by David Newsome, Senior Legal Counsel, KBR | Feb 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Government contractors find themselves wearing many hats. They may serve as a prime contractor on one government contract and as a subcontractor to a prime contractor on another contract. When bidding as a prime contractor on a government contract, government...
by David Capitano, Instructor/Cost Accounting Consultant | Feb 15, 2013 | The Clause Column
Applicability: This FAR clause is incorporated in cost reimbursement contracts and Time-and-Materials (T&M) contracts for other than commercial items. For T&M contracts, the clause only applies to the part of the contract that reimburses materials on the...
by Garry Grossman, Principal, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, PC | Feb 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Optimal Solutions & Technologies (“OST”) protested the issuance of a task order to Metters Incorporated by the Department of Homeland Security on the grounds that DHS improperly evaluated the offerors’ proposals. The evaluation criteria for this...
by Members & Staff | Feb 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Authored by Larry Allen, Allen Federal Business Partners Does your company currently hold a GSA or VA Schedule contract? Have you been told by a customer or consultant that you “must” get a Schedule in order to do government business? Alternatively, have you been...
by Garry Grossman, Principal, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, PC | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
If an agency lacks jurisdiction to decide a particular agency-level protest, can its dismissal of that protest on the grounds that the agency didn’t have jurisdiction to hear the protest in the first instance really be considered “adverse agency...