The small business environment in GovCon

About this episode

Mark Amtower discusses the small business environment in GovCon with Shauna Weatherly, covering audits, set-asides, and survival tactics.

For the first show of year 19 for Amtower Off Center , host Mark Amtower is joined by Shauna Weatherly of FedSubK for a candid discussion about the small business environment in GovCon. Topics include: 8(a) audits and the materials required by SBA, which resulted in the initial suspension of 1,000 companies Reduction of the percentage for set-asides, especially SD Bs Some tactics for small contractor survival A quick update on the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Mark Amtower

Guest: Shauna Weatherly

Topics covered

• small business environment
• GovCon
• 8(a) audits
• set-asides
• contractor survival
• FAR Overhaul

Keywords

• small business
• GovCon
• 8(a) audits
• set-asides
• contractor survival
• FAR Overhaul

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FedSubK, SBA, GovCon

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