Courts, Boards, & GAO
DoD Bid Protests Under Pressure Again: Key Takeaways from Proposed Section 875 of the FY2026 NDAA
Pillsbury - For more than a decade, Congress has questioned whether the number of bid protests filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has...
Federal Contracting Updates for Golden Dome for America Contractors
Greenberg Traurig - The current administration has issued a directive for the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop a homeland air and missile defense...
Inside the Contracting Officer’s Seat: What Industry Never Sees and Why It Matters
David Neal worked as a Contracting Officer (CO) for years. His transition into industry has given him a renewed appreciation for how the acquisition...
The Federal Circuit Summons the Ghost of Disputes Past by Throwing Out a Long-Standing Settlement, Announcing New Limits on a CO’s Authority to Resolve...
Dentons - In a novel decision last week, the Federal Circuit invalidated a years-old cost accounting settlement between the government and a contractor, holding...
Failure to Include a Sum Certain Costs Contractor: Takeaway From the ASBCA’s Dismissal in Samho Enterprise
Davis Wright Tremaine - The U.S. Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals recently reinforced that a "sum certain" is necessary to trigger ASBCA jurisdiction...
Government Contractors: Five Must-Watch Issues as 2025 Closes
Fried Frank - Federal contractors face a rapidly changing landscape as we approach the end of 2025. With the government recently reopened after the...
GAO’s Castro Decision: OCIs, Unstated Criteria, and Best-Value Discipline
Centre Law & Consulting - The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”)’s November 13, 2025 decision in Castro & Company, LLC (B-423689) is the kind all...
Contract Appeals Succeeded at High Rate in FY 2025
Steven Koprince - In Fiscal Year 2025, contractors prevailed, in whole or in part, in a majority of contract appeals decided on the merits...
SBA Initiates Full-Scale Audit of All 8(a) Program Participants
Clark Hill - The Small Business Administration (SBA) has commenced its promised “full-scale audit” of the 8(a) Business Development Program. On Dec. 5, 2025,...
Golden Dome’s Industrial Call to Arms Could Match the Manhattan Project
Breaking Defense - The Golden Dome initiative is a broad effort to build a missile defense system that can effectively protect the United States...
No Smoking Gun: GAO Backs Navy’s Conflict Investigation in $100 Million Protest
Pillsbury - In Island Creek Associates, LLC, B-423301.3 (Dec. 5, 2025), Island Creek Associates protested the Department of the Navy’s award to StraCon Services...
Back to Basics: Covenant Against Contingent Fees
Koprince McCall Pottroff - Federal contractors are generally familiar with the many FAR provisions listed in a solicitation or contract. So, it can be...
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