Current Financial and Legal Trends in Government Contracting for 2013 – A Joint Breakfast Seminar
Overview of SBA Set-Aside Programs — A Joint Webinar with NACA
Covering Your Assets – A WIPP Give Me Five Webinar
One size does not fit all: Beware of “boilerplate” contract provisions – Paul Mengel, Set-Aside Alert
PilieroMazza Legal Advisor – Second Quarter 2013
In This Issue: Beware of “Boilerplate” When Drafting Contract Provisions PilieroMazza Seminars and Events Lowest Price Technically Acceptable: It Doesn’t Work for Your Retirement Plan Either Risks of Delaying Your Debriefing Until After Award HUBZone Designation Update
Written testimony for the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Right-Sized: How a Contractor and its Outside Counsel Adjusted a GSA Schedule BPA RFQ to the Appropriate Size Standard
An article by Jon Williams and Alex Levine’s published in February’s Contract Management Magazine. Last summer, we helped a contractor with a case that had all of the plot twists of a Hollywood blockbuster. The case involved an RFQ for a blanket purchase agreement (“BPA”) under a GSA Schedule Contract. There were multiple Special Item Numbers (“SINs”) on the schedule, with different NAICS codes and size standards. The procuring agency issued the RFQ as a total set-aside for small businesses, . . . Read More
COFC Rejects VA’s Interpretation of Unconditional Ownership for SDVOSBs
In our February 6, 2013 Client Alert regarding new developments for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (“SDVOSBs”), we discussed the U.S. Court of Federal Claims’ (“COFC”) decision in KWV, Inc. v. United States and the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s recent report on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ verification process for SDVOSBs. Yesterday, the COFC issued another ruling that impacts the issues discussed in our February 6th Client Alert and that ruling will have important ramifications for veteran ownership in SDVOSBs. This . . . Read More
Recent Developments for the VA’s Veterans First Program
This Client Alert details two recent developments for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans First Program. Last month, the Government Accountability Office released a report detailing its examination of the VA’s verification process for VOSBs and SDVOSBs. A few weeks later, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued its decision in KWV, Inc. v. United States, a case that dealt with a conflict between the VA’s verification process and a post-award VOSB protest determination, as well as a veteran’s . . . Read More