(Editor’s Note.  Since there are numerous recent efforts to expand awards to small businesses we thought it would be a good time to review some of the rules affecting small business opportunities.  An understanding of rules for contracting with small business is important not only for small businesses pursuing government business but also large businesses because they must establish subcontracting goals and often compete against or team with small businesses.  In this second of two articles, we  focus on (1) Certificates of Competency by the Small Business Administration (SBA) (2) protections against bundling and (3) eligibility requirements for the most common SBA programs.  We have relied on a recent two part series in the October and November 1999 issues of Briefing Papers written by Stephen Ruscus of McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P.)

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