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Procurement
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The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
The Protest Clock May Start Sooner Than You Think in a FAR 8.4 Procurement: GAO Dismisses Untimely FSS Protest in Hendall Inc.
By Evan Williams, David O'Neill
GAO’s bid protest timeliness rules are strict. Even a strong protest can be dismissed if it is not filed within the deadline established by GAO regulations. In certain procurements, required…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Establishing Entitlement to Increased Performance Costs Due to Government Delays in Accelerated Contracts
Government typically has no obligation to assist the contractor in completing work before the contract completion date. Despite this lack of obligation, it is still not permissible for the government…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
GSA Issues Final Rule on Large Language Model Procurements
By Sharmistha Das, Matthew Ferraro, Kate Growley, Rajeev Raghavan
Background On September 28, 2026, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a new clause for incorporation into government contracts of artificial intelligence systems, 552.239-7001, Basic Safeguarding of Data within Large…
Dentons Insights
Not just the Big Build: Who's really in scope of Victoria's Royal Commission?
By Dentons
Australia: The Victorian Royal Commission into Major Construction Projects is already issuing notices and conducting hearings, with a mandate that reaches far beyond Victoria's Big Build program. Contractors, subcontractors, labour…
De Rebus - SA Attorneys' Journal
Closing the gap: The asymmetric exploitation of transversal contracts in public procurement
By De Rebus
Section 217(1) of the Constitution identifies what seems to be a clear duty: Where an organ of state purchases goods and services, this purchase will be made within a system…
Inside Government Contracts
GAO Finds Conflict Investigation Unreasonable Where Agency Failed to Ask Awardee About Business Relationship
By Jay Carey, Kayleigh Scalzo, Darby Rourick
In Viderity Inc. – Costs, GAO found an agency’s investigation into a potential conflict of interest to be unreasonable where the agency “failed to inquire with” the awardee-intervenor “as to…
Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy
Entrenching a Substantive Doctrine of Public Participation: the SACC’s Public Procurement Judgment
The South African Constitutional Court’s recent judgment invalidating the Public Procurement Act for want of adequate public involvement in the law-making process reflects the South African courts’ ongoing attempts to…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
GSA Issues Notice of “Glitch” and Recommends Contractors Validate Small Business Status Representations on SAM.gov
By Michael Samuels, Olivia Lynch, Lillie Drenth
The General Services Administration (GSA) has begun sending out email notifications of a “known glitch” affecting certain System for Award Management (SAM) registrations as far back as spring 2026. The…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Adverse Inference Rule in SBA Size Protests
An offeror bidding on a federal contract set-aside for small businesses may challenge another offeror’s representation that it is a small business concern. Such size protests are referred to the…
Inside Government Contracts
The U.S.-India Reciprocal Defense Procurement Agreement: A New Chapter in a Complex Relationship
By Stephanie Barna, Nooree Lee
For decades, the United States and India circled each other as potential defense partners—aligned by democratic values and shared strategic concerns, yet separated by Cold War legacies and divergent procurement…