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2021-11-15 19:01
Last Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a preliminary injunction staying enforcement of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) previously issued by the U… Read More
2021-10-06 12:00
I took a test in Existentialism. I left all the answers blank and got 100.
― Woody Allen
Let me help you fill in those blanks regarding COVID vaccine mandates. Your other is… Read More
2021-09-02 19:27
GovCon Legal Alerts
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2021-08-25 21:28
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2021-07-12 22:06
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GSA Alerts
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Unilateral GSA Schedule Modifica… Read More
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2021-04-29 22:35
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2021-04-07 15:49
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2020-10-26 18:32
SBA's New Rule
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2020-10-05 17:43
Effective 8/31/20 there are two new funding thresholds for federal contractors to be aware of.
1) The micro-purchase threshold (MPT) is raised from $3,500 to $10,000.
2) The increase of the… Read More
2020-10-02 19:26
GSA ALERT – As of yesterday (Oct 1st, 2020) , the GSA announced they will extend the deadline for industry to update GSA Advantage catalogs to March 31, 2021.
The GSA had been contacti… Read More
2020-10-01 19:31
Is the GSA Streamlining Competition?
There are some promising signs… Read More
2020-09-10 17:19
By Hon. Jack Delman
Last week, the Federal Circuit rejected a protest filed by Oracle that challenged the legality of the multi-billion dollar Defense Department JEDI Cloud solic… Read More
2020-09-04 17:52
By Edward W. Bailey,
A recent decision from the GAO serves as an important reminder to contractors that, while agencies typically have broad discretion in determining the scope o… Read More
2020-09-04 17:49
GAO Corrective Action
Is it the end of the road?… Read More
2020-08-28 21:35
Written by: Heather Mims, Associate Attorney, Centre Law & Consulting
Each year, the Small Business Administration (SBA) publishes an annual scorecard to assess how well federal a… Read More
2020-08-20 22:05
By David Warner,
In XTec, Inc., B-418619 (July 2, 2020), the GAO rejected the incumbent contractor’s assertion that the Department of State erred in assessing technical wea… Read More
2020-08-17 15:25
By JW Butler
Effective August 1, 2020, the General Services Administration (GSA) has provided contractors the ability to update their offering classifications by adding subgroups… Read More
2020-08-06 18:31
Written by: Heather Mims, Associate Attorney, Centre Law & Consulting
As we’ve previously written, COVID-19 funding for government contractors is fraught with enforcement an… Read More
2020-07-30 18:43
By Barbara Kinosky,
I finally retrieved my dry cleaning that I had deposited at the cleaners in March. Then Virginia shut down with my dry cleaning hostage in a remote dry… Read More
2020-07-24 17:27
By JW Butler
Section 889 legislation initially introduced as a part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has now been released in Part A and Par… Read More
2020-07-17 20:36
By Hon. Jack Delman
In M.C. Dean, Inc., B-418553 (6/15/2020), the GAO recently granted a post award protest on the grounds that an offeror/awardee had actual knowledge, prior to… Read More
2020-07-09 22:12
By Edward W. Bailey,
A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has expanded restrictions on government contractors’ ability to conduct… Read More
2020-07-02 15:35
By Heather Mims, Esq.
The False Claims Act (FCA) generally provides that any person who knowingly submits a false claim to the government is liable for triple the government&rsqu&hell…Read More
2020-06-26 21:31
By David Warner,
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated technical assistance questions and answers entitled “What You Should Know Abou… Read More
2020-06-18 18:23
By JW Butler
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) has several electronic contract management tools, referred to as “eTools”… Read More
2020-06-11 19:23
By Tyler Freiberger, Esq.,
A federal contractor has used a rare exception to keep its case for monetary damages against the Government out of the Court of Federal Claims (“… Read More
2020-06-05 18:29
By Heather Mims, Esq.
An aptly titled bill, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act into law on June 5, 2020. The Act would ease several restrictions on co… Read More
2020-06-05 14:41
By Tyler Freiberger, Esq.,
As pandemic restrictions are beginning to ease, employers are increasingly challenged with knowing and meeting their obligations concerning COVID-19 pr… Read More
2020-05-28 17:08
By Julia Coon,
The General Services Administration (GSA) will be releasing refresh #2 to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) solicitation in June 2020. All current MAS contractors will… Read More
2020-05-21 18:28
By Hon. Jack Delman
Our new COVID-19 (COVID) world brings special risks and unanticipated cost in the performance of federal contracts, particularly for those contractors holding… Read More
2020-05-14 18:38
By Edward W. Bailey,
A recent decision from the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (“CBCA”) serves as a warning to government contractors as they incur increased expe… Read More
2020-05-07 18:14
By Heather Mims, Esq.
In these unprecedented times, when the Government is handing out literally trillions of dollars of cash, a certain amount of unscrupulous behavior is almost… Read More
2020-05-01 20:25
By David Warner,
One of the key provisions of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) is the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). As explained in… Read More
2020-04-23 22:16
By JW Butler
With the General Services Administration’s (GSA) release of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), there have been many changes to GSA’s systems, and the Fed… Read More
2020-04-16 17:56
By Hon. Jack Delman
In XOTECH, LLC v. UNITED STATES, 950 F.3d 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2020) (XO), the Federal Circuit recently affirmed the overturn of an award to a service-disabled-vet… Read More
2020-04-09 18:49
By Tyler Freiberger, Esq.,
By now, you’ve heard about the CARES Act and the $350 billion put aside for small businesses. Bank of America alone received 10,000 applications… Read More
2020-04-02 18:51
By Julia Coon,
As you are completing your annual spring cleaning, do not forget to spruce up your Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract. It is important to regularly review and updat… Read More
2020-03-26 19:53
By JW Butler
Multiple Award Schedule Modification Guidance
On March 6, 2020, GSA released the final MAS Modification Guidance package. The new MAS Modification Guidance package can be… Read More
2020-03-06 08:30
By David Warner,
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its final rule setting out the standards for determining when two entities might both be considere… Read More
2020-02-27 20:44
By Edward W. Bailey,
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) guarantees employees the right to organize and collectively bargain through representatives and… Read More
2020-02-20 17:44
By Hon. Jack Delman
The Court of Federal Claims recently awarded an equitable adjustment (EA) to a contractor providing reimbursement of legal fees to successfully defend a False… Read More
2020-02-13 20:11
By Tyler Freiberger, Esq.,
Nearly half a century after passage of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the American workplace remains confused as to the line between… Read More
2020-02-06 17:33
By Julia Coon,
The General Services Administration (GSA) has begun issuing the mass modifications for Phase II of the Multiple Award Schedule consolidation. Current GSA contract holde… Read More
2020-01-30 20:16
By William Weisberg, Esq.,
A dreary day in late January–too late for a “Predictions for the Coming year” blog post, and a little too early for “Emerging T… Read More
2020-01-23 20:09
By Edward W. Bailey,
Soon after the end of fiscal year 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) reported that its Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) had made record br… Read More
2020-01-16 17:17
By Heather Mims, Esq.
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published a report on November 25, 2019 which recommended that the Department of Defense (“DO… Read More
2020-01-09 20:47
By David Warner,
Last month, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a decision underscoring the substantial risk contractors incur if they perform work not properly authorized b… Read More
2020-01-02 19:25
By JW Butler
On October 1, 2019 The General Services Administration (GSA) released the new Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) 47QSMD20R0001. GSA has tentatively scheduled the first mass mo… Read More
2019-12-19 19:46
By Hon. Jack Delman
Background
On November 22, 2019, the DOD, GSA and NASA jointly issued a final FAR rule, effective December 23, 2019, amending the FAR to require contract… Read More
2019-12-12 16:28
By Tyler Freiberger, Esq.,
The Department of Justice recently announced the new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (“PCSF”), an inter-agency partnership that incl… Read More
2019-12-05 16:16
By Julia Coon,
The General Services Administration (GSA) completed Phase 1 of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) consolidation on October 1, 2019 when the new MAS solicitation consolid… Read More
2019-11-21 19:59
By William Weisberg, Esq.,
So, I was asking myself, what about government contracts drives me up a wall? More particularly, what is most frustrating to me, as a practicing… Read More
2019-11-14 18:10
By Angel N. Davis,
With Cybersecurity awareness a keen focal point, regardless of business size, Government Contractors now have an overwhelming responsibility to ensure the safe… Read More
2019-11-07 16:48
By Heather Mims, Esq.
Under Executive Order 13495, the policy of the Federal Government was that all Service Contract Act covered contracts over the simplified acquisition thresh… Read More
2019-10-31 18:02
By David Warner,
Actually “40,569,816 reasons,” to be exact. Last week the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a press release lauding its perform… Read More
2019-10-24 18:19
By Edward W. Bailey,
All too often, federal contractors let their guard down when it comes to their ethical duties under the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). This is largely beca… Read More
2019-10-17 16:11
By Maureen Jamieson
Call me a skeptic. I had my bets along with others that the Consolidated Schedule would not be released on October 1, 2019. I’ve lived through many disappoint… Read More
2019-10-10 16:50
By Hon. Jack Delman
Under the FY 2018 NDAA, House and Senate Committee Reports called for GAO to examine the effects of Offshoring (OS) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the Defense Su… Read More
2019-10-03 15:32
By Tyler Freiberger, Esq.,
More than one year ago the Federal Housing Finance Agency Special Adviser Simone Grimes testified before Congress describing a former North Carolina represen… Read More
2019-09-26 14:53
By Edward W. Bailey,
Boeing just challenged a recent ruling by the Court of Federal Claims which has wide-reaching implications for government contractors. In a May decision, the Court held… Read More
2019-09-19 18:53
By William Weisberg, Esq.,
The Service Contract Labor Standards (“SCLS”) governs how, and how much, government contractors must pay “covered” employees on &ldquo&hell…Read More
2019-09-12 19:08
BREAKING NEWS FROM GSA
In late July, GSA hosted a live event about upcoming changes to the new Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) requirements (used to identify companies and individuals within… Read More
2019-09-12 16:52
By Angel N. Davis,
There is an on-going buzz surrounding the upcoming GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Consolidation. If you haven’t heard (I am not sure where you’ve been)… Read More
2019-09-05 15:15
By Heather Mims, Esq.
Contractors (and officials) across the country have experienced some confusion about the implementation of the recently enacted Small Business Runway Extension Act… Read More
2019-08-29 16:20
By David Warner
Gone are the Halcyon days, when it looked like the Trump Administration might overturn EEO-1 wage and hour reporting requirements adopted during the prior administration… Read More
2019-08-29 13:39
BREAKING NEWS FROM GSA
if you have questions or need guidance, please reach out to Maureen Jamieson at [email protected].
This Interact post is the advance notice announcement of… Read More
2019-08-29 03:34
BREAKING NEWS
With GSA focused on consolidating 24 Schedules into one single Schedule, the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) pilot has been extended through FY2020, allowing both contractor… Read More
2019-08-22 16:36
By Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq.
The big news from MAS PMO Director Stephanie Shutt is that the Consolidated Schedule will be out October 1, 2019. She is very definite on that date. What does tha… Read More
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