by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Feb 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
It is well understood that government employees are subject to a wide variety of ethics and disclosure obligations. Indeed, with contractor employees becoming more involved in procurement support roles, similar obligations are being imposed on contractor employees –... by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Nov 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
In every Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) bid protest decision, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that it will defer to the Contracting Officer (CO) – i.e., that it “will review the reasonableness of a contracting officer’s OCI investigation... by Fred W. Geldon, Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | Aug 31, 2012 | FAR
FAR Part 9.504 requires contracting officers (CO’s) to identify and evaluate potential OCI’s early in the process, but puts no time pressure (other than the award deadline) on the need to resolve (i.e., avoid, neutralize, or mitigate) significant organizational...