by Terrence O'Connor | Jul 16, 2020 | Government Contracts
In the opinion of many government contractors, this should be a short article. Many bidders give no thought to using the agency-level protest process pursuant to FAR 33.103 and agency FAR Supplements. They see no value in wasting their time and money on an...
by Terrence O'Connor | Jul 16, 2020 | Government Contracts
You would think that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) would consider a protest claiming that the agency is not enforcing the Buy American Act (BAA). But, as shown in a recent GAO decision in Craft Bearing Company, Inc., B- 418685, 2020 WL 3429044 (June 22,...
by Terrence O'Connor | Jun 21, 2020 | Government Contracts
Last month, we discussed opportunities for federal contractors to expand their business prospects during a crisis such as the current coronavirus pandemic. These opportunities are found in FAR Part 18, Emergency Acquisitions, and increases to the thresholds for...
by Terrence O'Connor | Jun 15, 2020 | Business Litigation, Government Contracts
When companies get into trouble and need to investigate and prepare a report on it to the government, they typically want to limit the report’s exposure. One way to limit disclosing company information in these situations is to hire an outside law firm to direct the...
by Terrence O'Connor | May 18, 2020 | Government Contracts
Facing a cash flow crisis brought on by COVID-19, government contractors have only two basic ways of increasing cash flow: getting new contracts and performing incumbent contracts. A lot of media attention has focused on ways contractors can get cash flow help in...
by Terrence O'Connor | Apr 21, 2020 | Government Contracts
On March 30, 2020, the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC), the civilian agency component of the FAR Council, expanded the availability of accelerated payments. It issued a FAR class deviation to add small business prime contractors to those entitled to...
by Terrence O'Connor | Apr 20, 2020 | Government Contracts
The new FAR regulations dealing with the small business programs in FAR Part 19 recently adopted by the FAR Council can get lost in the news of the coronavirus and the need for contractors to find ways to keep their doors open. But, buried among the 28 pages of...
by Terrence O'Connor | Mar 20, 2020 | Government Contracts
Getting government contracts in the future depends greatly on how well a company has performed in the past. That’s because Federal procurement policy for years has stressed the importance of the government using past performance as a mandatory evaluation factor in...
by Terrence O'Connor | Feb 18, 2020 | Government Contracts
Unlike the automatic stay of performance that protestors get for free at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), stopping contract performance at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) comes at a price. The COFC recently imposed a $42,000,000 bond on Amazon for...
by Terrence O'Connor | Jan 21, 2020 | Government Contracts
In this article, we describe the general rules that a government contractor must follow to get an effective debriefing. It is based on our years of government contract experience working with clients who want to get as much information as possible from the government...
