Articles
🔒 Members Only · Protests & Claims BriefYou’ve reached the member portion of this brief.Members read the full analysis and the source documents in every Brief, six days a week.
Contractor Liable for Overbilling When It Ignores an Agency Directive Reducing Government’s Requirements; ASBCA No. 58175, Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc.
Contractor Successfully Shifts Burden of Filing CBCA Complaint to Government; CBCA 6049, Transworld Systems Inc. v. Department of Education
Language of Release of Claims More Relevant Than Parties’ Intentions; COFC No. 13-1023C, MW Builders v. United States
Protester’s Attempt to Reframe Protest Argument Fails with GAO; GAO B-415539.2, Dura Brands, Inc.—Reconsideration
GAO to Implement Bid Protest E-Filing on May 1, 2018 (Along with Some Other Changes)
Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider
Discovery of Undisclosed Hazardous Materials Support Claim for Compensable Delay; ASBCA Nos. 58550, Appeals of L.C. Gaskins Construction Co. Inc.
Differences in Agency’s Evaluation of Cost-Reimbursable Labor Rates with Fixed Ceiling Rates Not Evidence of Disparate Treatment; GAO B-415218, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.; Altamira Technologies Corporation
Contractor Cannot Apply Collective Bargaining Agreement to Task Order Without New Wage Determination; CBCA 5837, Alcazar Trades Inc. v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Expiration of Base Contract Period of Performance Does Not Relieve Contractor of Obligation to Complete Work on Fixed-Price Task Order; ASBCA No. 60896, Appeal of Securityhunter Inc.
Key Takeaways From the “New York Buy American Act” and Beyond
Two-Minute Warning – Discussions Can Yield Fruitful Protest Grounds
CAFC Concludes that COFC Improperly Applied Test for Accord and Satisfaction in Denying Contractor’s Equitable Adjustment Claim; CAFC 2017-1584, Meridian Engineering Company v. United States
Six-Year Accrual Controlling Even When CO Promised to Pay; ASBCA No. 61178, Appeal of Khenj Logistics Group
Agency’s Out-of-Scope Modification of Contract, which Effectively Transferred Work Being Performed by One Contractor to Another, Violated CICAs’ Requirement for Full and Open Competition; COFC NO. 18-1C Ian, Evan, & Alexander Corp. v. United States
COFC Affirms Denial of Incumbent Contractor’s Challenge to Army’s Set-Aside Decision, COFC No. 17-183C, Sigmatech Inc.
GAO Makes Electronic Filing, $350 Filing Fee Mandatory on May 1, 2018
Is My Widget on the Schedule or Not? Labels Matter, Except When They Don’t.
SBA to Consolidate its All-Small and 8(a) Mentor-Protege Programs?
Keep reading
