by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Feb 22, 2016 | Basic Principles/Authority to Contract
One of the three basic requirements for a contract to be enforceable is consideration, which usually means a promise to pay money, but could mean that other valuable items would be provided instead (as in a trade of a car, for example, of one valuable car for another... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Feb 19, 2016 | Basic Principles/Authority to Contract
Sometimes, for the best of reasons, a contracting officer (“CO”) decides to charge ahead with a procurement when his or her own staff strongly advise otherwise. The result is usually a wasteful procurement and a bid protest that could have (and should have) been... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Feb 18, 2016 | Government Contracting
A recent case at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals appears to demonstrate that some contract administrators never seem to learn, and repeated the same mistake 6 times while administering a contract for construction of an unmanned aircraft facility at Creech... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Feb 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
The timeliness rules for filing protests at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) (other than protests of a solicitation) requires that such protests shall be filed not later than 10 days after the basis of protest is known or should have been known (whichever...