Smith Currie provides representation and litigation counsel to clients to ensure their compliance with all applicable regulations and policies related to the Small Business Act, including preference programs such as the 8(a) program for small, disadvantaged businesses, the HUBZone empowerment contracting program for small businesses in historically underutilized business zones, the women-owned and veteran-owned small business programs, and agency small business set-aside programs. We also assist large businesses in matters relating to their small business subcontracting plans.
Our representation of clients includes:
- Analyzing a company’s compliance with the requirements for participation in small business programs.
- Structuring companies to meet the requirements for participation in small business programs.
- Defending companies whose size or preference status has been challenged by their competitors.
- Monitoring agency compliance with small business set-aside programs and challenging agency action which fails to comply.
- Assisting companies in obtaining small business certification.
- Obtaining a Certificate of Competency (COC) from the Small Business Administration after a contracting agency has determined initially that a company is not eligible for contract award.
- Pursuing challenges of companies who seek to avail themselves of the benefits of small business programs but who fail to meet the applicable size or ownership standards.
- Appealing adverse size status determinations to the Small Business Administration’s Regional Offices and to the Washington, DC Office of Hearings & Appeals.
- Assisting companies in meeting their small business subcontracting goals.
- Drafting Joint Venture, Mentor/Protégé and other agreements.
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Handled the government contract aspects of a client's acquisition of another contractor's manufacturing facilities. Among other things, we provided the client with necessary advice and opinions relative to it successfully maintaining its small business size status.
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Represented general contractor in successful HUBZone protest of a $30 million Corps of Engineers contract award to a competitor.
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Successfully represented company and obtained seven-figure settlement on claim for equitable adjustment relating to increase in the applicable Service Contract Act wage determination.
Negotiated substantial reduction in government claims for alleged underpayment of SCA wages and benefits.
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Successfully defended against agency attempt to debar clients for violation of small business contracting rules, contract violations.
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Represented the general contractor in litigation in California and North Carolina defending alleged violations of the False Claims Act. Read more.