The State of Energy Storage: What You Need to Know
As enacted by the Biden Administration in February 2022, Executive Order (EO) 140631 and its implementing final rule2 require that all awardees of federal construction contracts for which the total estimated cost of the...more
The DOE proposes to update and streamline its policies, procedures, provisions and clauses applicable to its contracts. The changes include revisions related to facility clearances, Agreements for Commercializing...more
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and request for comments in the Federal Register proposing a comprehensive revision of the Department of Energy Acquisition...more
It is clear that these have been busy months for federal environmental regulators, especially those working at EPA, the federal departments and the Council on Environmental Quality. Even the Department of Agriculture has...more
Department of Labor (DOL) Announces Final Rule to Modernize Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) - The DOL announced the issuance of the final rule “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation” to update regulations that...more
In February 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) agreed to take corrective action following three bid protests filed at the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Thereafter, two of the original protestors, Kupono...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Debt Ceiling and Spending Deal: H.R. 3746 – Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 - The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, signed by President Biden on June 3, 2023, increases the federal debt limit, establishes new...more
The implementation of President Biden’s September 9, 2021 Executive Order regarding COVID-19 vaccine and safe workplace requirements for federal contractors has caused confusion and prompted numerous questions from federal...more
The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more
Requests Comments From Industry On A Number Of Key Aspects Of The Proposal - On July 30, 2021, pursuant to Executive Order (“E.O.”) 14005, “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” the...more
As COVID-19 antibodies begin flooding the immune systems of most Americans, it is important to remember the important role that hygiene has played over the past fifteen months. For many, the risks and dangers of the pandemic...more
This month’s Bid Protest Roundup (featured on Law360) examines three recent decisions by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Court of Federal Claims (COFC). The first, Tridentis, LLC, highlights the...more
While GAO does not make any recommendations in its report, it provides a useful overview of the federal government’s implementation of Section 3610. Agencies made relatively little use of their Section 3610 authority...more
Amid current low oil prices, there may be one bright spot for U.S. producers. On Friday, March 13, President Trump announced he has directed the U.S. Department of Energy (the “DOE”) to begin purchasing oil for the Strategic...more
CLIENT ALERT: CMMC Is Coming: Are You Ready? PilieroMazza previously blogged regarding the draft releases of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) guidelines in anticipation of its final release. The...more
The Situation: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently held that a bid need not contain all of the information listed in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR clause 52.225-9) to qualify for the "unreasonable...more
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently sustained a bid protest in which the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) found a construction contractor’s bid to be nonresponsive due to the contractor’s failure to...more
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” Many important environmental and administrative law decisions were reported by the federal and state courts over the past six months. The courts are dealing with very...more
The Government Contracts Quarterly Update is published by BakerHostetler’s Government Contracts Practice Group to inform our clients and friends of the latest developments in federal government contracting. Topics will...more