Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Requires the SBA to issue rules within 180 days requiring public disclosure when a federal procurement solicitation eligible to multiple small businesses is cancelled, including the reason, plans to reissue, and plans to include requirements elsewhere. Directs agencies to refer small businesses that prepared bids for cancelled solicitations to the agency Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for assistance finding similar opportunities.
Left emphasizes transparency and small business assistance benefits
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear administrative mandate for disclosure and referral concerning cancelled covered solicitations and integrates with existing statutory provisions and the Government-wide point of entry.
Requires the SBA to issue rules within 180 days requiring public disclosure when a federal procurement solicitation eligible to multiple small businesses is cancelled, including the reason, plans to reissue, and plans to include requirements elsewhere.
Directs agencies to refer small businesses that prepared bids for cancelled solicitations to the agency Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for assistance finding similar opportunities.
Mandates publication on the government-wide point of entry and amends the Small Business Act to add this OSDBU duty.
Low-controversy, narrow administrative fix with minimal fiscal impact; procedural Senate hurdles remain but policy friction appears limited.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear administrative mandate for disclosure and referral concerning cancelled covered solicitations and integrates with existing statutory provisions and the Government-wide point of entry. It sets a reasonable rulemaking deadline and defines key terms, but it leaves significant implementation details unspecified.
Left emphasizes transparency and small business assistance benefits
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Left emphasizes transparency and small business assistance benefits
Likely supportive because the bill promotes transparency and helps small and disadvantaged firms recover lost opportunities.
Views the OSDBU referral requirement as a targeted support for equity in federal contracting.
May see the 180-day rule deadline as positive but worry about lack of dedicated funding or enforcement teeth.
Generally favorable as a modest, administrative reform that improves predictability for small businesses while preserving agency discretion.
Sees potential benefits, but is cautious about unfunded administrative burdens and unclear implementation details.
Wants clear, limited compliance requirements to avoid delaying procurement.
Skeptical because it adds reporting and referral requirements that constrain agency flexibility and increase compliance costs.
Views the measure as an unnecessary regulatory layer that could expose procurement strategy and burden agencies, especially given no new funding.
Might accept narrowly if streamlined.
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Low-controversy, narrow administrative fix with minimal fiscal impact; procedural Senate hurdles remain but policy friction appears limited.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Left emphasizes transparency and small business assistance benefits
Low-controversy, narrow administrative fix with minimal fiscal impact; procedural Senate hurdles remain but policy friction appears limited.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear administrative mandate for disclosure and referral concerning cancelled covered solicitations and integrates with existing statutory provisions an…
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