Small business rules & their impact on procurement

About this episode

Ken Dodds discusses the impact of small business rules on procurement and the nuances of subcontracting under set-asides.

This week on Off the Shelf , Ken Dodds, executive vice president and general counsel for Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement , joins host Roger Waldron to discuss some of the most important small business rules impacting procurement. In the wake of the Department of War’s memo on pass-throughs and reviewing set-asides over $20 million, Dodds shares his insights on framework and limitations on subcontracting under small business set-asides contracts and the government’s corresponding focus when reviewing subcontracts under set-asides and want constitutes a potential pass-through situation. He provides the nuances inherit in these rules that play an understated role in management of small business programs.   Finally Dodds gives his thoughts on a host of current procurement topics, including GSA’s Reseller RFI, commercial practices and the RFO.   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: Roger Waldron

Guest: Ken Dodds

Topics covered

• small business rules
• procurement
• subcontracting
• set-asides
• government focus
• pass-through situations

Keywords

• small business
• procurement rules
• subcontracting
• set-asides
• pass-through
• GSA Reseller RFI
• commercial practices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement, Department of War, GSA

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