Courts, Boards, & GAO
RFO Consolidation Limitations Do Not Apply to BPAs, Says GAO
Fox Rothschild - Contractors tracking the government’s growing reliance on Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) and the rollout of the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul...
GovConFAQ: How Do I Count My Joint Venture’s Receipts When Determining My Size?
Koprince McCall Pottroff - Joint ventures are an increasingly common teaming structure in small business federal government contracting. They offer small businesses (and even...
Bid Protest Pleading Primer: Raising the Bar at GAO and COFC
Wiley - In this episode, hosts Scott Felder and Brian Walsh talk with Wiley partner Cara Sizemore about the pleading requirements bid protesters face...
GAO Past Performance Protest Sustained: VA Improperly Excluded Older CPARS Records in Veterans Management Services, Inc.
Bradley - A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision offers an important reminder that agencies cannot apply evaluation criteria that differ from the solicitation's...
Joint Ventures in Federal Contracting: SBA Rules, Mentor-Protégé, and the Two-Year Rule
GovConFeed - Joint ventures let two contractors chase work neither could win alone — and in the set-aside market, they come wrapped in some...
Will AI Replace Government Contractors? The 2026 Reality
CyberX Gov - Paste a solicitation into an AI tool today, and you can have a clean, professional-looking proposal draft before lunch. That reality...
GovCon Update: GAO Jurisdiction, DOJ Declination, CUI Rule
Morgan Lewis - Recent developments in government contracting highlight important updates in bid protest jurisdiction, national security enforcement, and cybersecurity compliance. This includes a...
Joint Venture Eligibility: Refresher and Updates on Requirements for Government Contractors
PilieroMazza - Knowing and understanding the specific requirements around joint venture eligibility can make or break your ability to compete and be eligible for...
Other Transactions (OTs): The $18.3 Billion Market Every Federal Contractor Should Understand
GovSpend - Over the past 18 months, the federal procurement space has experienced significant changes. Alongside rapid advances in emerging technologies and the use...
The 9 Activities AI Agents Will Replace, Translated for Federal Acquisition
Jaime Garcia - Daniel Barnes, a commercial procurement practitioner, recently published “9 Procurement Activities AI Agents Will Replace.” His central argument is that procurement...
Contract Claims 101: Common Construction Appeal Theories, Part 6
PilieroMazza - While Parts 4 and 5 of this series explored both common and less common theories available to contractors pursuing claims against the...
SAM Registration: Defining “Immediate Owner” and “Highest-Level Owner”
Koprince McCall Pottroff - SAM.gov is something every federal government contractor has to deal with for actions like searching solicitations and registering to be...
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