Government Contracts Insights

May 30, 2018 - Acquisition Regulations, Compliance, Data Rights, Intellectual Property
Sikorsky: What the GAO Said and Did Not Say About Soliciting Data Rights
By: Locke Bell
The GAO’s decision last week, denying in part and dismissing in part Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s much-watched protest of the Air Force’s solicitation to replace the UH-1N helicopter, deals an early (if light) blow to contractors in their fight against the Air Force’s recent data
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May 10, 2018 - Compliance, Data Rights, Grants, Intellectual Property
Bayh-Dole Regulatory Update Offers Clarifications to Federal Grantees and Contractors But Also Raises Specter of Government Interference with Patent Rights
By: Tina D. Reynolds
Effective May 1, 2018, newly issued federal government contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements will be subject to revised regulations implementing the Bayh-Dole Act, the federal statute governing title and license rights for inventions developed with federal funding. The new regulations were issued on April
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February 21, 2018 - Acquisition Regulations, Compliance
Acquisition Disruption – Innovative Concepts in Government Contracting
By: Tina D. Reynolds and Victoria Dalcourt Angle
Government procurement often gets a (not altogether undeserved) bad rap as a cumbersome process that is lacking in imagination and innovation. Today more than ever, however, the federal government is making use of cutting edge procedures and methods to attract commercial companies to government
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September 06, 2017 - Protests & Litigation, Compliance
Winning the Corrective Action, and Using Clarifications Instead of Discussions
By: J. Alex Ward and James A. Tucker
In a recent Protest Roundup, we discussed Dell Federal Systems, LP v. United States , 2017 WL 2981811 (Fed. Cl. July 3, 2017), a case in which a contractor successfully challenged the scope of the voluntary corrective action an agency took in response to
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June 12, 2017 - Protests & Litigation, Compliance
O Ye of Little Faith: Breaching the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing While Complying with the Express Terms of a Government Contract
By: James A. Tucker
In contracts – and especially in government contracts, where one is expected to “turn square corners” – we often analyze breach of contract in light of the jots and tittles of a contract’s express terms. And, in bringing a Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claim
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March 27, 2017 - Compliance, Resources
Allowability of Legal Costs
The next in our Infographics series walks through the allowability of costs for certain in-house legal services. It provides a quick guide to when a contractor’s legal costs may, and may not, be charged to the government.
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March 23, 2017 - Protests & Litigation, Compliance
CBCA Affirms It Cannot Direct an Agency to Revise a CPAR
By: J. Alex Ward
The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) recently affirmed that it would follow the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) and Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) in refusing to direct an agency to revise a Contract Performance Assessment Report (CPAR). Compucraft, Inc. v.
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Topic Archives: Compliance

Sikorsky: What the GAO Said and Did Not Say About Soliciting Data Rights

By: Locke Bell

Bayh-Dole Regulatory Update Offers Clarifications to Federal Grantees and Contractors But Also Raises Specter of Government Interference with Patent Rights

By: Tina D. Reynolds

Acquisition Disruption – Innovative Concepts in Government Contracting

By: Tina D. Reynolds and Victoria Dalcourt Angle

Winning the Corrective Action, and Using Clarifications Instead of Discussions

By: J. Alex Ward and James A. Tucker

O Ye of Little Faith: Breaching the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing While Complying with the Express Terms of a Government Contract

By: James A. Tucker

Allowability of Legal Costs

CBCA Affirms It Cannot Direct an Agency to Revise a CPAR

By: J. Alex Ward