“The House-passed version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act would make some significant changes for the HUBZone program. Among them are the ability to have HUBZone appeals heard by administrative judges. Below is a summary of the key changes The House version of the 2022 NDAA includes some amendments that could come about if they are all included in the final law…”
“The first one is HUBZone appeals. The House version of the NDAA provides authority for SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals judges to hear all appeals from formal protest determinations in connection with the status of a concern as qualified HUBZone small business concern…”
“Another proposed change to the HUBZone rules would clarify that the HUBZone Price Evaluation Preference applies to certain orders under unrestricted contracts. The legislative text, if approved, would make the HUBZone price evaluation preference applicable to ‘an unrestricted order issued under an unrestricted multiple award contract or the unrestricted portion of a contract that is partially set aside for competition restricted to small business concerns.’ This would make clear that the price preference must be applied at the order level, not just the base contract level, for purposes of price competition.
Finally, as we wrote about earlier, HUBZone contracts, along with those of other major socioeconomic preference programs, would have a higher sole source cap, up to $8 million…” Read the full article here.
Source: House-Approved 2022 NDAA Makes HUBZone Changes, Including HUBZone Appeals – By Shane McCall, October 25, 2021. SmallGovCon.
