The SMB Advantage: Federal Small Business Program Eligibility and Certification

GovWin's Small Business Webinar Series

In today’s government contracting market, contractors are looking for any edge they can get against the competition. Small business eligibility gives contractors a huge leg up. With increasing numbers of contracts being set aside for specific types of small businesses, eligibility can be the key to success. But how do you know if you are eligible and can take advantage of these programs?

In this webinar, experienced government contracting attorney Maria L. Panichelli will provide a primer on eligibility for the federal government’s small business programs as well as how to avoid the most common eligibility mistakes.

Highlights include:

“Small” business definition explained
How to use NAICS codes and the SBA’s size standards to determine a contractor’s size
Overview of eligibility criteria for 8(a), HUBZone, Women-Owned and Veteran-Owned businesses
Common ways small business eligibility can be destroyed, including affiliation, ownership and control

Speaker and Presenter Information

Maria Panichelli
Partner and Chair of the Government Contracting Department
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel

Maria L. Panichelli, Esq. is a partner, and the Chair of the Government Contracting department, at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel. She focuses her practice exclusively on federal government contracting and procurement, guiding her clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their federal contracts. Maria’s practice includes pre- and post-award bid protests, contract interpretation and performance counseling, the preparation of Requests for Equitable Adjustment and Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claim litigation, statutory and regulatory compliance counseling, resolution of subcontractor disputes (including the negotiation of liquidating agreements, and the use of pass-through claims and Miller Act bond claims), contract terminations, and all aspects of small business procurement. Maria is active in a number of federal contracting- and/or construction-related professional associations, is a regular author of government –contracting related content, and is a frequent lecturer at agency, government contracting and small business conferences.

Carey Webster
Senior Director, Research
Deltek

Carey Webster, Sr. Director of Research, is responsible for leading the team that provides market research to Deltek’s federal product suite. Webster came to Deltek from its acquisition of INPUT in 2010 and has worked in market rese