The Buy Indian Act: Regulatory Updates and Their Implications for Native-Owned Businesses
Format: Live webinar (on-demand recording available on September 26, 2024)
Date: September 19, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Duration: Approx. 90 minutes
Instructors: Nicole Pottroff and Shane McCall, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC
Learning Credits: 1.5 CPEs, 1.5 ATCs
*Your registration includes access to the on-demand recording.
The Buy Indian Act is a law that gives contracting preference to Indian Economic Enterprises (IEEs), defined as “any business activity owned by one or more Indians or Indian tribes that is established for the purpose of profit provided that: the combined Indian or tribal ownership must constitute not less than 51 percent of the enterprise; the Indians or Indian tribes must, together, receive at least a majority of the earnings from the contract; and the management and daily business operations of an enterprise must be controlled by one or more individuals who are members of an Indian Tribe.”
This law has been on the books for a century, and it seems to be finally getting some teeth through regulatory changes and updates. This webinar will discuss the Buy Indian Act and other rules and regulations that provide advantages to IEEs.
Target Audience: Entities owned by Native American tribes and tribal members that do business with the federal government or are looking to start doing so
Speakers
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Nicole PottroffEquity partner, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLCNicole D. Pottroff is an equity partner with Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC. Nicole’s practice focuses exclusively on federal government contract law. She helps clients understand and comply with the complex regulatory provisions unique to federal contracting, including the FAR, DFARS, and SBA small business, 8(a) Program, WOSB/EDWOSB, SDVOSB/VOSB, and HUBZone regulations, among others.Nicole also assists clients by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating joint venture agreements, mentor-protégé agreements, teaming agreements, subcontracts, social disadvantage narratives, and other critical documents.
On the litigation side, Nicole has also played a key role in numerous GAO bid protests, Court of Federal Claims protests, SBA size and status protests, appeals before the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals, matters before the Boards of Contract Appeals, and even a protest appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Nicole graduated from the University of Kansas and the Washburn University School of Law. A lover of animals and all-things outdoors, Nicole lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with her husband and sons. Nicole covers government contracting legal topics regularly on SmallGovCon.com. You can contact Nicole by phone at (785) 200-8919 or by email at npottroff@koprince.com.
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Shane McCallEquity partner, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLCShane is an Equity Partner at Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC and Editor of the SmallGovCon federal contracting legal blog. He has authored multiple GovCon Handbooks including ones on Joint Ventures and Procedures and Pitfalls of Size Protests and Appeals. He assists small businesses in FAR and SBA compliance issues, transactional issues such as joint ventures and teaming agreements, and regularly litigates GAO bid protests, size and status protests (including under the SDVOSB program), and claims. Shane’s writing on small business government contracting matters can regularly be found at SmallGovCon, and his work has appeared in Contract Management magazine. He speaks on government contracting issues to audiences around the country. You can contact him at smccall@koprince.com.
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