Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 15.306 states that negotiations with offerors in the competitive range are designed to “maximize...

The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) has a very clear-cut set of guidelines for deciding...

The Federal Circuit recently considered the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) language which requires a Contracting Officer to...

The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) requires the inclusion of a clause in any contract in which noncommercial...

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) recently issued a significant opinion that makes it very clear to agencies that the...

Reversing a Court of Federal Claims ruling, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) recently held that a bidder that had...

It is rare when the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) says that agency actions in its source selection for two different...

A claim for money requires “a written demand or written assertion … seeking, as a matter of right, the payment of money in a sum...

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released its annual bid protest report to the Congress for fiscal year 2020 on December 23,...

This blog has frequently discussed poorly or inadequately written proposals which have caused agencies to deem them inadequate and not...

In two recent decisions, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) have...

On October 27, 2020, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA” or “Board”) released its report on transactions and...

Formal agency protests must be submitted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 33.103, which sets out specific rules,...

A recent decision of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“Board”) held that as long as a mark (such as a typed signature)...

“Constructive” is defined as “legally imputed; existing by virtue of legal fiction though not existing in fact.” Blacks Law Dict. (Tenth...

A recent decision of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (“CBCA”) demonstrates the importance of a contractor responding to government...

In a recent Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA”) case, the Board rejected the government’s right to remove a case where the...

The FAR is very clear that if an agency seeks to use the “brand name [or equal]” method of procurement, this essentially is a sole-source...

The Federal Debt Collection Act of 1982 (“DCA”), provides a way for agencies to offset a pre-existing, valid debt. Pursuant to the DCA...

A “course of dealing” is a “sequence of previous conduct between the parties to an agreement which is fairly to be regarded as...