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Protest Update Associated Energy Group, LLC, B-420857.6, B-420857.7 (January 10, 2024) The procurement integrity provisions of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act provide, among other things, that a federal government official “shall not knowingly disclose contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information before the award of a Federal agency procurement contract to… Continue reading

With the government’s annual funding package set to expire Sept. 30 and no spending compromise in sight, the federal government appears headed for an imminent shutdown. Any shutdown will send hundreds of thousands of government workers home and bring many functions of government to a halt, with wide-ranging impacts on individuals and businesses across the… Continue reading

By: Carla Weiss, David Robbins, Matthew Haws The government shutdown clock strikes “zero hour” on September 30, and government contractors and federal fund recipients are once again left wondering what will happen. We have been writing these alerts and client updates for years now, and the government is no better at managing its budget. So… Continue reading

In the latest episode of the Government Contracts Legal Round-Up, Partner David Robbins, co-chair of Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Practice, discusses important developments facing government contractors and grant recipients. Mr. Robbins explains the Department of Defense’s final rule regarding commercial item determinations and a proposed FAR amendment regarding greenhouse gas emissions. He also discusses recent… Continue reading

By: Noah B. Bleicher, Carla J. Weiss, Nathaniel E. Castellano, Moshe Broder, and Scott E. Whitman On March 18, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to mandate that DoD provide enhanced postaward debriefings to contractors. As we previously highlighted, these changes to postaward… Continue reading

By: Sati Harutyunyan, Matthew L. Haws, Gabrielle Sigel, Emma J. Sullivan, Joseph J. Torres, and Ishan K. Bhabha On January 13, 2022, a divided Supreme Court stayed OSHA’s vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS). Nat’l Federation of Independent Business v. Dep’t of Labor, OSHA , 595 U.S. ___ (2022). The matter came before the Court on a request for emergency relief… Continue reading

By: Scott E. Whitman, Sati Harutyunyan, and Matthew L. Haws On November 30, 2021, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an order (PI Order) enjoining the federal government from enforcing the federal contractor vaccine mandate “in all covered contracts in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.” As contractors develop their compliance plans for this… Continue reading

The Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | Episode 13   In this episode, host David B. Robbins welcomes Partner Jeri K. Somers, the former Chief Judge of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, who recently joined the firm and its Government Contracts Practice. They discuss Judge Somers’ perspective on what practitioners can do better before the boards of contract appeals.   Continue reading

    By: Matthew L. Haws and Umer M. Chaudhry On May 24, 2021, the General Services Administration (GSA) launched the new SAM.gov. It looks different and has both new requirements and functionality. So what do government contractors need to know before they start using the new system? And how can they make the most… Continue reading

  By: Matthew L. Haws and Scott E. Whitman Congress has been focused on ensuring that small businesses in the 8(a) program receive extra time to make up for disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, Congress included language in both the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) and 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to provide… Continue reading