Sometimes, for the best of reasons, a contracting officer (“CO”) decides to charge ahead with a procurement when his or her own staff...
Discussions may become a very important part of a negotiated procurement. Discussions always occupy a compelling spot in the lore of...
For more than 50 years, the “Christian Doctrine” has been established law. The doctrine provides that if a mandatory contract clause is...
The Army sought “solid waste management services” (trash pickup) at or near Fort Polk, LA. Army properly recognized that these services...
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently found two agencies using a new, but unlawful approach to task and delivery orders,...
The Supreme Court rarely considers government contracting cases. Recently, in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez,136 S.Ct. 663(2016), the Court...
Agencies can frequently obtain competition by using “brand name or equal” purchase descriptions. Recently, the Department of Veterans...
Sometimes the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) unleashes its criticism on a protester, particularly when their arguments are...
Do you believe your computer’s email program which says “delivery complete” a few seconds after you hit the “send” button? If you do,...
A recent case at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) clearly establishes that the technical data rights clauses in a...
Do you know what a government contract volunteer is? A volunteer is someone who embarks on duties of their own free will and without any...
Environmental Safety Consultants, Inc. (“ESCI”) had a contract with the Navy to perform services. ESCI submitted to the payment office a...
The timeliness rules for filing protests at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) (other than protests of a solicitation) requires...
This article is the second in a series about mistakes in missing deadlines. The first covered deadlines in protests, and this article...
During the Civil War, at the famous Andersonville Prison, on the inside of the stockade and twenty feet from it, there was a deadline...
You are a construction company that receives a contract to modernize the Internal Revenue Service center. Among other things, the...
In two recent bid protest cases, the Government has sought to have its cake and eat it too—by conducting competitions under the General...
Request for Quotations (“RFQs”) may create a “no-win” situation for a government contractor. That is particularly true when the...
One of the three the three basic requirements for a contract to be enforceable is consideration, which usually means a promise to pay...
A recent case at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals appears to demonstrate that some contract administrators never seem to...