PUBLICATIONS

Ralph C. Thomas III - Publications:

    • “Growing Together, Part II: Partnering with HUBZones and SDVOSB’s, Minority Business Entrepreneur (MBE), March/April 2011, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 26-28.
    • “Growing Together Part I – Partnering with 8(a) Firms,” Minority Business Entrepreneur (MBE), January/February 2011, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 14-15.
    • “Teaming Agreement Strategies: When the Small Business is the Prime Contractor,” DiversityPlus Magazine, March/April 2010, Vol. 7. No. 2, pp. 46-47.
    • “Filing a Size Protest: How Much Proof is Necessary,” Minority Enterprise Advocate, January-February 2010, pp. 14-15.
    • “Using Teaming Agreements to Maximize Effectiveness and Minimize Risk,” Diversity- Plus Magazine, January-February 2010, pp. 46-48.
    • “Determining Your Negotiation Leverage in Teaming Agreements: A Five Step Formula,” Minority Enterprise Advocate, September-October 2009, pp.5-6.
    • “Calculating Small Business Size By Number of Employees,” DiversityBusiness.com, 2009 Summer Edition, pp. 68-70.
    • “Small Business Set Asides Expanded,” Minority Enterprise Advocate, March – June 2009, pp.7-8.
    • “Playing by the Numbers,” Contract Management, February 2009, pp. 43-49.
    • “When Size Matters: How to Defend a Size Protest,” Minority Business Entrepreneur (MBE), July/August 2008, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 44-50.
    • “Ask the Expert: Teaming Agreements 101: Part II,” Vetrepreneur, May 2008, pp. 44-45.
    • “Ask the Expert: Teaming Agreements 101: Part I,” Vetrepreneur, April 2008, pp. 40-41.
    • “Feature Comment: When the Prevailing Party Loses – SBA Size Determination Appeals Process Does Not Always Benefit the Winning Side,” The Government Contractor, Vol. 49, No. 13, April 4, 2007, pp. 1, 3.
    • “Expert Editorial: Determining Your Negotiation Leverage in Teaming Agreements: A Five Step Formula,” The Minority Business & Procurement Resource Guide, Second Edition, 2007, pp. 64-67.
    • “The Big One That Got Away: Avoiding (Dis)Joint(ed) Ventures,” Minority Business Entrepreneur (MBE), Vol. 24, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2007, pp. 30-35.
    • “The Politics of Affiliation,” Minority Business Entrepreneur, Vol. 23, No. 3, May/Jun 2006, pp. 20-28.
    • “A Primer for Negotiating Subcontracts for High-Tech Small Businesses,” The Federal Lawyer, February 2005, pp. 22-24.
    • “Four Essential Questions for Successful Marketing to the Federal Government,” The Minority Business Guide, Sponsored by Staples, NAI The Michael Companies, Inc., and Amtrak, Premier Edition: 2004-2005, p. 41.
    • “Subcontracting: Federal Procurement’s Ugly Duckling,” Minority Business Entrepreneur, Vol. 20, No. 1, January/February 2003, pp. 30-36.
    • “The Impact of Small Businesses on Critical NASA Space Missions,” 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference (Record of Proceedings) March, 2002.
    • “Representing Small Businesses in Teaming Agreements,” Government Contracts Section Newsletter (Federal Bar Association), Summer 2002, pp. 14-16.
    • “Contract Bundling,” Minority Business Entrepreneur, Vol. 18, N January/February 2001, pp. 16-22.
    • “Team Players,” Minority Business Entrepreneur, Vol.17, No. 5, September/October 2000, pp. 60-68.
    • “So You Think You Know Federal Minority Contracting Law?” Contract Management, January 1997, pp. 8-9, 24, 27.
    • “Feature Comment – Post-Adarand Challenges to Federal Minority Contracting Programs: Why They Are Failing,” The Government Contractor, Vol. 38, No. 26, July 10, 1996, pp. 3-7.
    • “Surviving ‘Strict Scrutiny’ in Federal Minority Contracting: A Surmountable Obstacle,” Federal Contracts Report, Vol. 64, No. 19, Nov 20, 1995, pp. 451-461.
    • “Is This the End of Federal Minority Contracting? Not Hardly,”(A Rebuttal) The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 42, No. 3, March/April 1995