Happy Thanksgiving!
From all of us in Stinson LLP’s Government Contracts and Investigations Practice Group, Happy Thanksgiving! We look forward to returning next week with more government contracts-related content.
Final FAR Rule Mandating GIDEP Reporting of Actual or Suspected Counterfeit Parts Issued: More Questions Than Answers
Supply chain risks are on the rise. Protecting the supply chain is a critical aspect of our national security, health and public safety. Whether parts are electronic or not, if they aren’t what they are represented to be, don’t do what they are supposed to do, or do things that they’re not supposed to do,Read More
Regulation Recap: SBA Publishes Proposed Rule Consolidating Mentor Protégé Programs
Lovers of consistency, rejoice! After a few years of administering two separate, yet substantially similar mentor-protégé programs, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed a rulemaking to consolidate the 8(a) Business Development (BD) Mentor-Protégé Program and the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program. On November 8, 2019, SBA published the Consolidation of Mentor Protégé Programs and OtherRead More
DoD Issues Revised Draft Cyber Security Model Certification to Address Levels 1 Through 3
Previously we reported on the Department of Defense (‘DoD”) efforts to develop a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program to verify the status of contractor cybersecurity and compliance. The CMMC program contemplates that third party auditors will be qualified and retained to review and certify contractors and suppliers at all tiers on their levels ofRead More
Some Tradeoff Is Better than None—and Enough to Avoid the Prohibition against LPTA
When the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was enacted, the prohibition in Section 813(c) against the use of lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection criteria seemed fairly cut and dry. As time passes and procuring agencies adopt new evaluation schemes, however, the parameters of the prohibition are being tested. The recent Government AccountabilityRead More