Description
In this informative webinar, federal government contracts attorneys Nicole Pottroff and Shane McCall of Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC will break down the most important legal developments impacting federal contractors in 2026. They will cover significant updates to small business regulations, new SBA certification processes and updates, the impact of recent FAR and procurement changes, recent decisions affecting federal contractors, and more.
Topics Include:
- Impact from updates to procurement rules including how the RFO is progressing and Executive Orders including DEI
- Bid and Status Protest Updates including statistics and bridge contracts
- SBA rule updates, including the monumental size standards changes
- State of small business contracting
- Changes to the SDVOSB Program
- Changes to the 8(a) Program, including social disadvantage revisions and suspensions
Target Audience: Government contractors, small business owners, procurement counselors
Meet Your Instructor:
SHANE MCCALL, Equity Partner at Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC
Shane 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.
NICOLE POTTROFF, Equity Partner with Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC
Nicole 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 covers government contracting legal topics regularly on SmallGovCon.com. You can contact Nicole by email at npottroff@koprince.com.
Lorie Henderson (verified owner) –
Love the recap for the year! Recommend splitting it up so that you will have adequate time to cover everything and review Questions. Consider a 6 month recap, quarterly, etc. Lot’s of good information. Hate to have to leave and miss the discussions.