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Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Final Anti-Trafficking Rule to Impose New – and Uncertain – Obligations on Contractors
In late January, the FAR Council issued its long-awaited final rule amending the FAR to strengthen the U.S. Government’s policy against human trafficking. As discussed below, the amendments may have…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
New Compliance Requirements to Prevent Trafficking: What do the rules require? What contractors are subject to them? What questions remain?
On January 29, 2015, the FAR Council published a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to strengthen existing regulations against trafficking in persons. The new rule, which will…
Meaningful Discussions
Cost & Price Realism—What Are They and When Are They Required?
Editor’s note: This is first post in a series focused on protest allegations related to cost and price analyses. Planned future posts will discuss limits on the adjustments an agency…
Inside Government Contracts
Court of Federal Claims Stays Decision Requiring Commercial Item Contractor to Comply with Non-Commercial Practices
Contractors supplying commercial products and services to the U.S. Government under the Federal Supply Schedule (“FSS”) or General Services Administration (“GSA”) Schedules program may be required to comply with non-commercial…
Meaningful Discussions
What is Required for Discussions to Be Meaningful?
By Michelle E. Litteken, Luke Levasseur
Editor’s note: This is the second post in a series of posts focused on protest allegations related to discussions with offerors. The first post addressed differences between clarifications and discussions.…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
New Rule Seeks to Limit Allowability of Whistleblower-related Costs
On July 25, DoD, GSA and NASA issued a final rule implementing a section of the FY 2013 NDAA addressing the allowability of legal costs incurred by a contractor or…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
What’s New Out There? Highlights from the April 2014 Federal Register
This month’s Federal Register Updates include four important changes that will impact the day-to-day activities of Government Contractors and Agencies alike. The first, a final DFARS rule on Performance-Based Payments,…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
GSA Schedule Contracting: Has Selling to DoD Just Gotten Harder?
On March 13, 2014, the Department of Defense issued a memorandum titled “Class Deviation – Determination of Fair and Reasonable Prices When Using Federal Supply Schedule Contracts.” This memorandum directs…
The Contractor's Perspective
Raytheon v. United States—the Federal Circuit’s tutorial on the difference between the Cost Accounting Standards and the FAR Cost Principles
By 1531509547-httpswww.bfrankaboutjustice.com
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Raytheon Co. v. United States, No. 2013-5004 & 2013-5006 (Fed. Cir. April 4, 2014) [pdf] affirms a $59-million judgment arising from a government challenge to…
Meaningful Discussions
DoD’s Class Deviation – A New Approach
On March 13, 2014, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) issued a Class Deviation to FAR 8.404(d) to change how DoD agencies use the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS). By the Class…