VA Issues Acquisition Guidance Following Kingdomware Supreme Court Decision

July 25, 2016

In reaction to the June 16, 2016 U.S. Supreme Court reversal of a lower court decision on the Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) contracting program at the Department of Veterans Affairs (Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States), the VA has issued guidance to its acquisition team to ensure that procurements for VOSBs and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) are set-aside whenever a contracting officer has a reasonable expectation, based on market research, that two or more eligible firms are likely to submit competitive offers at a fair and reasonable price. Click here to view the document.