Joint Venture Eligibility Refresher on Requirements for Government Contractors
2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Navigating Bid Protest Choices at GAO and COFC
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
5 W’s of Bid Protests: The Who, What, When, Where, and Why
Podcast Series: Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting: Mitigating Protests and Disputes in Government Contracts
Thawing From the Freeze: Significant Developments in Government Contracts from 2021-2022
2021 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Bid Protest: LPTAs - Are They Still Okay? - Webinar
Podcast: Discussing Government Procurement with Karen Walker and Tiffany Roddenberry
Preparing for Post-Award Debriefings
Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks
Missteps in the Bid Protest Process: War Stories from the Trenches
Government Contracting Phase One: Transitioning From Commercial to Government Work
Common Issues in Government Procurement and Contracting with John Edwards and William Stowe
GovCon Perspectives Podcast Episode 24: Effective Use of “Open and Frank” Discussions in Bid Protests
CPARS From A to Z
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
On August 22, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposed an important change that could affect thousands of companies competing for federal contracts. In the proposed rule, the SBA suggested raising certain size...more
As of August 28, 2025, the project to overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has finished FAR Parts 1, 4-6, 8-12, 18, 26, 28-31, 33-36, 38-40, 43, 46, 48-51, and various sections of Parts 2 and 52. One can review...more
In a recent decision, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) clarified its minimum pleading standard for bid protests. The decision was a bit unusual because, unlike the courts, the GAO rarely uses published decisions to...more
We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. Today, we focus on revisions to the regulations governing size protests and requests for formal...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round-Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
The Act extends from three to five years the “look-back” period for determining whether a government contractor qualifies as a small business based on its average annual revenue. A recent GAO decision held that the Act will...more
SBA’s proposed rule extends the measurement period from three to five years for contractors under revenue-based size standards to determine eligibility as a small business for federal procurement, including set-aside...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest filed by Ekagra Partners, LLC challenging the terms of a request for proposal (RFP) issued by the General Services Administration...more
This is the first blog post in a series of blogs analyzing the current draft of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as agreed-to by House and Senate negotiators on November 8, 2017. Stay tuned for additional...more