Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks
PODCAST: Challenging Negative CPARS Reports – Protecting Contractor Reputation Through CPARS Challenges
CPARS From A to Z
One of the primary benefits of the federal government’s Other Transaction Authority (OTA) is that it avoids delays, regulatory burdens, and expenses associated with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agencies’ FAR...more
Have you ever received a negative CPARS that you felt was unjustified? Did that negative CPARS cause you to lose other contract awards? That is what happened to the contractor-protester in Colonna Shipyard, Inc. v. U.S., a...more
Given how much emphasis federal procurement law properly places on fairness, it can be easy to assume that government buyers must do everything necessary to ensure a fair procurement....more
On July 18, 2019, the Professional Services Council hosted an important event covering Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (“CPARS”) trends, their impact on contractor past performance ratings, and the...more
Kilpatrick Townsend’s Gunjan Talati and Chris Henel, members of the firm’s Government Contracting Team, recently presented a webinar in collaboration with Federal Publications Seminars. With over 300 in attendance, they...more
In March 2014, we published a blog about challenging an unfavorable interim or final Contractor Performance Assessment Report System (“CPARS”) rating. Because of changes in the regulations, we wanted to update that post for...more