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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Next Frontier: Key Takeaways from the New U.S. Government Commercial Space Strategies

The U.S. Government continues to increase its Federal investment in space – not for exploration, but rather as a defense strategy – and this continued investment provides significant opportunity for commercial entities to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DoD Publishes Final Rule Redesignating Contracts Previously Awarded Under FAR Part 12 Guidelines as Commercial Item Determinations...

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued a final rule implementing Section 828 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, requiring the treatment of the majority of contracts for items awarded using Federal Acquisition...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

Clarity, Sweet Clarity—Proposed Rule Will Revise The FAR Definition Of “Commercial Item”

On October 15, the FAR Council issued a Proposed Rule implementing amendments to the current FAR definition of “commercial item.” As explained below, the Proposed Rule will eliminate the current FAR definition of “commercial...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

Commerciality In The Time Of Coronavirus—DCMA Issues New Class Commercial Item Determination And Guidance

On March 31, 2020, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment issued a memorandum attaching a class Commercial Item Determination (CID) promulgated by the Defense Contract Management Agency...more

Perkins Coie

Is It Time for Commercial Companies to Give DOD a Second Look?

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In the last decade or so, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has been, in the words of the Section 809 Panel, an “unattractive customer to large and small firms with innovative, state-of-the-art solutions.” Among other...more

Jones Day

DoD Continues to Interpret "Commercial Item" Broadly, Despite Recent Attempts to Narrow

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The Situation: The U.S. Department of Defense has faced criticism from the Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office concerning its handling of commercial item procurements. The Response: As a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Surprise, Surprise, Congress Does Listen — Well, Kind Of - An Analysis of NDAA Section 846’s Online Marketplace Provisions

An Analysis of NDAA Section 846’s Online Marketplace Provisions - There has been a lot of speculation about the future of commercial items purchasing within the federal Government since Representative Mac Thornberry...more

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Developments in DoD’s Treatment of Commercial Item Assertions

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The passage of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 saw the dawning of a new era in procurement policy, pursuant to which sweeping changes to the procurement laws and regulations...more

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