In this episode, Shayn Fernandez is joined by Verniece Love, Director of SWaM Certification, Virginia Department of Small Business & Supplier Diversity (SBSD), who summarizes the top reasons why SWaM certifications are denied in Virginia, including board control, ownership and principal place of business, as well as the appeals process.

In this episode, Shayn Fernandez is joined by Verniece Love, Director of SWaM Certification, Virginia Department of Small Business & Supplier Diversity (SBSD), who provides updates to the SWaM certification process as well as an overview of the services provided by SBSD.

If you’re thinking about lending to a firearms industry member, you need to take special precautions. Firearms laws are complex, and impact multiple aspects in transactions. This podcast touches upon major areas of which you need to be aware.

CPARS reports are a fundamental element of a contracting officer’s evaluation of past performance in considering proposals for new work. Contractors must be diligent in preserving their reputation by ensuring CPARS are accurate.

The U.S. government faces a myriad of current and forward-looking technical, medical, IT, cyber, resiliency, logistics and other challenges. OTA arrangements offer opportunities to virtually any business to participate in research, development and/or prototyping efforts to address these quandaries in a contract environment familiar to the commercial world.  

On this episode of GovCon Perspectives, Kevin Pomfret and Clint Brannon discuss how to conduct due diligence of a target government contractor's data assets in a corporate transaction.

Description of the key requirements for government contractors to comply with ITAR and avoid penalties.

Discussion of what buyers want to see when they are purchasing a government contractor and what it takes to get there.

On this joint edition of Williams Mullen's GovCon Perspectives and Benefits Companion podcasts, Brydon DeWitt is joined by special guest Carl Grund, a financial advisor with Signature Financial Partners in Tysons, Va.

Brydon and Carl discuss the role that benefits such as 401K plans can play in helping companies recruit and retain employees.

When can the buyer of the assets of a company receive credit in a subsequent contract award competition for the seller’s experience and past performance?