International Development
Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Seeks to Make Post-Award, Agency-Level Protests More Enticing
Covington - As part of the Trump Administration’s Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (“RFO”), the FAR Council has released a model deviation for FAR Part 33...
District Court Enjoins Government from Requiring Grantees to Make Certifications Regarding Gender Ideology, DEI
A group of nonprofits that receive federal grant money to help survivors of domestic violence a the unhoused sued the HHS and HUD. They...
Two Courts, No Remedy? The Fallout from NIH v. APHA
Syefarth - In this episode of Claims and Sustains, hosts Teddie Arnold, Erica Bakies, and Ken Kanzawa break down the Supreme Court’s ruling in...
Where Grant Litigation Stands After the Supreme Court’s Jurisdictional Ruling in NIH
Blank Rome - The Supreme Court issued a fractured, 4-1-4 ruling on its emergency docket in National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health...
How the Boards of Contract Appeals Work—And Why It Matters for Your Bottom Line
PilieroMazza - When government contractors receive an adverse decision from a contracting officer, it can be difficult to balance the costs, performance risks, and...
INVESTIGATIVE SUMMARY: Former USAID Contracting Officer and Three Corporate Executives Debarred After Pleading Guilty to Decade-Long, $500 Million Bribery Scheme
A USAID Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigation, which revealed a decade-long bribery scheme involving over $500 million in contracts, has culminated in...
A New Two-Step Dance: Supreme Court Decision Complicates Relief for Government Grant and Contract Terminations
Organizations challenging an agency’s termination of a grant or government contract based on an allegedly illegal government policy need to master a two-step dance,...
FAR Council Releases Overhaul of FAR Part 33, Protests, Disputes, and Appeals
The FAR Council has released a class deviation for the overhaul of FAR Part 33, Protests, Disputes, and Appeals. The class deviation memorandum states...
Recent GAO Sustain Includes Valuable Lessons on Proposal Preparation and More
Crowell & Moring - GAO’s recent sustain of the protest filed by emissary LLC provides valuable lessons for potential offerors regarding organizational conflict of...
All Together Now: “Many Ways to Calculate Fee After a T4C”
Crowell & Moring - A recent decision by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) reinforces the FAR part 49 provisions governing terminations...
Recent Supreme Court Activity with Major Implications for Government Contractors
Womble Bond Dickinson - Two recent Supreme Court matters signal major implications for government contractors. First, the Supreme Court will review whether government contractors...
Back to Basics: Interested Parties
Koprince McCall Pottroff - Imagine you’ve submitted a bid for a procurement that you believe your company is a shoo-in for. Nobody comes close...
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