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Audit Finds Inconsistencies in How DOD Buys through Consortia
B-21 A Good News Story; DoD Acquisition ‘Getting Better:’ HASC Chair
‘Don’t Expect More Money’ for Additional F-35s in FY22, Lawmakers Tell an Embattled Lockheed
Protester Claims Agency “Lost Proposal in the Electronic Ether,” But COFC Finds Protester Can’t Prove It Properly Submitted Proposal; Naval Systems, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1539C
FAA’s ODRA Finds Agency Improperly Waived an “Extraordinarily Disturbing” OCI, Recommends Agency Consider Debarment or Suspension of Awardee; Protest of SGT, Inc., FAA No. 20-ODRA-00872
CBCA Dismisses Appeal, Finding Claim was Precluded by Federal Circuit Decision Involving Virtually Identical Contract; Purdy Enterprise, LLC. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, CBCA 6128, 6129
Levels of Accountability: What Federal Contractors Should Know About Small Business Subcontracting Plans and Compliance Reviews
The Buy American Act and Construction Materials
How The Federal Circuit’s Boeing Decision Protects Contractor Ownership Of Technical Data
How the Push to Buy American Could Impact the U.S. Defense Supply Chain
GAO: F-35 Sustainment Costs May Outweigh Benefits of Buying New Ones
HASC Chair Calls for New Incentives to Reduce Defense Costs
COFC Effectively Reverses GAO, Finds Flaws in Agency’s Past Performance, Price, and Technical Evaluations; Mortgage Contracting Services, LLC v. United States, COFC NO. 20-1230C
Protester Had Sufficient Notice of Agency’s Plan to Conduct Procurement Under the FAR’s Simple Acquisition Procedures; Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1385
Government Not Required to Pay Contractor’s Assignee Until Agency Receives Notice of the Assignment; Allied Meridian Funding, LLC. v. Department of Agriculture, CBCA 6893
Government Contracts Legal Round-Up
SBA OHA: NAICS Code Appeal Must Show Clear Error
Bipartisan Lawmakers Launch Caucus to Simplify and Strengthen Federal Construction Procurement
GSA Proposed Rule: Remove Office of General Counsel Review for Final Payments
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