Hello and thank you for joining us for our Episode 20 FAR Facts of Fun with the FAR Season 10! Our next session will cover: FAR Parts 34 and 35. Far Part 34 covers Major System Acquisition and FAR Part 35 covers Research and Development Contracting. As we …
A recent decision confirms that in a source selection, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) saw nothing unreasonable in giving credit to an offeror that exceeded the solicitation requirements but could provide value to the agency during contract …
Drafting a proposal in response to a solicitation from a federal agency is hard. Simply deciphering what the agency is trying to describe in its statement of work (SOW) can be difficult enough. Then, actually drafting a proposal that responds not only to …
Hello and thank you for joining us for our first eighteen Episodes of Fun with the FAR Season 10! Our next session will cover: FAR Part 33 (Protests, Disputes, and Appeals) As we prepare for our nineteenth episode of Season 10, here are a few FAR Facts for …
Welcome to PCI’s GovCon Practical Matters Podcast. Today our instructors, Larry Allen, and Rob Burton, are holding a Memorial Service for Commercial Item Contracting in government contracting. Join them as they discuss: 1) Commercial item contracting’s …
In a recent decision, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) reiterated the ground rules for the filing of an informal agency level protest (instead of filing a formal agency level protest set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR 33.103). …
Hello and thank you for joining us for our first seventeen Episodes of Fun with the FAR Season 10! Our next session will cover: FAR Parts 30 (Cost Accounting Standards Administration), 31 (Contract Cost Principles and Procedures), and 32 (Contract …
In a recent protest, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that although performance risk was not specifically listed as an evaluation criterion, an agency may always consider risk that is intrinsic to the stated evaluation factors. South Dade …
What happens if you submit a claim to a contracting officer (“CO”) but instead of including a “sum certain” as required by the Contract Disputes Act (“CDA”) you state you will furnish that sum during discovery? The simple answer is that your claim is …
PCI offers training in all facets and at every level of government contracting, both to the public and private sectors. With seminars, webinars, and on-site training, PCI’s course content and instruction are of the highest caliber in the industry. PCI …
Reversing many years of precedent, on August 22, 2023, the Federal Circuit held the “sum certain” requirement for monetary claims is non-jurisdictional, and the claim that doesn’t state a sum certain may not be immediately dismissed at any point in the …
In another non-exercise of options by the government case, the Civilian Board held that there was no bad faith and no violation of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Brightwood Management Partners v. Dept of Veterans Affairs, CBCA 7351, March 1, …
Hello and thank you for joining us for our first sixteen Episodes of Fun with the FAR Season 10! Our next session will cover: FAR PART 28: Bonds & Insurance and FAR Part 29: Taxes As we prepare for our seventeenth episode of Season 10, here are a few …
The Federal Circuit has clarified the the government’s burden when it terminates a contract for default. In a decision vacating and remanding a Civilian Board of Contract Appeals case, the court held that the government must prove the contractor was in …
In a recent “by-the-book” termination for convenience, the Armed Services Board concluded that even though there was a valid termination for convenience by the government, the full amount of the contract was owed to the contractor because of the language …
Hello and thank you for joining us for our first fifteen Episodes of Fun with the FAR Season 10! Our next session will cover: FAR Part 27 (Patents, Data, and Copyrights) As we prepare for our sixteenth episode of Season 10, here are a few FAR Facts for us …
The Court of Federal Claims recently ruled that a breach of contract (i.e. a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, or “Covenant”) does not occur until a claim for an equitable adjustment is wrongly denied by a contracting officer. When …
Does a non-profit organization qualify as a “federal agency” for purposes of Government Accounting Office (“GAO”) protest jurisdiction? The GAO says that even though the organization receives federal funding for a procurement, it is not a federal agency. …
Hello and thank you for joining us for our first fourteen Episodes of Fun with the FAR Season 10! Our next session will cover: FAR Part 25 (Foreign Acquisition) As we prepare for our fifteenth episode of Season 10, here are a few FAR Facts for us to think …
