“The plaintiff in a case that shook up the Small Business Administration’s federal contracting program for developing small disadvantaged businesses is asking the court to also enjoin that program’s use in the administrative and technical support industry, among other requests.
That request was part of the additional relief Ultima Services Corp. asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to provide in a Friday motion. The court’s previous decision enjoined the use of a “rebuttable presumption” that certain business owners qualifying for the SBA’s 8(a) federal contracting program faced social disadvantage because of their race or ethnicity…”
Source: Ultima Services asks court to bar SBA’s 8(a) program in the administrative, technical support industry. By Madison Alder, September 18, 2023. FedScoop.
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