In a recent blog, we discussed the “late is late” rule in government contracting which has been the cause of many protests and much consternation among government contractors. However, the Government Accountability Office...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING -
As reported by Bloomberg Government, the Department of Health and Human Services is competing for a follow-on contract worth as much as $347 million to continue implementing the federal employee...more
4/22/2019
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Joint Venture ,
OIG ,
Request for Proposals ,
Small Business
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING -
The General Services Administration (GSA) implemented a new process in SAM that allows non-federal entity registrants to submit common federal government-wide Representations and Certifications for...more
2/19/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Kickbacks ,
Lockheed Martin ,
NPRM ,
Puerto Rico ,
System For Award Management (SAM) ,
Wage and Hour
The acquisition market for federal contractors is booming. Acquisition can provide a buyer the opportunity to target its growth strategically by acquiring the seller’s past performance and experience, in addition to gaining...more
You’ve Decided to Sell Your Business— How to Be Prepared to Execute the Deal -
After years of building, growing, and investing in your business, there comes a point at which you start to think about an exit strategy....more
11/2/2018
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Debt Financing ,
Discrimination ,
Due Diligence ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equity Financing ,
Federal Contractors ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Novation ,
Sale of Assets ,
Small Business ,
Strategic Planning ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour
Contractor Team Arrangements (CTA) formed to pursue GSA Schedule task order opportunities are unique animals in the government contracting universe. A mashup of elements taken from joint ventures and more traditional...more
You may have heard it suggested that for an upcoming GSA Schedule task order opportunity, the ordering agency “encourages” contractors to form Contractor Team Arrangements (CTA). What does this mean?
A CTA is when two or...more
The U.S. General Service Administration’s (“GSA”) is seeking input on acquisition regulations, policies, standards, business practices and guidance issued by GSA across all of its acquisition, disposal, and sales programs,...more
Savvy small business contractors holding Multiple Award Contracts (“MAC”) know that the small business size representations that they make at the outset of contract award will typically last the “life” of the contract, absent...more
As part of its Category Management initiative, the U.S. General Services Administration (“GSA”) has piloted the Transactional Data Reporting rule (“TDR”), which is meant to provide a greater degree of transparency into the...more
After the recent small business subcontracting plan changes were implemented by the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) in its final rule at 78 Fed. Reg. 42391, dated July 16, 2013, many of our clients have asked us...more
On March 4, 2015, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a Proposed Rule to amend the GSA’s Acquisition Regulations. The rule outlines a plan to adopt clauses requiring vendors to report transactional data from...more