Nonpayment of Subcontractors: Can Subcontractors Get Any Help From the Government?
This month's bid protest spotlight considers two recent protests. J.E. McAmis Inc. v. U.S. is an important decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims concerning the court's lack of authority to review the U.S. Small...more
This month's bid protest spotlight focuses on one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision and two U.S. Government Accountability Office decisions. While all three protests were unsuccessful, each serves as a different...more
The Court of Federal Claims (COFC) recently affirmed that agencies are required to apply the “Rule of Two” to all federal acquisitions in its decision of Tolliver Grp., Inc. v. United States. Further, agencies must give a...more
On November 27, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a Proposed Rule to revise the small business size standards for businesses in five North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) sectors in an...more
Effective August 19, 2019, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has updated and increased the monetary-based size standards (i.e. receipts-based and assets-based size standards). The SBA announced this change back in...more
The FAR Council has issued a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation ('FAR") to implement a section of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. The new rule, which goes into effect on January 19, 2017, will...more
In a Memorandum Opinion issued on June 17, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia applied the so-called "presumed loss" rule to assess the full contract value as the measure of the government’s loss for...more
If adopted as proposed, the costs to government contractors to implement changes necessary to meet the reporting obligations could be substantial. On January 20, the Department of Defense, General Services...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DoD, GSA, and NASA Issue a Proposed Rule to Amend FAR: Consolidation and Bundling of Contract Requirements - The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and...more
As we explained in a previous blog post, Section 825 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2015 creates sole source authority for participants in the Woman-Owned Small Business ("WOSB") Program. ...more
8(A) Subcontracting Limitations: Continued Noncompliance with Monitoring Requirements Signals Need for Regulatory Change - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted a study to review how federal agencies...more
In this presentation: - Current climate - Why does the Government suspend or debar a contractor? - What does it mean to be suspended or debarred? - What process does the Government follow to...more