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Six Essential Tips for Foreign Military Sales Compliance for Government Contracts

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In celebration of the release of the 6th edition of the Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we are excited to share six essential tips for ensuring compliance in government contracts in support of Foreign Military Sales...more

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Trump Administration Seeks to Streamline Federal Procurement

Between April 9 and April 16, President Trump issued three executive orders (EOs) calling for reforms to the federal procurement system. The April 9 EO, “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense...more

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Executive Orders Issued to Overhaul FAR, Direct Procurement of Commercial Products and Services

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order on federal procurement titled "Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement" on April 15, 2025 (the April 15 EO), directing that the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) be...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Key Legal Issues Facing U.S. Government Contractors in 2025

As the regulatory environment continues to evolve in the new administration, U.S. government contractors are facing an increasingly complex array of legal challenges. Staying compliant and competitive requires close attention...more

Woods Rogers

‘Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars’ Cited as Goals for Procurement Changes at the General Services Administration and...

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On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order intended to eliminate waste and save taxpayer dollars by consolidating the domestic federal procurement processes within the General Services Administration (GSA)....more

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Bloomberg Government Interviews Sam Finnerty on Trump’s Overhaul of Federal Contracting and GSA’s Pivotal Role

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In a March 20 executive order, President Trump directed federal agencies to submit plans to consolidate procurement for “common goods and services” under the General Services Administration, which puts the agency in charge of...more

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GAO Sustains Protest Over Agency’s Failure to Conduct Price Risk Analysis Under DFARS 252.204-7024

In the recent MicroTechnologies LLC and SMS Data Products Group, Inc. decisions, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained protests challenging the Agency’s failure to perform the required price risk analysis under...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Bid Protest Minute: Bidder’s Responsibility to Submit Well-Drafted Proposal

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On February 26, GAO denied the protest of Mission Analytics, Inc., challenging the award of a small business set-aside contract to ThunderCat Technology, LLC, explaining that “it is a firm’s responsibility to submit a...more

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COFC Decision Significantly Broadens OTA Bid Protest Jurisdiction

On February 24, Judge Armando Bonilla of the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) declined to dismiss a challenge to a $648 million award under a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) development deal, finding that the court had...more

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DoD Other Transactions (OTs) Desk Reference

The incoming Trump administration has sent many signals that it intends to ramp up the Department of Defense’s use of nontraditional acquisition pathways to bridge the “Valley of Death” and bring innovative technologies to...more

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Remedies When The Government Stops Paying a Contractor, Grantee, or Cooperatee

When the Government is in a contract, it cannot just stop making payments. This is the general rule whether the contract is a procurement, grant, or cooperative agreement. Rather, the Government’s continued non-payment is...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Bid Protest Minute: Understanding the Increased DoD/Coast Guard/NASA Task Order Protest Threshold

Generally speaking, the U.S. procurement system allows companies competing for U.S. government contracts broad rights to challenge contract awards, as well as the terms of solicitations. There are, however, restrictions...more

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Fixed Price Contracts: Government Contractors Beware

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Many predict that, among other procurement and regulatory reforms, the new administration will implement policies favoring the award of fixed-price government contracts and grants. Throughout the years, the procurement...more

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What Government Contractors Need to Know about the NDAA for FY25

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President Joe Biden signed into law last week the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (NDAA). ...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Final Rule on Affiliate Past Performance

The Department of Defense finally issued its rule to implement Section 865 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2024 (Pub. L. 118-31). The act required the DoD to issue a regulation by July 2024...more

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Resetting the “Buy American” Waiver List: Federal Government Slashes Exceptions to Domestic Procurement

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With the goal of bolstering domestic U.S. manufacturers and supply chains, the Federal Government has announced revisions to the “Buy American” program that will pressure U.S. agencies and companies to work with domestic...more

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SBA Proposed Rule Seeks to Expand "Rule of Two" to Multiple Award Contract Task Orders

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Oct. 25, 2024, issued a proposed rule aimed at increasing small business participation in multiple award contracts (MACs) by expanding the application of the Rule of Two to...more

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Debriefings, Timeliness, Documentation

This article is part of a monthly column that provides takeaways from recent bid protest cases. In this installment, we highlight decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Government...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Exception to Commercial Determination for Non-Traditional Defense Contractors Offers New Opportunities

In addition to opening the door to possible awards under the government’s Other Transactions Authority (OTA), products and services provided by contractors that meet the definition of a Non-Traditional Defense Contractor...more

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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up – 2024 Issue 13

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Claims Updates - Adapt Consulting, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 7213, 7393 (July 22, 2024) - The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals sustained a contractor’s appeal of its termination for default for the...more

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DoD Significantly Expands Voluntary Cybersecurity Program for Defense Contractors

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published a finalized rule on March 12, 2024, which expands access to defense contractors who wish to participate in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Program....more

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DoD Increases Use of Commercial Solutions Opening Procedures

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The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (“NDAA”), signed into law on December 26, 2023, contains a number of important changes to federal procurement law and policy....more

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Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider - January 2024

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Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent policy and legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. The federal government took several noteworthy actions in the...more

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The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: What Government Contractors Should Know

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The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes numerous provisions relevant to government contractors in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, supply chain concerns related to...more

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November 2023 Government Contracts Roundup

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As the 2023 calendar year comes to a close, there are a number of important legal, regulatory, and other updates relevant to the government contracts industry. This digest provides an overview of the government's annual bid...more

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