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DoD Makes Significant Changes to Bid Protest Requirements

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/3/2025

The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes two significant changes to DoD bid protests that are generally not favorable to contractors. (Both changes appear in Section 885 of the NDAA and can be viewed at...more

Less Oversight and Undefined Penalties: The NDAA’s Proposed Protest Reforms

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 12/24/2024

Buried in Section 885 of the current draft of the National Defense Authorization Action (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 is a new attempt to figure out how to make unsuccessful bid protesters pay. As of this posting, the NDAA has...more

FY25 NDAA Update: Potential Costly Changes Ahead for Bid Protests

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/20/2024

The Senate approved the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY25 NDAA) on December 18, 2024. The bill is now on its way to the President’s desk for signature. Of particular note to federal defense contractors...more

NDAA Provisions Impacting Government Contractors and Their Supply Chains

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/19/2024

On December 18, 2024, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (NDAA), which the House of Representatives passed the previous week. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law...more

The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: What Government Contractors Should Know

Perkins Coie on 12/27/2023

The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes numerous provisions relevant to government contractors in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, supply chain concerns related to...more

Key Provisions in the House's 2024 NDAA Impacting Federal Contractors

Holland & Hart LLP on 7/21/2023

On June 30, 2023, the United States House of Representatives passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2024, H.R. 2670 (Rep. No. 118-125) (the “NDAA”)....more

Congressional, Executive, and Legal Developments for Government Contractors to Consider

Venable LLP on 1/6/2023

Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. Regulatory Updates - The FAR Council has proposed to amend the FAR...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – December 2022

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/7/2022

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - 2022 GAO Bid Protest Annual Report: Key Takeaways for Government Contractors - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its 2022 Bid Protest Annual Report (Report), which...more

Should You File Your Bid Protest Before GAO or COFC: For the Record, the Record Can Make All the Difference

PilieroMazza PLLC on 9/7/2021

In a bid protest, the record of the actions that the contracting agency took during the procurement is of paramount importance. Regardless of whether a protester files its challenge with the Government Accountability Office...more

Enhanced Debriefings: A Rocky Road From the Class Deviation to DOD’s Proposed DFARS Implementation

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/7/2021

Section 818 of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amended 10 U.S.C. § 2305 to provide “enhanced” post-award debriefing rights for offerors in connection with U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)...more

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Includes Numerous Provisions Impacting Government Contractors

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/19/2021

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 (Pub. L. No. 116-283) was enacted into law on January 1, 2021, when the Senate voted to override President Trump’s veto of the bill. The Senate’s move,...more

December 2019 Bid Protest Roundup

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/31/2019

In this post, we briefly summarize three of the key bid protest decisions published in November 2019....more

Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2019

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/4/2019

Client Alert: SBA to Enact Significant Changes to Small Business Regulations Before 2020: Everything You Need to Know - On November 29, 2019, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule that will...more

DoD Implements Statutory Restrictions on LPTA Evaluations

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/10/2019

As we noted in a blog post in December 2016, “LPTA Out, Fixed Price Contracts In,” the Department of Defense (DoD) has been moving to restrict the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation methodology, which...more

Section 809 Panel Installment One: Expanding Agency Procurement Discretion, Narrowing Contractors’ Bid Protest Rights Recommended

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/24/2019

Several of the “Section 809” Panel’s recommendations would change the procurement landscape by significantly curtailing the bid protest process and limiting judicial review of procurement decisions. The Section 809 Panel...more

Recent GAO Decision Suggests SBA Regulation Regarding Limitations on Subcontracting Takes Precedence Over the FAR

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC on 11/19/2018

When an agency decides to set aside an acquisition for participation only by small businesses, certain subcontracting limitations apply to the small business awardee. For construction contracts, the small business contractor...more

Congress Commissions Study of Bid Protests Filed at Both the GAO and COFC

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/8/2018

The FY 2019 NDAA requires DoD study multiple protest filings, and develop a plan for an expedited protest process for small contracts. Congress is concerned about the delays caused by bid protests that have been filed at...more

DoD’s Enhanced Debriefings: GAO Provides Timeliness Guidance

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/31/2018

In a recent decision, GAO addressed timeliness rules for enhanced debriefing situations. Enhanced Debriefing rule does not alter GAO timeliness rules....more

FAR Council Publishes Rule on Raised Threshold for Task and Delivery Order Protests

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/7/2018

On May 1, 2018, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published a final rule amending FAR 16.505(a)(10) to raise the minimum threshold for Government Accountability Office (GAO) protests of certain task and...more

DOD Extends Post-Award Debriefing Rights

Kilpatrick on 4/9/2018

On March 22, 2018 the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a memorandum that augments FAR 15.506 “Postaward debriefing of offerors”, at least as relates to unsuccessful offerors. Arising out of a requirement in the 2018...more

Congressional RAND Study Refutes Common Misperceptions about DoD Bid Protests

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/10/2018

A Congressionally mandated research study demonstrates that bid protests filed against Department of Defense (DoD) procurements do not unduly delay these acquisitions and are not frivolous. More than 99.7% of DoD contracts...more

Analysis of the Current Draft 2018 NDAA

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/14/2017

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

Enhanced DoD Debriefing Requirements in the Senate Version of the FY 2018 NDAA May Reduce Bid Protests

PilieroMazza PLLC on 11/6/2017

On September 18, 2017, the Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) which authorizes nearly $700 billion in defense spending for Fiscal Year 2018 and contains significant procurement reform...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - July 2017 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 7/28/2017

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - “Proposed Information Collection Request; Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212.” Federal Register, July 18, 2017. Retrieved from federalregister.gov. The Veterans'...more

Legislation Restores GAO Civilian Task Order Protest Jurisdiction (for Good this Time?), But Introduces New Differences Between...

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/15/2016

On December 8, 2016, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017 previously passed by the House, and the legislation is pending President Obama’s signature. Once signed, Section 835 of the NDAA...more

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