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Case of the Month – September 2020: The Boeing Company v. United States
PCI has started a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. The second September case is The Boeing Comany v. United States. If you want to learn more about the Case of the...
Case of the Month – September 2020: ANHAM FCZO v. United States
PCI has started a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. The first September case is ANHAM FCZO v. United States. If you want to learn more about the Case of the Month...
Where FAR Part 31 Specifically Applies, Interest is not Allowed on Loan Taken for Govt Delays
Where FAR Part 31 Specifically Applies, Interest is not Allowed on Loan Taken for Govt Delays. The U.S. Code provides that “interest on a claim against the United States shall be allowed in a judgment of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims only under a contract or Act of...
Question Period is Part of Enhanced Briefing for Stay
The Court of Federal Claims recently considered an award where the Army Corps of Engineers (“COE”) refused to implement an automatic stay of performance under the Competition in Contracting Act, 31 U.S.C. § NIKA Tech., Inc. v. United States, No. 20-299C (Fed. Cl....
Agency Cannot Change Terms of Modification after Implicit ratification
The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals recently considered a case of an agency seeking to change a modification after there was implicit ratification of a contract additional hurricane emergency services. Crowley Logistics,Inc. v. Dept of Homeland Security. CBCA...
Protests that an agency should use more restrictive specifications
The Government Accountability Office’s (“GAO”) role in reviewing bid protests is to ensure that statutory requirements for full and open competition are met, not that more restrictive, less competitive specifications be written. Appian Corp., B-417837.2, March 9,...
Case of the Month – August 2020: M.C. Dean
PCI has started a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. The second August case is M.C. Dean. Facts: Agency issues an RFP for services. The RFP required a cleared...
Case of the Month – August 2020: BGT Holdings v. United States
PCI is starting a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. The first August case is Inserso Corp. v. United States. If you want to learn more about the Case of the Month...
Agency Failed to Evaluate Escalation Rates in Cost Realism Analysis
Agency Failed to Evaluate Escalation Rates in Cost Realism Analysis. In a source selection for a task order for engineering support services under the Navy’s Seaport-e Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (“IDIQ”) contract, the Government Accountability Office...
Contractor May Appeal a Government Claim Without Submitting a Claim
In a recent case at the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, the Board reasserted that a contractor may appeal a government claim without submitting a formal claim to the Contracting Officer, and the Board will have jurisdiction over the appeal. Suffolk Const. Co.,...
