Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
PilieroMazza Annual Review: Lessons from 2023 Contract Claims and Appeals Decisions Affect Approach to 2024 Cases
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
Podcast Series: Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting: So You Want to be a Government Contractor? What Commercial Businesses Need to Know
Buy American: What Government Contractors Need to Know
Bidding for Major Contracts? Compliance Requirements You Should Prepare for Now
2021 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
2022 NDAA: Important Considerations for Government Contractors
Bid Protest: LPTAs - Are They Still Okay? - Webinar
Podcast: Discussing Government Procurement with Karen Walker and Tiffany Roddenberry
Biden Administration: The First 100 Days and Key Developments to Watch
Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks
Missteps in the Bid Protest Process: War Stories from the Trenches
Roadmap to Joint Venture Agreements: Legal and Accounting Considerations
Navigating Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act
Common Issues in Government Procurement and Contracting with John Edwards and William Stowe
SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part II – Doing Business With the Commonwealth of Virginia
Prohibitions on Use of Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services, Complying with the NDAA
Shoot for the STARS: Q&A with SBA’s John Klein on GSA's 8(a) STARS III RFP
As part of the ongoing Government reforms to the consenting process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (“NSIPs”), PINS has launched its 2024 Pre-Application Prospectus. The Prospectus sits alongside a suite of...more
The landscape of public procurement in the United Kingdom is primed for a significant shift in 2024 following the introduction of the Procurement Act 2023, which received Royal Assent earlier in 2023. The act, which comes...more
The UK is pressing ahead with a reform to its government procurement laws that will diverge from the harmonized EU procurement regime that applied in the UK pre-Brexit. The proposals are intended to create a more transparent...more
Purchasing Resources- When I said last time that the first 70+ pages is mostly dedicated to educational resources, that includes resources on the market, a procurement approach that can be used to select vendors and...more
Today’s global healthcare marketplace is marked by unprecedented transformation. The seismic shifts in healthcare delivery and drug development during COVID-19 have, in 2021, continued to demonstrate the power and capacity...more
The Procurement Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech at the opening of Parliament in May 2021 was one of 30 new bills on the UK government’s legislative agenda for the coming year. The main aim of the Procurement Bill is to...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
The UK Government has proposed changes to the procurement regime for public sector contracts in the UK. The proposals mark a radical divergence from the European procurement regimes post Brexit. The proposals are set out in a...more
Brexit finally became a reality on 31 December 2020, as the UK reached the end of the agreed Transition Period after the UK’s departure from the EU. The UK government has heralded Brexit as a “historic opportunity to...more
Updates to NEC4 optional clause X22 – Early Contractor Involvement and its suitability for use in HK, Singapore and elsewhere in Asia. In October 2020, NEC issued amendments to the NEC4 suite. ...more
In the UK “Government spends £284 billion a year on buying goods and services from external suppliers. This amounts to around a third of all public expenditure. The money is spent on everything from goods such as stationery...more
Can a breach of one contract give rise to liability for lost profit on a related contract? Or is the loss too "remote"? A Privy Council decision from Monday of this week addressed this issue in the context of a design, build,...more
Further to our recent blog post “COVID-19: UK Public Sector Construction - cash flow relief for suppliers” on 31 March 2020, in which we set out guidance on the Government’s Procurement Policy Note - Supplier relief due to...more
Introduction - The impact of COVID-19 on the construction industry has been the subject of much debate this week, as discussed in our blog article “COVID-19 Construction Industry - Operating in a Pandemic”, with businesses...more
On 20 March, the Cabinet Office in the UK issued a new Procurement Policy Note: Supplier relief due to COVID-19. The policy's stated aim is to support government suppliers through the COVID19 outbreak, so as to protect their...more
The UK government has indicated that the UK’s approach to public procurement will fundamentally change post-Brexit. While it remains to be seen whether such a fundamental change will be possible in practice, the UK...more
Now that the UK Government has a majority in Parliament to pass the EU (Withdrawal) Act before its invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty of European Union expires on 31 January 2020, the threat of the UK leaving the EU...more
Foreign pursuit of the local market - If a foreign designer or contractor wanted to set up an operation to pursue the local market, what are the key concerns they should consider before taking such a step? Originally...more
Battery energy storage is the most significant development for the electric grid since the explosive growth in renewables deployment over the past decade. Efforts to promote energy storage are moving rapidly throughout the...more
• The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPATPP) is scheduled to be signed on March 8, 2018, in Santiago, Chile. • CPATPP, also known as TPP-11, is the result of the United States'...more
The government draws closer to establishing the legislation that will be needed after Brexit with the introduction of a new Trade Bill. The Trade Bill has received a first hearing in parliament, but not been debated at...more
Hope for a Cleaner Brexit After ECJ Ruling - In a ruling which is likely to have positive implications for a possible Brexit deal, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 16 May 2017 opened up the ability of the EU...more
On 23 June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom (UK) voted in a referendum to leave the European Union (EU). The UK Government gave the EU formal notice of its intention to withdraw from the EU on 29 March 2017. This...more
The High Court has held that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority breached the Public Contract Regulations (PCRs) when awarding a GBP 4.6 billion contract for the decommissioning of 12 Magnox reactors in the United Kingdom....more
Brexit – Impact on Middle Eastern Issuers - Whilst the precise legal and regulatory impact that the UK’s recent decision to leave the European Union (EU), dubbed Brexit, will have on the corporate finance market will...more