Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
PilieroMazza Annual Review: Lessons from 2023 Contract Claims and Appeals Decisions Affect Approach to 2024 Cases
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
Podcast Series: Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting: So You Want to be a Government Contractor? What Commercial Businesses Need to Know
Buy American: What Government Contractors Need to Know
Bidding for Major Contracts? Compliance Requirements You Should Prepare for Now
2021 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
2022 NDAA: Important Considerations for Government Contractors
Bid Protest: LPTAs - Are They Still Okay? - Webinar
Podcast: Discussing Government Procurement with Karen Walker and Tiffany Roddenberry
Biden Administration: The First 100 Days and Key Developments to Watch
Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks
Missteps in the Bid Protest Process: War Stories from the Trenches
Roadmap to Joint Venture Agreements: Legal and Accounting Considerations
Navigating Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act
Common Issues in Government Procurement and Contracting with John Edwards and William Stowe
SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part II – Doing Business With the Commonwealth of Virginia
Prohibitions on Use of Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services, Complying with the NDAA
Shoot for the STARS: Q&A with SBA’s John Klein on GSA's 8(a) STARS III RFP
In FI Consulting, Inc., B-423274 (April 11, 2025), FI Consulting, Inc. (FIC) protested its elimination from a procurement for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program support services after the agency rejected its...more
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
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
We recently blogged about New Jersey’s bid protest requirements for procurements solicited under the New Jersey Division of Purchase and Property (DPP) here. As we noted, public procurements by local governmental authorities...more
On January 8, 2025, in UNICA-BPA JV, LLC, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protester’s challenge to its elimination from the competition for failing to have an active System for Award Management...more
We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. Today, we focus on revisions to the regulations governing size protests and requests for formal...more
One forum to raise a protest against the award of a contract is at the agency responsible for the procurement, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 33.103. The procedures require that...more
Bradley has been publishing an ongoing survey of state-level bid protest processes and procedures (see, e.g., our post on “Bid Protests in New York” and our “Update on Bid Protests in Alabama”). For the next state in this...more
On November 8, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest that asserted the Veteran Administration’s (VA) evaluation of Texas Waste Company’s past performance was unreasonable and...more
On November 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest, arguing that the terms of a solicitation were biased and that the awardee failed to comply with a mandatory solicitation...more
On April 27th, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a final rule making changes to the regulations governing the 8(a) program. This final rule is SBA’s implementation of the proposed rules issued by the...more