Acquisition Hour: Affiliation and Business Ownership/Investment, Am I Really a Small Business?

September 12, 2017  

Start Date	September 12, 2017
End Date	September 12, 2017
Time	1:00pm - 2:00pm
Facility	Webinar
Contact Info	Ben Blanc benjaminb@wispro.org (414)270-3600
Register Online	Register for Event

In Federal contracting, being a small business has its benefits.  Many contractors intentionally make sure that their business qualifies as small in order to qualify for set aside contracts, qualify for US SBA small business programs, participation in the SBIR/STTR program, as well as preferred financing, accelerated payment and other benefits.

To be considered small, concerns must meet a particular size standard that corresponds to a six-digit North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code. Each size standard is stated in terms of either receipts or number of employees of the firm and ALL OF ITS DOMESTIC and FOREIGN AFFILIATES.

So is YOUR BUSINESS REALLY SMALL?  In this session we will discuss:

• What is AFFILIATION
• How does adding an investor impact your business size
• Does foreign ownership impact size determination
• Can a franchise be a small business
• How do family owned business relationships impact size
• How are employees and revenue actually counted
• How can subcontractors or teaming partners impact size determination
• Who has the final approval in Federal size determination
• What is a size protest

Speaker: Emily A. Constantine, Attorney, Husch Blackwell LLP

Join the Wisconsin Procurement Institute and guest speakers for the WPI ACQUISITION HOUR – a series of lunchtime FREE LIVE WEBINARS on a variety of Federal government contracting topics!  You will need to register to have access and be able to interact with the guest speaker– the web link will be sent to you after registering for the WEBINAR.  The schedule will be updated as speakers commit to participate.  If you have any topics that are of interest to you – please send them to benjaminb@wispro.org