Understand the Rules When You Allege Government Contract Bundling As a small business, you may often wonder whether the government contracting agency is unlawfully engaging in bundling their contracts. Others may wonder whether there is anything they can do about it. The first thing that small businesses must do is… Read more »
Simply Depending on Your Experience as an Incumbent Does Not Get the Win When challenging a government contracting agency’s technical evaluation scores as an incumbent contractor, whether for past performance or overall technical approach, you must be mindful that if you are the incumbent contractor, that status alone does not provide… Read more »
Applying contractor teaming agreement best practices can create a great tool to “get your foot in the door” in Federal government contracting. As best practices for small business success in government contracting, they are vital when bidding for substantially large contracts, such as federal government agency projects. However, federal contractors should… Read more »
In government contracting, there are harsh rules about apparent authority. The issues usually arise when contractors follow directions of Program Managers and Contracting Officer Technical Representatives (COTR). Knowing the difference between actual and apparent authority can help you develop a better strategy when filing a contract claim against the government. Without… Read more »
Having received the government suspension or debarment notice, you have to seriously consider your company’s approach to defending and responding to the agency’s recommendation to the deciding office. Contractor actions are serious business and having the right response can save your company’s future. Defending and Responding — Initial Approach Your… Read more »
The federal government’s termination for default for failure to make progress can occur when you fail to make satisfactory progress toward completion of contract performance. For commercial item government contracts , the government should be allowed to demand adequate assurances that you will meet the contract terms. You must respond… Read more »
Avoid Costly Legal Mistakes When Responding to the Agency’s Cure Notice. Issuing a cure notice can be viewed as the government’s decision that will ultimately lead to a default termination notice under the FAR. The first and best defense of a Cure Notice is not to receive one. When you receive a… Read more »
The Federal Debarment Policy for government contractors require that businesses or subcontractors that are suspended or debarred will not be allowed will not use funds from federal grants, fellowship, cooperative agreements, scholarships, bid on federal contracts or even apply for loans to purchase goods and services. In short, federal debarment policy… Read more »
Writing a technical proposal for construction projects to the federal government requires contractors to not only tell the agency how they intend to perform each aspect of the statement of work but most importantly to address risk factors. Most construction technical proposal fail simply because they do not address meeting or exceeding schedules… Read more »
The Default clause in government contracting states if a court finds the government’s actions are improper, a termination for default is converted to termination for convenience. If the government and the contractor cannot reach a settlement agreements, the contracting officer will issue a decision determining the settlement based on “the… Read more »