On October 15, 2021, the FAR Council published a Federal Register Notice announcing the opening of a public comment period on potential amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to address climate-related financial...more
On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order titled “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers” (the “Order”).
The Order aims to promote and enhance the enforcement of...more
On July 10, 2020, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (“FAR”) Council released a prepublication version of an interim rule, FAR Case 2019-009 (the “Interim Rule”), amending the FAR to prohibit federal agencies from contracting...more
V&E’s Government Contracts practice authored the US procurement law section of Chambers’ 2020 Global Practice Guide on Public Procurement, which was released April 6, 2020. The Guide covers core legislation and regulations,...more
On Friday, March 20, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), an Executive Office within the White House, released guidance to federal department and agency heads on dealing with federal contractors as the nation...more
Energy companies often find themselves in business with the federal government—selling natural gas and electricity to federal facilities, providing energy savings services, supplying jet fuel, furnishing renewable power, and...more
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion substantially clarifying how supplies delivered to the Government can qualify as “U.S.-made end products” under the contract clauses implementing...more