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FAA's ODRA Sustains Protest of Sole Source Award

In a recent decision, the Federal Aviation Administration's ("FAA") Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition ("ODRA") sustained a protest challenging the intent to award single source contract because, according to ODRA,...more

The Mid-90s Commercial Item Reforms: Turning Back the Clock?

Originally published in Federal Contracts Report, 98 FCR 210 on 08/14/2012. The mid-90s were a watershed for the federal procurement system. The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (FASA) and the Clinger-Cohen...more

Proposed FAR Rule: A New Regulatory Framework For Organizational Conflicts Of Interest And Unequal Access To Nonpublic Information

On April 26, 2011, the Department of Defense (“DoD”), General Services Administration (“GSA”), and National Aeronautics and Space administration (“NASA”) published a proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation...more

A Guide to the Bribery Act 2010: What it means for UK Businesses

The new Bribery Act 2010 is due to come in to force in April 2011. The Act is intended as a wholesale reform of the old bribery laws which were a complicated and confusing combination of statutory and common law offences from...more