Government Contracts Insights

November 11, 2022 - Acquisition Regulations
White House Announces Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule
By: Markus Gerhard Speidel and Michaela E. Thornton
The Biden Administration unveiled details regarding a forthcoming proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission disclosures for major federal suppliers on November 10, 2022. Titled the “Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule,” the proposed FAR rule would impose emission disclosure
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July 12, 2022 - Acquisition Regulations, Federal Procurement, Domestic Preferences
Chasing the FAR: DOD’s Buy American Act Final Rule
By: Markus Gerhard Speidel
Recently, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule that immediately implements President Trump’s Executive Order (E.O.) 13881 to maximize the government’s procurement of American-made goods, products, and materials under the Buy American Act (BAA) statute. The final rule conforms the DOD’s pre-existing
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April 11, 2022 - Acquisition Regulations
Sustainable Procurement FAR Case to Clarify FAR Part 23
By: Markus Gerhard Speidel
Regulatory action around sustainable procurement and climate change continues to heat up. A recent Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) case on Sustainable Procurement takes another step towards implementing the Biden administration’s ambitious vision of leveraging federal procurement to confront the climate crisis. FAR case 2022-006 will implement
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February 05, 2021 - Acquisition Regulations, Federal Procurement
New Year, New Domestic Preference Restrictions: Trump Final Rule and Biden Executive Order
By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker
Despite their many differences, Presidents Trump and Biden agree on one thing: that the Government should favor American manufacturers over foreign companies by tightening the protectionist restrictions applicable to many Federal procurements. The outgoing and incoming Administrations each took actions this January that will
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January 05, 2021 - Acquisition Regulations
MoFo Law Clerk Co-Authors Contract Management Article on Sustainable Procurement
By: Markus Gerhard Speidel
MoFo law clerk Markus Speidel co-wrote an article for National Contract Management Association’s Contract Management magazine with George Washington University Law School Professor Steven Schooner. The article, titled “‘Warming Up’ to Sustainable Procurement,” discusses how the procurement community can address climate change via sustainable
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October 16, 2020 - Acquisition Regulations, Defense
New DCMA Defective Pricing Pilot Team Will Possess Audit Resolution Authority
By: J. Alex Ward and Kathy C. Weinberg
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) will institute a new Defective Pricing Pilot Team, according to a September 30, 2020, memo issued by Kim Herrington, Acting Principal Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense. The DCMA
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September 17, 2020 - Acquisition Regulations, Federal Procurement, topics/undefined
Proposed Rule to Amend the Far’s Implementation of the Buy American Act
By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker
Earlier this week, the FAR Council issued a proposed rule to implement President Trump’s Executive Order 13881. The Executive Order called for the expansion of the preference for domestic goods, products, and materials – particularly domestic iron and steel – in Federal procurements. If
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May 11, 2020 - Acquisition Regulations, Protests & Litigation
Try, Try Again
By: Kathy C. Weinberg
A recent defective pricing case, Alloy Surfaces Co., ASBCA No. 59625, 2020 WL 1896784, April 9, 2020, charmingly illustrates the Government’s doggedness in trying to reprice a contract using the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA). The Armed Services Board of Contracting Appeals did not
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May 06, 2020 - Acquisition Regulations, Coronavirus
The Basics of Undefinitized Contractual Actions (UCAs)
By: Lyle F. Hedgecock
The federal contracting process is famous for its exacting approach to competitive procurement, which safeguards taxpayer funds and principles of fairness. This emphasis on process, however, can slow the wheels of the acquisition machine. The rapid spread of COVID-19, however, has required the government
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July 23, 2019 - Acquisition Regulations, Federal Procurement, topics/undefined
President Issues New Domestic Preference Executive Order
By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker
The President has issued the third in a series of executive orders (EOs) directed at tightening domestic-preference restrictions in Government procurements covered by the Buy American Act (BAA). EO 13881 orders the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) within 180 days to “consider proposing”
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Topic Archives: Acquisition Regulations

White House Announces Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule

By: Markus Gerhard Speidel and Michaela E. Thornton

Chasing the FAR: DOD’s Buy American Act Final Rule

By: Markus Gerhard Speidel

Sustainable Procurement FAR Case to Clarify FAR Part 23

By: Markus Gerhard Speidel

New Year, New Domestic Preference Restrictions: Trump Final Rule and Biden Executive Order

By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker

MoFo Law Clerk Co-Authors Contract Management Article on Sustainable Procurement

By: Markus Gerhard Speidel

New DCMA Defective Pricing Pilot Team Will Possess Audit Resolution Authority

By: J. Alex Ward and Kathy C. Weinberg

Proposed Rule to Amend the Far’s Implementation of the Buy American Act

By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker

Try, Try Again

By: Kathy C. Weinberg

The Basics of Undefinitized Contractual Actions (UCAs)

By: Lyle F. Hedgecock

President Issues New Domestic Preference Executive Order

By: Damien C. Specht and James A. Tucker