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Latest Court Ruling Leaves Future of the Pentagon’s JEDI Cloud Unclear
Biden Nominee for Pentagon Weapons Buyer Under Investigation
There’s a Better Way to Manage Federal Grants, a New Report Shows
COFC Clarifies When Awardees Have Standing to Protest; Sirius Federal, LLC (f/k/a Force 3, LLC), CDW Government LLC, CounterTrade Products, Inc. and Blue Tech Inc. v. United States, COFC Nos. 21-1030C, 21-1041C, 21-1043C & 21-1053C
“That Ain’t Workin’, That’s the Way You Do It, You Get Yourself A Firm-Fixed-Fee . . . Money for Nothin’ and the Chicks for Free”: Firm-Fixed-Price Doesn’t Mean Government Has to Pay Regardless of Performance; Pacific Coast Community Services, Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1815
No Constructive Change When the Agency Did Not Unequivocally Direct Contractor to Alter Performance; Appeals of David Boland, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 61923, 61924, 61925
It’s Not Me It’s You: Protester Alleged Agency Ignored Its Specific Technical Approach, But Agency Considered Approach and Simply Found It Wanting; Infinity Systems Engineering, LLC, GAO B-419043
Antitrust Developments and the Potential Impact on Government Contractors
Government Contractors Should Prepare Now for the $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage
President Biden Issues an Executive Order Increasing the Minimum Wage for Many Employees of Federal Contractors to $15.00
Biden Administration Cancels Border Contracts, Returns Funds to Pentagon
Administration Formally Launches Program Giving Feds Up to 15 Weeks Off for COVID-19 Related Illness, Child Care
Request for Proposals for Black Hawk Replacement Slated for Summer
COFC Interprets Peculiar Statute of Limitations in CDA’s Anti-Fraud Provision, Finds Limitations Period Only Stops Running When Court Makes Fraud Determination, Not When Government Files a Claim; Lodge Construction, Inc. v. United States, COFC Nos. 13-499, 13-800
Contractor Can’t Recover Under Constructive Change Theory If It Didn’t Actually Perform the Changed Requirements; Pacific Coast Community Services, Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1219
Court Finds Agency Created a “Platypus of a Procurement,” Drawing Bits from both FAR Parts 13 and 15, But Protester Could Not Argue It Was Surprised by the Amalgamation; Rocky Mountain Mobile Medical v. United States, COFC No. 20-1936C
GAO Finds that Protest Challenging Award of Smokejumper Contract Is All Smoke, No Fire; Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc., GAO B-419427
SBA OHA: Ownership and Control are Not the Same in the WOSB Program
Government Contracts Legal Round-Up
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