The federal government has the right to unilaterally terminate contracts when it is in the government’s interest to do so. In the event of a termination for convenience, the contractor may typically submit its termination settlement proposal within a year
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) bid protest regulations require protesters to provide a detailed statement of the legal and factual grounds of protest. While the GAO does not require protesters to file formal briefs or other technical forms of pleadings
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program allows federal agencies to acquire services from pre-approved vendors via simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 8. When utilizing the FSS program, procuring agencies may not purchase
While the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) does not define a claim, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 2.101 defines a monetary claim as a written demand or assertion by a contracting party seeking, as a matter of right, the payment
The government may use the sole-source authority in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 6.302-1 when there is a reasonable basis to conclude that its minimum needs can only be satisfied by one responsible source. In this regard, a procuring agency
In solicitations that require the submission of key personnel resumes, the resumes are considered a material solicitation requirement. Thus, offerors have a duty to notify the procuring agency if one or more of their proposed key personnel become unavailable to
Contractors may sometimes encounter unforeseen conditions that make a government contract commercially impracticable because performance would cause extreme and unreasonable difficulty, expense, injury, or loss. Unless the contractor has assumed the risk of the unforeseen condition, a finding of commercial
Past performance evaluations play an important role in determining the strength and viability of competing offerors’ proposals. It is generally within the procuring agency’s discretion to determine the scope of the past performance history to be considered during evaluation, provided
Unbalanced pricing exists when despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more line items is significantly over- or understated. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.404-1(g)(2) instructs contracting officers (COs) to analyze offers with separately priced line items
Firm-fixed-price contracts place maximum risk and full responsibility upon the contractor for all costs and resulting profit or loss incurred in performing a government contract. Fixed price contracts provide for a price that is not subject to any adjustment based