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General Solicitation typically refers to the soliciting of investors to purchase securities. Prior to the passage of the JOBS Act in 2012, general solicitation was banned in connection with privately offered unregistered securities. Issuers were only permitted to offer such securities to investors with whom they had a pre-existing substantive relationship. Section 201(a) of the JOBS Act lifted the ban on general solicitation, but only with respect to accredited investors.  less -
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Question the Questions and the Answers: Bid Protest Decision Highlights Need to Clarify Ambiguities Prior to Bidding

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Many solicitations for government contracts provide prospective contractors with the opportunity to ask questions. In some instances, the government’s answers to those questions create additional questions. When that’s the...more

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Client Alert: Government Contractors Obtain Relief in More than Half of GAO Bid Protests; Annual Statistics Skewed by CIO-SP4...

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Late last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2023. The statutorily mandated report contains an array of information about GAO’s bid protest...more

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Bid Protest High Season Is Coming – A Reminder About the Need for Fast Decisions

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The end of the Fiscal Year is upon us, which typically coincides with a flurry of procurement activity and then a wave of bid protests. As most of you know, there are three primary fora for bid protests: procuring agencies,...more

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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up - September 2023 Issue 17

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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

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Recent Federal Circuit Decision Clarifies Blue & Gold Waiver Rule

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Protesters and other litigants before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims have long encountered the complexities of jurisdiction under the Tucker Act. The Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491, is the statute granting jurisdiction to the...more

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Joint Venturers Beware – Underestimating the Importance SAM Registrations Can Sink Your Proposal

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Protests filed at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) differ in many ways from protests before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”). For example, protests before GAO are uniform given that they are...more

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Federal Circuit Affirms Blue & Gold Alive and Well, but that Timely Agency-Level Protests Might Change the Score

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Welcome back, readers!  We hope that your 2022 is off to a great start. We’re starting this year off with some information about an important Federal Circuit case from late last year, which did not get the attention it should...more

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What’s Price Realism Got to Do with It?

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Price realism. Price reasonableness. You have likely heard the terms. But do you know what price realism is, and how it differs from price reasonableness? And, perhaps most importantly, do you know when a price realism...more

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GAO Clarifies Stance on Joint Ventures and Facility Clearances

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In a bid protest decision released on Aug. 27, 2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has resolved a long-simmering question regarding joint ventures and facility clearances. Specifically, in InfoPoint, LLC,...more

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Bid Protests On The Basis Of Cardinal Change: The Fine Line Between Solicitations And Contract Administration

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The Government Accountability Office’s (“GAO”) Comptroller General and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) regularly consider bid protests.  Bid protests are challenges to the terms of a solicitation or to the award of...more

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The Importance of Being Timely: Protester Waives Protest Ground by Unduly Delaying Protest

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By failing to object to solicitation terms before the close of bidding, a protester typically waives those objections in a post-award bid before the Court of Federal Claims (COFC). An exception exists, however, where a...more

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Avoiding Common Bid Protest Mistakes, Part 1: Understanding the Differences Between Post-Award Protests and Pre-Award Protests...

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There is no denying that we are deep in the first protest season of the year. Every February/March, as federal government activity ramps up after the holidays, so do the bid protests....more

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Rock the Boat, Baby – They’ll Get Over It. Contractors Should Use the Q&A Process Strategically and Seriously Consider Spec...

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“I don’t want to do that because it will just upset them and they’ll make sure I don’t win.” This is a common concern I hear from clients when I help them review solicitations (invitations to bid (ITB), requests for proposals...more

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As Always, the Most Important Aspect of Your Proposal is Whether It Provides Everything that the Solicitation Required

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Our clients frequently ask us what the government is looking for when it assesses their proposals for new government contracts. While there are many aspects of your proposal that are important, the first question should...more

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January 2017 Protest Roundup

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Two common themes run through the cases we have chosen for this month’s bid protest roundup. The first three decisions explore some pitfalls relating to the timeliness of proposals and protest grounds. The last two...more

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Cancelled Solicitation: What Can A Government Contractor Do?

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Proposal preparation can be a difficult and expensive process. On top of the normal challenges of spending thousands of dollars preparing what a contractor hopes is a successful proposal, they also face the risk of an agency...more

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When A Protest Isn't A Protest

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In her familiar soliloquy in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, while longingly looking out of her window, Juliet said of her new-found love, Romeo: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as...more

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GAO and COFC Task Order Jurisdiction – To Count or Not To Count Option Periods

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Jurisdiction of the GAO and the Court of Federal Claims to hear task order protests is limited to protest of awards over $10 million. How one defines whether a task order is over or under the $10 million threshold is subject...more

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