In February 2025, UCSF was notified of the U.S. Small Business Adminstration’s (SBA) intent to conduct a Subcontracting Program Compliance Review (SPCR) on The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco and University of California, San Francisco. On May 27–29, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) conducted an on-site audit of the Federal Program.

SBA issued the SPCR report on June 30, 2025, and UCSF was assigned a Marginal rating based on the SBA’s findings and recommendations. Per SBA requirements, UCSF was required to and submitted a Corrective Action Plan within 45 days, which was accepted by SBA on August 19, 2025.

To assess progress, SBA scheduled a Follow-Up Compliance Review after mutual agreement on the timing. On June 12, 2026, SBA conducted the Follow-Up Compliance Review. The SBA team was led by the Office of Government Contracting, Area Director and Team Lead, along with the Commercial Market Representative. UCSF was represented by Alex Chang (Audit Liaison), Marliz Copado (Small Business Liaison Officer), Derrick Chun (Business Systems Analyst), and Shirley David (Project and Data Team Lead). SBA continued their review after the meeting.

Following the review, SBA concluded that UCSF had successfully addressed all major findings and implemented the recommendations outlined in the initial SPCR report. As a result, UCSF’s Marginal rating was upgraded to Satisfactory on July 14, 2026.

SBA commended UCSF’s dedication to providing maximum practicable opportunities to small businesses and acknowledged the University’s efforts to achieve compliance with Federal Subcontracting Program requirements.

If you are working with a Principal Investigator or their project team requestors on procurements involving federal contract funds, please collaborate with Marliz Copado to ensure compliance with the updated Standard Operating Procedures for the Federal Subcontracting Program. You can access and use the SBA’s Small Business Dynamic Search Database to locate certified small businesses for federal contracts. When engaging a new supplier, please follow UCSF’s supplier onboarding instructions.