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Federal Construction Contracting Blog
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The purpose of this blog is to give the construction industry the benefit of our insights about the latest developments in federal construction contracting.
Recent Posts
Fraud, Abuse and the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
By: Edward T. DeLisle In recent testimony provided to the House of Representative’s Committee on Small Business, a disturbing fact was revealed: millions of dollars earmarked for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (“SDVOSBs”)...
Federal Construction Contracting - Does a Newcomer Have a Chance?
The recent decline in non-federal construction opportunities has resulted in a rapidly growing interest in the federal contracting market. The much-publicized American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), often referred to as t...
Court of Appeals Keeps MATOC Alive
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has decided two cases that assure the continued use of the Multiple Award Task Order Contract (“MATOC”) in federal construction contracting. In the first case, Weeks Marine, Inc. v. United Stat...
The Impact of Protests and Claims on the Evaluation of Past Performance
Contractors continue to be concerned about the impact that the filing of protests or claims will have on their past performance evaluations in negotiated procurements. While it is never a good idea to file a frivolous protest or claim, it is im...
Compulsory E-Verify Program for Federal Contractors Starts September 8, 2009
By: Michael H. Payne and Craig A. Schroeder Effective September 8, 2009, federal contractors awarded new contracts of $100,000 or more with a performance period of longer than 120 days will be required to use E-Verify, an internet-based ...
Website for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Reporting Now Operational
In an earlier blog we discussed what the ARRA meant for Federal Construction Contractors, and noted that the reporting would be over the internet, once the government had its website up and running. On Monday, August 17, 2009, recipients of economic ...
