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Biden Administration Prioritizing Federal Contractor Workforce Protections
Limitations on Subcontracting: Compliance Presumed Unless Proposal Clearly Shows Otherwise
Fastest 5 Minutes: Domestic Preferences, Regulatory Freeze, Bid Protests, Executive Orders (February 5)
Why Systemic Bias Exists in Government Contracting Programs
Antitrust Regulators Extend Review of Lockheed’s Proposed Purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne
Agency Botched Price Evaluation by Misapplying Solicitation’s Calculation Methods; Crowley Government Services, Inc., Petro Star, Inc., GAO B-419347 et al.
Protester’s Subcontractor Failed to Submit Cost Data by Proposal Deadline, Agency Reasonably Refused to Consider Proposal; Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services, Inc., GAO B-418172.2
ASBCA Finds Government Subpoena Sought Immaterial and Duplicative Information, Quashes It; Appeals of Sand Point Services, LLC, ASBCA Nos. 61819, 61820
Protest Challenging Corrective Action Is Premature; Cooper/Ports America, LLC, GAO B-419000.2
Agency’s Decision to Cancel FAR Part 8 Solicitations and Move the Work to Existing Multiple Award Contract Was Flawed, Says COFC
What the Shift in Priorities by the New Biden Administration Means to Construction Contractors on Federally Funded Projects
Complying with SBA’s Limitation on Subcontracting
One-Two Punch: President Biden Issues Made in America Executive Order Mere Days After FAR Council Issues Final Rule Tightening Federal “Buy American” Requirements
Contractors Just Want Federal Business to Continue Normally
“These Are Not the Droids You’re Looking For”: Protester Unable to Convince GAO that Language Mandating that a “Gravel Driveway Shall Be Provided” Did Not Actually Require a Driveway; KMK Construction, Inc., GAO B-418639.2
Disagreement with Agency’s Take Does Not a Protest Make; KIRA Training Services, LLC, GAO B-419149.2, B-419149.3
Protester Can’t Rely on Incumbency to Fill Gaps in Proposal; Stargates, Inc., GAO B-419349 et al.
Challenge to Past Performance Evaluation Comes to Nothing; Trace Systems, Inc., GAO B-419323
The Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | Episode 8
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