News & Analysis as of

LPTA DFARS

Holland & Knight LLP

The Top 10 Compliance Challenges for 2020

Holland & Knight LLP on

Attorneys Eric Crusius, Amy Fuentes, Kelsey Hayes and Vijaya Surampudi co-authored an article describing the major issues they expect government contracting professionals to face in the coming year. For example, the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update - November 2019

Our monthly edition of the “Government Contracts Regulatory and Legislative Update” offers a summary of and insight into the relevant industry developments that occurred during the previous month. Regulations - The FAR...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

FAR Council Publishes Proposed Rule Limiting the Use of LPTA Procurements

We have written about Congress’s plan to limit the use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection criteria.  Recall that the FAR Council, the body responsible for adding new sections of the FAR, was...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOD Restricts Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Procurements

The Department of Defense (DOD) recently promulgated a final rule limiting the DOD’s ability to use the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) method of procurement. The final rule — which took effect on October 1, 2019,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DoD Implements Statutory Restrictions on LPTA Evaluations

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

As we noted in a blog post in December 2016, “LPTA Out, Fixed Price Contracts In,” the Department of Defense (DoD) has been moving to restrict the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation methodology, which...more

Perkins Coie

Department of Defense Issues Final Rule Restricting the Use of LPTA Procurements

Perkins Coie on

Effective October 1, 2019, a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) amends the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to limit the use of lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

DOD Promulgates Long-awaited Restrictions on LPTA Procurement

The Department of Defense (DOD) has promulgated the final rule restricting DOD’s use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) acquisition methods. The final rule adopts, without any substantive changes, the proposed rule...more

Perkins Coie

DOD Proposed Rule Limits the Use of LPTA

Perkins Coie on

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) proposed to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) on December 4, 2018, to limit the use of lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) procurements. The...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

DOD’s Long-Awaited LPTA Regulations Expected in Fourth Quarter of FY 2019

For a number of years now, Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source-selection procedures have come under fire for overuse and misuse at the same time budget constraints make LPTA methods more enticing to some...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Limitations on LPTA Coming to DFARS

PilieroMazza PLLC on

On December 4, 2018, DOD issued a proposed rule amending the DFARS to impose limits on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable (“LPTA”) source selection process. These changes are driven by the National Defense...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Proposed Regulations Limit the Use of LPTA

Holland & Knight LLP on

The overuse of the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection process (see FAR 15.101-2(a)) has drawn criticism from both industry and government over the last few years. While LPTA offers a streamlined...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update Newsletter - August 2018 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors - The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and NASA are adopting as final, without...more

Holland & Knight LLP

2017, We Hardly Knew You: A Look Ahead to 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on

Taking over as editors of Holland & Knight’s Government Contracts Blog has been a labor, but it has been a labor of love. Like the rest of the Government Contracts Team, we are passionate about staying on top of the latest...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

FY 2018 Forecasts: Items of Interest in Contracting, Small Business, and M&A

In the final post of our 2018 Fiscal Year Forecast series, Kevin Mullen and Damien Specht focus on the use of Low Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) contracts, the mounting backlog of security clearance applications, the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

LPTA Out, Fixed Price Contracts In

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17 NDAA), signed into law by President Obama on December 23, includes limitations on a low price evaluation methodology and a preference for fixed price contracts...more

15 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide