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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

In a Landmark Decision, Federal Circuit Expands Protest Jurisdiction at COFC

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit narrowly interprets the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act’s bar on task order protests at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, expanding the court’s bid protest jurisdiction. ...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The Power of Procurement Contracts: Software Manufacturer May Bring IP Claims Against Federal Agency

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A glimmer of hope from the Federal Circuit for software manufacturers looking to enforce license agreements against the U.S. Federal Government. In an order issued March 6, 2024, the court said entities licensing software...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

[Webinar] Annual Review: Lessons from 2023 Contract Claims and Appeals Decisions Affect Approach to 2024 Cases - April 18th, 2:00...

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From adjustments to terminations, it’s important for government contractors to understand lessons learned from 2023 contract claims and appeals decisions and how these decisions could affect their approach to cases in 2024....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bid Protests in North Carolina

Bradley has been publishing an ongoing survey of state-level bid protest processes and procedures (see, e.g., our posts on “Bid Protests in Georgia,” “Bid Protests in the District of Columbia,” “Bid Protests in New York,”...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bid Protests in Virginia

Bradley has been publishing an ongoing survey of state-level bid protest processes and procedures (see, e.g., our post on “Bid Protests in New York” and our “Update on Bid Protests in Alabama”). For the next state in this...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

[Ongoing Program] Part Three: Common Mistakes During the REA, Claim, and Appeal Process - October 6th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

Avoiding Common Mistakes in Federal Construction Contracting: A Three-Part Webinar Series - Contracting with the federal government on construction projects is full of traps for the unsuspecting, and the potential rewards...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

[Ongoing Program] Part Two: Common Mistakes During Project Performance - September 13th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

Avoiding Common Mistakes in Federal Construction Contracting: A Three-Part Webinar Series - Contracting with the federal government on construction projects is full of traps for the unsuspecting, and the potential rewards...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

[Ongoing Program] Part One: Common Mistakes During the Bid and Proposal Preparation - August 18th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

Avoiding Common Mistakes in Federal Construction Contracting: A Three-Part Webinar Series - Contracting with the federal government on construction projects is full of traps for the unsuspecting, and the potential rewards...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Circuit Declines to Extend Blue & Gold Waiver Rule in AbilityOne Protest

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in SEKRI, Inc. v. United States, recently added to the growing body of case law that has declined to extend the scope of the Blue & Gold waiver rule...more

Perkins Coie

Federal Circuit Clarifies Prejudice Is Never Presumed in Bid Protests

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Last week, in a decision that will increase the burden of proof for contractors in bid protests, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that prejudice, a critical part of any protest action, is not to be...more

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A Gamble For Hawaiian Contractors: Hawaii Raises The Stakes For Contractors Betting On State Bid Protest Appeals

The cards are on the table, and the Hawaiian state legislature has dealt its state contractors a risky hand. A new bill, SB 1329, is set to eliminate the monetary cap on the bond required to challenge a procurement officer’s...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Bleak House Redux: Another Federal Circuit Win in Protracted Protest Litigation

As we previously discussed in a 2019 blog post, since 2018 Bass, Berry & Sims Government Contracts and Litigation attorneys have successfully defended B&O JV in a host of challenges to an 8(a) small business set-aside award...more

White & Case LLP

Loss of profit recoverable in terminated DBO procurement

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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

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Bidding Smarter in Florida: Knowledge is Power – The Public Records Act

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Everyone has heard the old saying “knowledge is power.”  In Florida, the Public Records Act, Ch. 119, Fla. Stat., is a powerful tool that contractors should use to empower themselves in competitive bid situations. Governments...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

OHA Decision Highlights the Perils of Mixing Business with Family

A cornerstone of the Small Business Administration (SBA) size regulations is that a business’s size is determined by measuring its size in addition to the size of its affiliates....more

Hogan Lovells

Federal Circuit Acetris Decision Changes Procurement Country of Origin Landscape

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On Monday, in the much-anticipated decision in Acetris Health, LLC v. U.S. 18-2399, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”) ruled that U.S. manufacture of a drug is sufficient to confer U.S....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Veterans Are First at the VA Following New Class Deviation Implementing Recent Federal Circuit Mandate

In its most recent attempt to strike the appropriate balance between the Veterans First and AbilityOne programs, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) issued on May 20, 2019 a class deviation to the VA Acquisition...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

I Would Have Bid on That! Challenging Out of Scope Modifications to Existing Government Contracts

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Florida’s First District Court of Appeals just held in Asphalt Paving Sys., Inc. v. Anderson Columbia, No. 1D18-2035 (Fla. 1st DCA Feb. 18, 2019) that prospective bidders have standing to file bid protests challenging...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The 3 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions Of 2018 - Law360

In 2018, three particularly important decisions were issued that will have a significant impact on bid protest law for years to come: Dell Federal Systems LP v. United States, PDS Consultants Inc. v. United States, and Oracle...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A Tale of Two Protests: Itemized SBA JV Agreements and Dependence on a Large Business Determination Not Upheld

Recently, two Small Business cases that came out that are notable. Both protests affect Small Business Administration interpretation and application of affiliation rules. The first protest defeated a joint venture agreement...more

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