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June 2024 Bid Protest Roundup

This month’s Bid Protest Roundup highlights three recent protests from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The first protest concerns whether the protester is an interested party; the second involves the adequacy of an...more

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Immigration Impact of a Government Shutdown

If Congress does not reach a budget agreement by September 30, 2023, the federal government will shut down October 1. Below is a brief overview of the potential immigration impact based on how government agencies operated...more

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New Government Forced Labor Actions Reemphasize Supply Chain Diligence for Government Contractors and Importers

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Several recent US governmental regulatory actions intended to combat forced labor serve as a reminder to government contractors and importers of their need to conduct appropriate “know your supplier” due diligence to identify...more

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Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - October 5, 2022

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On September 15, President Biden issued the first ever executive order (E.O.) regarding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). While the E.O. does not change the law or regulations related to CFIUS...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: May 2022 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2021 Issue 24

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Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

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Harmonia Holdings: Denied Pre-Award Protest Rises From The Dead Five Months Later As A Post-Award Protest

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued its long-awaited decision in Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, vacating a bid protest decision the U.S. Court of Federal Claims rendered nearly two...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: October 2021 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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BIS Issues Guidance on Export Controls Under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program

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The U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program offers government contractors and suppliers to the U.S. defense industry valuable access to markets outside the United States and to bona fide customers in those markets. The FMS...more

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Bass, Berry & Sims Successfully Protests—And Then Defends—Client Award of a Task Order Before the GAO

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After a successful challenge last year to the award of a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set aside task order for technology service desk operations by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP or the...more

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To Tell The Cyber-Truth: DHS OIG Report Reveals Details On Government Contractor Suspension After Cyberattack And Data Breach

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In June 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) suspended a government contractor, Perceptics, LLC, after it suffered a highly publicized cyberattack that resulted in a breach of sensitive data collected from...more

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Corporate America can be a Powerful Force for Good to Root out Modern-Day Slavery

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Key Takeaways - Slave, forced, and child labor is a modern-day reality impacting some 40 million people throughout the world, by some estimates. Such practices are—and have always been—repugnant, and certainly have no place...more

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Federal Circuit Decides Country of Origin Test for Drugs Under Trade Agreements Act

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What is a thing? On February 10, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gave us a new answer to this old philosophical question. In the case of pharmaceuticals, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...more

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Federal Circuit Changes the Game for Selling Single-API Drugs to the Government

Selling drugs to the Government just got a lot simpler. In Acetris Health LLC v. United States, No. 2018-2399 (Feb. 10, 2020), the Federal Circuit opened the Government door to all drugs “manufactured”—that is, measured,...more

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What Does it Mean to Manufacture? Federal Circuit’s Acetris Decision Fundamentally Alters Trade Agreements Act Compliance

On February 10, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Acetris Health LLC v. United States, No. 2018-2399 (Feb. 10, 2020). In Acetris, the Federal Circuit was asked to...more

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Important Clarifications in the Federal Circuit Acetris Decision

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In addition to standing behind the plain language of the definition of a “US-made end product,” the court in Acetris Health, LLC v. United States provided new guidance regarding limits on Customs and Border Protection...more

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The Importance of Being Timely: Protester Waives Protest Ground by Unduly Delaying Protest

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By failing to object to solicitation terms before the close of bidding, a protester typically waives those objections in a post-award bid before the Court of Federal Claims (COFC). An exception exists, however, where a...more

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Trade Agreements Act Compliance: Federal Circuit Clarifies Country Of Origin And Place Of Manufacture Analyses

A variety of arcane domestic-preference regimes apply to many Federal procurements – the Buy American Act (BAA), the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), the Berry Amendment, and the Cargo Preference Act, to name a few. In Acetris...more

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After Acetris Decision, Trade Agreements Act Compliance Questions Abound: Contractors Need Guidance

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The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Acetris has left many contractors scratching their heads and asking questions. To recap, on February 10, 2020, the Federal Circuit held that, under the Federal Acquisition Regulation...more

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The Evolution of TAA Compliance Post-Energizer – “Substantially Transformed” Has Substantially Changed

Trade Agreements Act compliance changed fundamentally three years ago. Or, so we thought on December 7, 2016, when the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”), the appellate body for country of origin determinations issued...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Bid Protests and Bridge Contracts – When Is the Sole Source Bridge Contract Justified by Urgent and Compelling Need?

Bid protests afford disappointed offerors the opportunity to challenge flawed procurements and award decisions that violate the rules. Bid protest procedures, at least in theory, are intended to further this purpose....more

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Risks of Cybersecurity Noncompliance Expand

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With increasing cybersecurity obligations placed on government contractors come expanding legal risks. Bid protests challenging agency evaluations of offerors' abilities to meet cybersecurity solicitation criteria are...more

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Government Contract Acquisitions and the Pending Proposal Problem

Government Accountability Office (GAO) protest decision casts doubt on the viability of pending proposals following government contract asset sales. GAO held that agency reasonably disqualified contractor whose quotation...more

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The Impact of the Partial Government Shutdown on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

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No cabinet department stands more in the center of the federal shutdown drama than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Indeed, the issue at the shutdown's heart – President Trump's proposed border "Wall" – would be a...more

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What To Expect in the Event of a Government Shutdown: An Immigration Perspective

There may be a partial government shutdown if Congress cannot come to an agreement on a spending bill before midnight on December 21, 2018. Without an agreement, roughly 25 percent of funding for the federal government will...more

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