An agency has broad discretion to terminate a contract for convenience. But sometimes, a contractor will challenge the termination for convenience by arguing that the agency acted in bad faith in terminating the contract.
Source: Claim of Bad Faith Termination by Government Requires Strong Evidence, says CBCA – SmallGovCon
The 2018 State of the CIO report finds, after years of discord, IT and business are finally learning how to effectively work together to drive strategic initiatives and accomplish shared goals. To meet these goals and continue to innovate, savvy IT leaders must carefully decide which tech investments to make to drive innovation, increase market share, develop and deploy new solutions and meet customer needs.
Even skilled graphic designers often struggle with creating effective proposal graphics. While the usual rules of good graphic design still apply, proposal graphics come with their own unique set of challenges and requirements. In this post, we’ll look at some quick tips that can mean the difference between missed opportunities and winning graphics.
Source: GovCon Voices: Five Quick Tips for Winning Proposal Graphics – SmallGovCon
Ordinarily, a company isn’t affiliated with the affiliates of its affiliates.
That sentence may sound a little silly, but it encapsulates an important principle about the breadth of the SBA’s affiliation rules. As demonstrated in a recent SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals decision, the SBA doesn’t apply its rules to create “chain affiliation.”
Source: SBA OHA Rejects “Chain Affiliation” Theory – SmallGovCon
The FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation) Councils are proposing a change to the definition of “adequate price competition” applicable to DoD contracts only. This change is mandated by the 2017 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). As everyone knows, contracts awarded based on adequate price competition is exempt from the requirement to submit certified cost or pricing data. But a lot of people get tied up in knots trying to figure whether adequate price competition exists or existed. The is new definition should clear up a lot of confusion, as least insofar as DoD contracts go.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: New Definition for “Adequate Price Competition” Coming
Winning a MAC presents a terrific opportunity to grow your company and should not be squandered. Government contractors won’t win a sizeable share of MAC tasks orders just waiting around for them to drop—it takes careful planning and preparation right from the start. Statistics across MACs indicate the top 10 contractors receive most or all contract awards, approximately 20% of contractors will win less than $10M, and a few will win zero task orders, as indicated by Alliant’s results.
Unlike a few years ago, U.S. federal civilian agencies are not seeing double-digit annual growth in information technology spending. But moderate growth is still underway. Some of these spending increases are happening because agencies face significant ongoing expenses related to maintaining legacy systems.
Source: A Call for Change: Moderate Federal IT Spending Growth Masks the Ongoing Burden of Legacy Systems – IDC Community
The longest running federal IT program in the industry, Ask the CIO, now has an expanded web presence at AskTheCIO.com.
The new AskTheCIO.com features audio of the program, as well as an expanded look at federal IT and CIO news, podcasts, and a new feature — “Ask the CIO Insider” — which allows users to register to receive federal IT-specific news and events.
Source: FederalNewsRadio.com launches AskTheCIO.com – FederalNewsRadio.com
This week’s episode covers Supreme Court, NDAA, and ‘Fat Leonard’ news, and is hosted by partners David Robbins and Peter Eyre. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without. Listen: Crowell.com… Continue Reading
Source: Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without – Government Contracts Legal Forum
The Defense Department recently floated a proposal to reduce frivolous protests or what some call “forum shopping” by limiting the ability of contractors who’s protests were denied by GAO (General Accountability Office) to then continue their protest at the Court of Federal Claims. DoD wants to limit the so-called “second bit at the apple” to within 10 days of knowing they had a basis to protest.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: 2019 NDAA – Multiple Bid Protest Appeals of the Same Issue