by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Sep 29, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Subcontracting, Subcontracts
A recently considered size decision was remanded to the Area Office of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) by the Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) because the Area Office failed to consider all aspects of the ostensible subcontractor rule. Contego...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jun 28, 2016 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Subcontracting, Subcontracts, Terminations
The Federal Circuit recently clarified that a contractor’s claim does not accrue until the exact amount (“sum certain”) of the claim is known to the contractor. Kellogg Brown & Root Serv., Inc. v. Murphy, No. 2015-1148 (Fed. Cir. May 18, 2016), 2016 WL 2893218....
by Public Contracting Institute | Dec 17, 2014 | A Government Contractor's Ten Commandments, Government Contracts Education, Subcontracts, Ten Myths of Government Contracting
Federal News Radio is republishing our Ten Myths of Government Contracting series, accompanied by an interview with the author, Tim Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP. Below is the audio from the interview on Myth No: 5, “My prime contractor will tell me...
by Public Contracting Institute | Dec 15, 2014 | A Government Contractor's Ten Commandments, Government Contracts Education, Subcontracts, Ten Myths of Government Contracting
Federal News Radio is republishing our Ten Myths of Government Contracting series, accompanied by an interview with the author, Tim Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP. Below is the audio from the interview on Myth No. 4, “It’s better to be a subcontractor...
by Timothy Sullivan, Partner, Thompson Coburn, LLP | May 5, 2014 | Subcontracts, Ten Myths of Government Contracting
*This post is the fourth in the ten part series, “Ten Myths of Government Contracting” and will be released weekly. Each week will introduce a new myth and run for ten weeks. How many times have you heard this? My response is always the same: ...
by David Newsome, Senior Legal Counsel, KBR | Dec 24, 2013 | Government Contracts Education, Subcontracts
While the choice of forum in contract disputes between the government and its prime subcontractor is relatively straight forward under the Contract Disputes Act (either one of the Boards of Contract Appeals or the Court of Federal Claims), such clarity is lacking in...
