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Tiered Evaluations: A Lesson in Reasonably Applying Different Rules

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| December 5, 2019

It’s not always clear where the applicability of one law or rule should stop and the applicability of another should begin. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in Becton, Dickinson and Company, B-417854 (November 15, 2019) helped clarify the interplay between the Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA) when itRead More

Topics: Bid Protests and the Contracting Process, Buy American Act, Sourcing Restrictions, Trade Agreements Act

Digging into the Details of the Latest Buy American Executive Order for Federal Construction Contractors

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| March 12, 2019

E.O. 13858 Reiterates the Need for Strict Application of Buy American Rules on Infrastructure Projects On January 31, 2019 President Trump issued his “Executive Order on Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects” (E.O. 13858). The Order is a re-assertion of and expansion upon his April 18, 2017 “Executive Order on Buy American and Hire American”Read More

Topics: Acquisition Reform and Emerging Issues, Buy American Act, Construction, Contract Administration, Statutes and Regulations