by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 31, 2018 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
A recent Armed Services Board Case gave some insight on the 6-year statute of limitations for filing claims under the Contract Disputes Act (“CDA”), explaining the circumstances under which equitable tolling could operate to extend the 6 years. Unfortunately, it did... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Two recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) bid protest decisions are interesting because in both cases, the GAO held that a task order issued by the agency was outside the scope of either the underlying Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (“IDIQ”)... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
An offer on a government contract is normally subject to a specified offer (bid or proposal) acceptance period. Standard Form (“SF”) 33, Solicitation, Offer and Award, includes a block 12 which states that either a minimum offer acceptance period is specified in FAR... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 10, 2018 | Government Contracting
A recent decision by the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) sustained the SBA’s termination of an 8(a) contractor for failing to pay a subcontractor $68,688.53, citing this failure as a lack of business integrity. Corporate... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Even though the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or “Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or “Freddie Mac”) were in receivership, they are not “federal agencies” and are not subject to the bid protest jurisdiction of the...