Government Contracts Insights

November 08, 2021 - Protests & Litigation, Coronavirus
Federal Court Temporarily Halts OSHA ETS—EO 14042’s New January 4, 2022 Vaccine Deadline Remains
By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Krista A. Nunez
Less than three days after the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) released its November 4, 2021, emergency temporary standards on COVID-19 vaccines and testing (the “ETS”), on November 6, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed the ETS, citing the
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October 06, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
September 2021 Bid Protest Roundup
By: Alissandra Young McCann
This month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup focuses on one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision, as well as two Government Accountability Office (GAO) decisions. All three involve solicitations issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), but each serves as a different, important reminder
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October 05, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
Where Can You Protest an Other Transaction Award? Insights from Kinemetrics
By: Locke Bell and Krista A. Nunez
As federal agencies, and the Department of Defense in particular, increasingly allocate greater amounts of their annual budgets to nontraditional contracting arrangements generally known as other transactions (“OTs”) or other transaction agreements (“OTAs”), a common question continues to come up: “We just lost a significant
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September 09, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
Waivers of Minor Informalities, Meaningful Discussions, and a “Dreary Wreck” of a Procurement (August 2021 Bid Protest Roundup)
By: James A. Tucker
In this month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup , we consider three decisions released in August 2021. In the first case, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) considered and rejected a protester’s argument that an agency was required to waive or allow the offeror to correct a
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August 13, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
Proposed Rule for Tightening Buy American Act Restrictions
By: James A. Tucker
We previously commented on one aspect of the Trump Administration’s America-First policies that the Biden Administration has embraced wholeheartedly: doubling down on domestic preferences in Federal procurements. Consistent with the previous and current administrations’ policies, the FAR Councils recently released a proposed rule to tighten the
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August 11, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
JULY 2021 BID PROTEST ROUNDUP (LAW360 SPOTLIGHT)
This month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup examines three recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The first two cases highlight splits between the court and the Government Accountability Office related to contract interpretation, price realism analyses and post hoc extensions of proposal
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July 13, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
JUNE 2021 BID PROTEST ROUNDUP (LAW360 SPOTLIGHT)
This month’s Law360 Bid Protest Roundup starts on a promising note as courts begin opening their doors after months of restricted access due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This Roundup covers decisions addressing the Blue and Gold Fleet rule, recovery of protest costs at the
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June 08, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
May 2021 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)
By: Caitlin A. Crujido
This month’s Bid Protest Roundup ( featured on Law360 ) examines three recent decisions by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Court of Federal Claims (COFC). The first, Tridentis, LLC [1], highlights the importance of submitting a sufficiently clear proposal; the second, M
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May 28, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
Morrison & Foerster Government Contracts Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA 2021 Rankings
By: Kevin P. Mullen, J. Alex Ward, Tina D. Reynolds, Damien C. Specht, Charles L. Capito and David A. Churchill
Chambers USA again recognizes Morrison & Foerster as one of only four Band I government contracts practices in the country and highlights multiple attorneys for particular excellence in the field. Read what clients are saying about us in this year’s publication:
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May 07, 2021 - Protests & Litigation
APRIL 2021 BID PROTEST ROUNDUP (LAW360 SPOTLIGHT)
By: Sandeep N. Nandivada and Markus Gerhard Speidel
This installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest spotlight examines three protest decisions addressing (1) mismatches between proposed labor categories and the scope of a vendor’s underlying General Services Administration (GSA) schedule contract; (2) whether an agency improperly used an unstated evaluation criterion; and
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Topic Archives: Protests & Litigation

Federal Court Temporarily Halts OSHA ETS—EO 14042’s New January 4, 2022 Vaccine Deadline Remains

By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Krista A. Nunez

September 2021 Bid Protest Roundup

By: Alissandra Young McCann

Where Can You Protest an Other Transaction Award? Insights from Kinemetrics

By: Locke Bell and Krista A. Nunez

Waivers of Minor Informalities, Meaningful Discussions, and a “Dreary Wreck” of a Procurement (August 2021 Bid Protest Roundup)

By: James A. Tucker

Proposed Rule for Tightening Buy American Act Restrictions

By: James A. Tucker

JULY 2021 BID PROTEST ROUNDUP (LAW360 SPOTLIGHT)

JUNE 2021 BID PROTEST ROUNDUP (LAW360 SPOTLIGHT)

May 2021 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

By: Caitlin A. Crujido

Morrison & Foerster Government Contracts Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA 2021 Rankings

By: Kevin P. Mullen, J. Alex Ward, Tina D. Reynolds, Damien C. Specht, Charles L. Capito and David A. Churchill

APRIL 2021 BID PROTEST ROUNDUP (LAW360 SPOTLIGHT)

By: Sandeep N. Nandivada and Markus Gerhard Speidel