracting opportunities.
Compliance guide available at:
http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/gc/gc_women_procurement.html
Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging while Driving
effective September 29, 2010
Implements Executive Order 13513. Clause states that Contractors "should" adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving. Flowdown is mandatory to subcontractors (not required to be flowed down to commercial item subcontractors under 52.212-5 or 52.244-6).
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-24206.pdf
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition--Related Thresholds
effective October 1, 2010
The micro-purchase base threshold of $3,000 (FAR 2.101) is not changed.
The simplified acquisition threshold (FAR 2.101) is raised from $100,000 to $150,000.
The FedBizOpps preaward and post-award notices (FAR part 5) remain at $25,000 because of trade agreements.
Commercial items test program ceiling (FAR 13.500) is raised from $5,500,000 to $6,500,000.
The cost or pricing data threshold (FAR 15.403-4) is raised from $650,000 to $700,000.
The prime contractor subcontracting plan (FAR 19.702) floor is raised from $550,000 to $650,000, and the construction threshold of $1,000,000 increases to $1,500,000.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-21025.htm
Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (FAR Case 2008-039)
effective July 8, 2010
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