Government Contracts Insights

April 27, 2020 - Small Business, Coronavirus
House Passes a $484 Billion Relief Package; Treasury and the SBA Release New Guidelines for PPP Loans
By: Tina D. Reynolds and Damien C. Specht
On Thursday, April 23, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the $484 billion relief package that passed in the Senate earlier this week. Once signed into law, the legislation will revive the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP),
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April 10, 2020 - Small Business, Coronavirus
SBA Overhauls the Disaster Loan Application Process in Response to the CARES Act
By: Damien C. Specht
During these uncertain times, small businesses have been pursuing both Paycheck Protection Program and SBA Economic Injury Disaster loans. Note, however, that Disaster loan applications submitted manually to the SBA prior to March 27 may require resubmission. After the passage of the CARES Act,
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April 09, 2020 - Coronavirus
Limits on a Contractor’s Ability to Recover for Unforeseen Risks in the Age of COVID-19
By: J. Alex Ward and Victoria Dalcourt Angle
Communities across the country and around the world are fighting a war against COVID‑19. This is also true – maybe even especially true – for government contractors. Responding to COVID-19 raises wartime contracting issues on the home front and abroad. As we previously observed
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April 09, 2020 - Coronavirus
Guidance Issued for CARES Act Relief For Contractors
In an earlier post concerning contractor relief under the CARES Act, we noted Section 3610 as one of the provisions most likely to benefit government contractors directly because it allowed for agencies to modify contracts to reimburse contractors for costs associated with paid leave (including
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April 08, 2020 - Coronavirus
Congress, DoD Encourage Use of Other Transaction Authority in Response to COVID-19
By: Tina D. Reynolds, Locke Bell and Victoria Dalcourt Angle
Department of Defense (“DoD”) acquisition chief Ellen Lord earlier this week issued a memorandum reducing internal approvals required to issue other transactions (“OTs”) for prototype projects related to the national emergency declaration for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”). Under the temporary authority, granted by
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April 07, 2020 - Coronavirus
COVID-19: Getting Compensated for Delays and Disruptions
By: James A. Tucker
Government contractors continue to face disruptions from COVID-19 and the attempts to halt its spread: closures of government and contractor facilities, quarantined personnel, the inefficiencies of telework, delays and disruption in the supply chain, and uncertainty over how to apply the sometimes conflicting guidance
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April 07, 2020 - Coronavirus
DOD Clarifies Progress Payments Deviation
In one of its earliest moves to shore up cash flow for contractors that may be affected by the COVID-19, the DOD issued a deviation on March 20, 2020, allowed for an increase in progress‑payment rates under DOD contracts from 80 percent to 90
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April 06, 2020 - International Public Procurement, Coronavirus
Guidance on the EU Procurement Regime During COVID-19 Crisis
By: Alistair Maughan and Felix Helmstädter
The European Commission has issued guidance on how the EU public procurement framework can and should be used during the COVID-19 crisis. While the Commission has not relaxed any of the existing EU procurement rules, it has clearly emphasized the flexibility that already exists
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April 06, 2020 - Coronavirus
Newly Issued Interim Rules Update Paycheck Protection Program Loan Eligibility Considerations
By: Tina D. Reynolds and Damien C. Specht
Late Friday evening, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued an Interim Final Rule on affiliation , which was posted to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan website. This interim final rule (SBA Interim Final Rule 2) supplements an earlier SBA Interim
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April 02, 2020 - Coronavirus
Top Ten Things Government Contractors Should Know Regarding the Coronavirus (as of April 2, 2020)
Contractors who are unable to perform or complete work under a contract as a result of the pandemic should be able to get schedule relief and avoid termination as a result of the FAR’s excusable delay provisions. These provisions also provide protection where a
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Topic Archives: Coronavirus

House Passes a $484 Billion Relief Package; Treasury and the SBA Release New Guidelines for PPP Loans

By: Tina D. Reynolds and Damien C. Specht

SBA Overhauls the Disaster Loan Application Process in Response to the CARES Act

By: Damien C. Specht

Limits on a Contractor’s Ability to Recover for Unforeseen Risks in the Age of COVID-19

By: J. Alex Ward and Victoria Dalcourt Angle

Guidance Issued for CARES Act Relief For Contractors

Congress, DoD Encourage Use of Other Transaction Authority in Response to COVID-19

By: Tina D. Reynolds, Locke Bell and Victoria Dalcourt Angle

COVID-19: Getting Compensated for Delays and Disruptions

By: James A. Tucker

DOD Clarifies Progress Payments Deviation

Guidance on the EU Procurement Regime During COVID-19 Crisis

By: Alistair Maughan and Felix Helmstädter

Newly Issued Interim Rules Update Paycheck Protection Program Loan Eligibility Considerations

By: Tina D. Reynolds and Damien C. Specht

Top Ten Things Government Contractors Should Know Regarding the Coronavirus (as of April 2, 2020)