Agency Protests

Protests are a sensitive subject with government contracting officers, because they too often carry an air of failure. All young contract specialists are indoctrinated with the ideal of awarding contracts “without protest or claim,” and all seasoned contracting...

Unauthorized Commitments

Unauthorized commitments are orders placed by persons lacking the proper authority to commit that amount of funds. Specifically, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) defines the term as “an agreement that is not binding because the Government representative who...