The Government wants have its cake and eat it too—by conducting competitions under the General Services Administration (“GSA”) Multiple Aw...

This blog has frequently explained that generally, the government can only be bound contractually by a person with actual authority, norm...

10 U.S.C. § 2304 and 41 U.S.C. 3301 require, with certain limited exceptions that contracting officers promote and provide for full and o...

My book, “100 Worst Mistakes in Government Contracting” (Nat’l. Contr. Mgt. Assn. 2008) by Richard D. Lieberman and Jason D. Morgan, incl...

One of best movies in the 1990s was “Fried Green Tomatoes,” a story about a depression era café named The Whistle Stop in a little town i...

A final decision on a claim by a contracting officer is a jurisdictional requirement for the Court of Federal Claims or a Board of Contra...

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) is required to report to Congress annually in reports known as the “Annual Report on Bid Pro...

In a recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) case, the protester alleged “bait and switch” tactics, but the GAO denied the protes...

A previous blog discussed “Missing Deadlines in Contract Administration and Claims.” March 3, 2016. As explained therein, the consequen...

The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) adjudicates size protests, typically where one company protests that another company is not sma...

One of the fundamental principles in the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) size regulations is that in determining a company’s size, ...

The official public medium for providing notice of contracting actions by federal agencies is the FedBizOpps.gov website, which has been ...

In order to win a bid protest, it isn’t enough for a protester to show that an agency has made an error (violation of law, regulation or ...

In North Star Magnus Pacific Joint Venture, SBA No. SIZ-5715, Feb. 17, 2016, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Office of Hearings...

A cure notice identifies a deficiency in a contractor's performance that the Government considers to endanger performance of the contract...

A recent Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA”) case, Shavers-Whittle Const., LLC, ASBCA No. 60025, Feb. 9, 2016, demonstrate...

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals recently considered the appropriate measure for claims under the differing site conditions clause ...

Sometimes, for the best of reasons, a contracting officer (“CO”) decides to charge ahead with a procurement when his or her own staff str...

Discussions may become a very important part of a negotiated procurement. Discussions always occupy a compelling spot in the lore of sus...

For more than 50 years, the “Christian Doctrine” has been established law. The doctrine provides that if a mandatory contract clause is ...