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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

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18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

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The COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Legal Donnybrook Has Arrived

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United States, 2003 WL 22049528, at 9 (Fed. 2003) (“This court therefore concludes that the individual deviation sought and granted for contracts awarded pursuant to solicitation DLA600–93–R–0061 was invalid and illegal under the FAR.”). a personal services contract), it should not be subject to the GovCon Order. [18] In FNU Tanzin v.

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

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To be at the 100-employee threshold, the employer must be a “business enterprise that employs— (i) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or (ii) 100 or more employees, including part-time employees, who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week, exclusive of hours of overtime.” [57] Idle Capacity). 140] C.B.C.

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Real Discussion of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Contractors and Subcontractors

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Jay: The Sovereign Acts Doctrine (“SAD”) protects the Government from liability when the Government creates a new law and is merely acting in its capacity as a lawmaker or regulator (acting as “the Sovereign”), as opposed to the Government acting in its role as a contracting party, in which case the Government could be found liable.