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VA can freely use the Federal Supply Schedule after Kingdomware

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2012

The Veterans Administration can freely acquire goods and services from GSA's Federal Supply Schedule, and it is not required to set-aside such procurements for veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) or service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs

$37 million may be too much for a warzone cafeteria

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 26 2012

It makes sense to require contractors seeking reimbursement of costs they incur in the performance of a government contract to show that the costs were reasonable

FCA decision a silver lining for KBR, but what about everyone else?

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 20 2012

Just in time for Thanksgiving, the federal government has withdrawn its False Claim Act suit against KBR alleging $100 million in improper charges for private security costs under KBR’s LOGCAP III contract

Unsupported fraud allegations don't support a determination of nonresponsibility

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 1 2012

Does an unproven allegation of fraud or an improper termination for default limit a contractor’s ability to seek and obtain new contracts?

Consultant and attorney costs are recoverable under change proposals

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 23 2012

Contractors are entitled to recover consultant and attorney costs reasonably incurred in preparing, pricing, and negotiating a change order under federal government contracts, including U.S. Postal Service contracts

The correlation between contractor claims and past performance

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 14 2012

There is no doubt that contractors have the power to challenge an erroneous assessment of their performance on a government contract

The increase in Federal contractor suspensions and debarments

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 23 2012

The trend over the last several years has been a dramatic increase in the number of suspensions and debarments by the Federal government

Postal Service spent $2.8 billion on highway transportation in 2011

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 23 2012

The Postal Service spent $2.8 billion on 16,993 Highway Contract Route (HCR) contracts in 2011, according to a newly released audit report by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG

The latest news on executive compensation and first-tier subcontract reporting requirements

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 22 2012

The FAR Council has issued final regulations that include changes to the interim regulations concerning executive compensation and first-tier subcontract reporting found in FAR Subpart 4.14

Underbidding and faulty estimates may carry FCA liability

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 8 2012

Under a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, contractors may face False Claims Act liability for the submission of false estimates, including fraudulent underbidding