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Government Contracts Featured Insights
General Solicitation Provisions Requiring State and Local Licenses or Permits
Solicitations for federal contracts often contain provisions that generally require compliance with all state and local laws, including obtaining all state and local licenses or permits necessary for performance. The…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
FAR from Alone: GSA Releases New FAR Companion Guide
By Peter J. Eyre, Laura J. Mitchell Baker, Rina Gashaw, Brittany Kouroupas
On September 9, 2025, GSA released version 1 of the FAR Companion, a living resource guide aimed primarily at assisting federal acquisition professionals. The FAR Companion is designed to provide guidance…
Government Contracts Law
Summer Sun, Something’s Begun, But (Oh, Oh) Those FAR Part 12 Rewrites
As we have previously covered in this blog, as a result of President Trump’s executive order, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is undergoing an…
GovCon & Trade
OFPP Green Lights Immediate Use of Revised Procurement Rules
On August 15, the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) announced agencies may “immediately begin eliminating one-third of requirements from their future…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Timeliness of Motions for Dismissal Based Upon the Nonjurisdictional Sum Certain Requirement
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…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Unbalanced Pricing & Associated Risks in Federal Contracts
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…
The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
CDA Claim Management Primer: Suspension of Work (FAR 52.242-14)
Federal construction contracts often involve unforeseen delays. The key question is who is responsible for the resulting costs. A new decision from the ASBCA provides a blueprint for how contractors…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Protesting Price Reasonableness Evaluations
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requires contracting officers (COs) to purchase supplies and services from responsible sources at fair and reasonable prices. In determining price reasonableness, the procuring agency’s primary…
Government Contracts Law
Hold My Beer: The Trump Administration’s Bold Plan to Rewrite the FAR
By Alex Major, Franklin Turner
On April 15, 2025, President Trump issued a sweeping executive order (EO), “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement.” As reflected in its accompanying Fact Sheet, the EO promises to rewrite…
Florida Construction Legal Updates
A CONTRACT IS A CONTRACT: RELEASES AND CHANGE ORDERS / BILATERAL MODIFICATIONS ARE CONSTRUED AS CONTRACTS
A contract is a contract. It should say what it means and means what it says. A release is construed like a contract. A change order or bilateral modification is…