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Horizon cutting-room links: Friday, 8 May 2025

Horizon cutting-room links: Friday, 8 May 2025

"No More HUBZone Price Preference for Most Mentor-Protege Joint Ventures," SmallGovCon In a significant regulatory shift, SBA has eliminated the price preference advantage for HUBZone mentor-protege joint ventures, which could impact many contractors looking to partner with HUBZone businesses. * The HUBZone price evaluation preference now only applies to

Too heavy and too late; meet Army’s M10 Booker, a tank without a mission

Too heavy and too late; meet Army’s M10 Booker, a tank without a mission

Defense One’s Meghann Myers covers the development of the US Army’s M10 Booker—meant to be a nimble, air-droppable “light tank” for infantry support—that arrived years late, overweight, and unusable on key bases like Fort Campbell. Originally envisioned in 2013 as a spiritual successor to the 16-ton

GSA ramps up procurement consolidation with new agency guidance

GSA ramps up procurement consolidation with new agency guidance

GSA is accelerating efforts to centralize federal procurement, issuing new guidance to agency senior procurement executives on how to identify contracts for common goods and services suitable for transfer or shared management. According to a Linked In post by industry expert Shauna Weatherly of Federal Subcontract Solutions, agencies are being