GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you have any questions about GAO jurisdiction or the bid protest rules, please contact the author. With that understanding in mind, contractors should be aware of GAO’s interpretation of its jurisdiction when considering whether to protest awards of task or delivery orders under FAR Part 16.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

AUGUST 27, 2024

Bid protests are a fact of life in federal contracting. Experienced contracts attorney Maria Panichelli covers pre-award and post-award protests, debriefings, and strategies for success. More information The post Bid Protest Bootcamp: A Contractor’s Survival Guide appeared first on McCarter & English, LLP.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) gives contracting officers significant flexibility in selecting the procurement method they choose to use. these parts require full and open competition, full and open competition after exclusion of sources and other than full and open competition, respectively] (a) Sealed bids.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

Government Construction Projects: Bidding and Winning Strategies for Success Government construction projects offer significant opportunities for businesses to grow and thrive. However, navigating the complex world of public sector contracting can be challenging.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

JANUARY 9, 2024

In today’s market, competition for federal government contracts is fierce. Many contractors don’t know that you can intervene, to defend against the bid protest. Attendees learn about common bid protest dismissal and defenses and strategies, as well as practical tips about how to mitigate risk and costs.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In this second of three installments of PCI’s Everything You Need To Know About Bid, Size & Status Protests Series, experienced Government Contracts attorneys Maria Panichelli and Franklin Turner explain the process in which an awardee, whose award has been bid protested, can defend their contract award: Intervention.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In today’s increasingly competitive federal market, protests – including bid, and size/status – are an inevitable feature of many procurements. Contractors learn the differences between bid, size, and status protests, and how to use each to challenge contract awards that were improperly made to competitors.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The more competitive the federal market becomes, the more important bid protests can be. As a contractor, you can utilize debriefings and bid protests to go after awards that improperly went to your competitors. In this webinar, experienced government contracts attorney Maria Panichelli teaches attendees how to do just that.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 25, 2024

Government contractors can submit proposals to federal agencies and compete for contracts in two ways: an invitation for bid (IFB) or a request for proposal (RFP). If you’re navigating

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Public Contracting Institute

JANUARY 31, 2024

FAR 52.214-16, Minimum Bid acceptance Period: the contracting officer inserts a time period in that clause, similar to Form 33 above; or A time period set forth somewhere else in the text of the solicitation. Apparently, Global was the low responsive bid. The agency made award to the next-lowest bidder at its bid price.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

JANUARY 9, 2024

The more competitive the federal market becomes, the more inevitable bid protests are. If you want to succeed in bid protest litigation, it is critically important that you understand the rules and regulations governing the bid protest process. Thursday, August 15, 12:00 p.m. -1:00

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 12, 2024

James Tucker at MoFo examines three recent decisions concerning the consequences of providing solicited information in the wrong section of a bid proposal, the limits of agency discretion in technical merit, best-value tradeoff evaluations, and the weight of the experience and capabilities of small businesses in mentor-protégé joint venture qualification. (..)

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Successfully defending against a bid protest over the U.S.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The bid protest process is an integral part of doing business as a government contractor. In this interactive course, veteran Government Contracts attorneys Franklin Turner and Maria Panichelli walk contractors through the nuances of the protest lifecycle.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 16, 2024

Creating a Comprehensive List of Government Contracts: Essential Tips and Resources Are you looking to expand your business by securing government contracts? The GovCon Express course offered by the Public Contracting Institute is an excellent starting point for those new to government contracting.

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Redstone Government Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Government can terminate its contracts, in whole or in part, through special contract clauses referred to as “ termination clauses.”

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Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 31, 2024

Since our last Bid Protest Hub article in November, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has published 37 bid protest decisions, two of which have resulted in decisions sustaining the protester’s challenge. Stay tuned next month for our January 2024 Bid Protest roundup. FOOTNOTES [1] Washington Bus.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 15, 2024

Department of Veterans Affairs' bid process for prostate medication, saying the terms unfairly favor foreign manufacturers despite purporting to prioritize American-made products. A service-disabled veteran-owned small business in North Carolina is challenging the U.S.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 7, 2024

Air Force has hit back at a contractor's bid for sanctions over alleged late document production and document destruction in a contract dispute, saying the motion was unexpectedly sprung on it while the parties were negotiating discovery issues.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 25, 2024

In this month's bid protest roundup, Nicole Giles and Ethan Sterenfeld at MoFo discuss a decision from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which highlight how labor mapping, jurisdiction questions and incumbency bias can affect outcomes. Court of Federal Claims and two from the U.S.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

JANUARY 9, 2024

In today’s competitive federal marketplace, bid protests are an inevitable feature of many procurements. As a contractor, you can utilize debriefings and bid protests to go after awards that improperly went to your competitors. EST Register Here The post Get the Contracts You Deserve! Thursday, February 29, 12:00 p.m. -1:00

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Government Contracts

JULY 30, 2024

A New York state judge has denied New York City's bid to bar charter bus companies from transporting migrants from Texas, saying the state law the city leaned on is "essentially identical" to one the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in 1941.

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Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released its annual bid protest report to the Congress for fiscal year 2023 on October 26, 2023 (B-158766). percent in bid protests during calendar year 2021-2022 before the Court of Federal Claims (information given in a speech by Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith last year).

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Government Contracts

JULY 25, 2024

Government Accountability Office upheld the U.S. million IT deal, rejecting claims that the eventual award-holder had revised too much of its bid after being allowed to alter parts of its proposal. Space Force's $30.2

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

Take a look at insights from incredible women who are breaking barriers, defying expectations, and reshaping the landscape of governance, public procurement, and leadership. Myth 1: Women-led and -owned businesses cannot successfully deliver government contracts Women are excelling in business.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Air Force, Rocky Thurston gained the skills he needed to transition smoothly into government contracting. His first work in the field was as a program manager for an intelligence community contract at Booz Allen Hamilton, after which point he took on more assignments and learned and As a program manager and engineer in the U.S.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 17, 2023

This week’s episode covers a final DOL rule relating to OFCCP’s pre-enforcement resolution procedures, regulatory updates on sustainable procurement and CMMC, and a bid protest decision regarding unfair competitive advantage, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. View the full article

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Government Contracts

JULY 25, 2024

In this month's bid protest roundup, Caitlin Crujido at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 21, 2024

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP told the Federal Circuit on Friday that Columbia University's bid to introduce a former Norton Lifelock computer scientist's declaration claiming the company's former lawyers at the firm are lying about his refusal to testify in the school's decade-long $600 million patent case is "utterly meritless."

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Government Contract Insights

JULY 6, 2023

Kevin Mullen, Sandeep Nandivada, James Tucker, and Caitlin Crujido authored an article for Pratt's Government Contracting Law Report sharing 10 factors to consider when contemplating a classified protest.

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Government Contracts

JULY 9, 2024

An Illinois federal judge effectively pushed the next ruling in the criminal case against former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore and her three co-defendants to at least winter, as the defendants vowed to renew their acquittal bid in the wake of the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this month's bid protest roundup, Lyle Hedgecock and Michaela Thornton at MoFo discuss recent cases highlighting how the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S.

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DemandStar

MARCH 1, 2022

What if instead of checking each government agency in your area individually for new work opportunities, there was a way to fill out one central profile and connect to all of the government procurement divisions in your area? It’s possible with a digital bid network! What are the benefits of a digital bid network?

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Government Contracts

JULY 17, 2024

Though the substantive holding of Loper Bright is unlikely to affect bid protests because questions of statutory interpretation are rare, the spirit of the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JULY 5, 2024

Supreme Court to review the overturning of a former Contech executive's bid-rigging conviction, saying the appeals court was wrong to focus on a supplier relationship between companies that also compete for contracts. Department of Justice has asked the U.S.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 1, 2024

James Tucker at MoFo examines three recent decisions showing that while the results of past competitions may inform bid strategy, they are not determinative; that an agency's award may be deemed unreasonable if it ignores available information; and that a protester may be right about an awardee's noncompliance but still lose.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 23, 2024

A new regulation for more environmentally friendly government purchases puts teeth into a long-standing requirement for sustainable procurement, and is likely to strengthen businesses' arguments in bid protests as agencies wrestle with the full scope of the rule.

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