
The Contract Disputes Act (CDA) requires that a contractor present its claim to the contracting officer (CO) before an appeal or suit may be properly filed on that claim. This presentment requirement can be characterized as the linchpin of the
In a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection, the procuring agency evaluates the non-price factors for technical acceptability, and the offeror with a technically acceptable proposal with the lowest proposed price is selected for award. The Department of Defense…
When acquiring commercial products, the federal government must give preference to customary commercial practices. To implement this preference, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) instructs the government to only use contract clauses that are consistent with customary commercial practices. One such…