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AI Procurement and AI in Procurement
Image: Laura Sofia Martinez Agudelo / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ In the new working paper “AI Procurement and AI in Procurement”, with a focus on the promotion of responsible and trustworthy…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Protests Involving Post-Proposal Exchanges in FSS Procurements
When federal agencies communicate with offerors in a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procurement conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 8, the exchanges must be fair and equitable, as with…
Government Contracts Law
Grounded Before Takeoff: A Cautionary Tale on the “Late-Is-Late” Rule
Peak summer travel season has jet fuel moving by the millions of gallons, so there is a certain irony in a fuel-supply dispute that turned on an email no one…
Inside Government Contracts
What the Updated 1260H List Means for Biotechnology Procurement
By Jennifer Plitsch, Jennifer Bentley, Eunsun Cho
On June 8, 2026, the Department of War (“DoW”) published its updated list of “Chinese military companies” operating in the United States (“1260H List”), as required by Section 1260H of…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Considerations Involving Pre-Proposal Information Exchanges
As relevant to negotiated procurements, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(f) requires agencies to make public, as soon as practicable, all information necessary for the preparation of proposals that is…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
May 2026 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: In a Sustain-less Month, a Masterclass in How Not to Protest
By Cherie Owen
The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring's Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. In this series, Crowell's Government Contracts Practice keeps you up to date with a…
SmallGovCon
GAO Recommends Practicing Mindfulness When Solicitation Terms Cover Multiple Evaluation Factors
Even if we don’t want to admit it, we all simply click “accept” on all those different terms and conditions for software, despite not actually reading the actual terms. GAO…
Government Contracts Law
Half an Inch from a Quarter-Billion: COFC Tells Contractors to Read the Spec, Not the Industry
Half an inch determined the outcome of a $260 million Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) procurement in Joerns Healthcare, LLC v. United States, a bid protest in which the US…
BuildSmart
Vigilance Matters: Why Contractors Should Engage Bid Protest Counsel Early During the Army MAPS Procurement
By Aron C. Beezley, Nathaniel J. Greeson
The Army’s Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) procurement represents one of the most significant professional services contracting opportunities in recent years. MAPS, the $50 billion, 10-year IDIQ,…
BuildSmart
Bid Protests in Alaska
By Aron C. Beezley, Nathaniel J. Greeson
Alaska’s bid protest framework provides an administrative process for challenging solicitation terms, proposed awards, and awarded contracts — but it is highly procedural, fast-moving, and strictly deadline-driven. As a result,…