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Procurement
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The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
Upcoming Event: Fox’s Fourth Annual Federal Contracts Symposium
October 23-24 | Washington, D.C.| Willard InterContinental Join Fox Rothschild’s Federal Government Contracts & Procurement attorneys, BRG’s Government Contracts professionals, industry leaders and government representative for targeted sessions and networking…
Subject to Inquiry
“There are Cops on the Beat”: DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force Leader Emphasizes Criminal Antitrust as Top Enforcement Priority
By Amy Manning, J. Brent Justus, Holden Brooks, Angelo Russo, Abram J. Pafford, Jack White, Edwin O. Childs, Brandon M. Santos, Casey Erin Lucier, Paul T. Atkinson, Colin F. Brady, Jordan LaPointe
On September 14, 2023, Daniel W. Glad — Director of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (“Strike Force”) for the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division — gave remarks as the…
Adams on Contract Drafting
I Appear on the “Procurement Reimagined” Podcast
By Ken Adams
Go here for episode 16 of Gatekeeper’s “Procurement Reimagined,” with host Daniel Barnes. The title is Moving Beyond Cut and Paste: The Criticality of Contract Language with Ken Adams, Chief…
The Construction Seyt
“Made in America Week” Highlights Requirements, Opportunities for Contractors and Suppliers
On July 21, 2023, President Biden designated July 23-29, 2023, as “Made in America Week.” This proclamation builds on the Biden Administration’s efforts to bolster domestic manufacturing through evolving policies…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Fastest 5 Minutes: AI, CIO-SP4, Bid Protests
This week's episode covers a GAO report on DoD artificial intelligence acquisition, an update on the CIO-SP4 procurement, and a bid protest decision involving a dispute about the enforceability of…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Government Contracting Companies Beware: DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force is Global, Growing, and Going Strong
By Ann O'Brien, Lindsey Collins
It has been another busy year for the Department of Justice’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF). Formed in 2019, the Department of Justice created the PCSF, a joint law enforcement…
Government Contracts Law
Sometimes Post-Proposal Communications Are More Than Sweet Nothings …
As most government contractors have experienced firsthand, procuring agencies routinely engage in a wide variety of communications after bids have been submitted. On occasion, these exchanges are quite minor and…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Court of Federal Claims Holds Non-Bidder Has Standing to Protest Two Years After Contract Award
Last week, on March 9, 2023, in Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, the Court of Federal Claims held that Percipient.ai, Inc. (“Percipient”) had standing to protest a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (“NGA”)…
China Law Insight
联合采购中的反垄断陷阱
By King & Wood
作者：宁宣凤 张若寒 张英伦 具有相同采购需求的企业，通过合作的方式，合并采购量、统一采购渠道，实施联合采购，通常可以形成规模采购优势，增强采购方议价能力、提高采购效率。长期以来，我国联合采购领域的反垄断执法、司法并不多见。但近年来，全球多个司法辖区纷纷提高对采购市场的执法力度：欧盟自2017年起已处罚三起买方之间达成的采购市场横向垄断协议，而美国则开始追究劳动力市场中雇主（买方）间固定员工工资、互不挖角协议的法律责任，并于2022年首次取得了刑事认罪结果。当前，采购市场的反垄断问题也已经引起了我国执法机构和司法机关的关注。 阅读更多
China Law Insight
美国并购实战指引：价格调整机制上篇——交割账目机制
By King & Wood
作者：徐家兴 李瑞声 在上一回中，我们已经讲到了争议解决条款，但我们的系列文章还没有结束。在本回中，我们将讨论一个核心交易条款——价格调整机制。在跨境并购中，以上市公司为目标的交易多采用固定价格交易，因为作为卖方的股东众多，实践中进行价格调整的操作难度很大。在以非上市公司为目标的交易中，买卖双方通常会约定一个价格调整机制，以使得交易价格更准确地反映目标公司的价值。常见的价格调整机制有两种，即：（1）在美国市场上普遍使用的交割账目机制（Closing Accounts or Completion Accounts）；和（2）在欧洲市场上更受欢迎的锁箱机制（Locked-box Mechanism）。 阅读更多