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Can Contractors Get Paid if the Base Shuts Down?

by Shelley Hall | Sep 18, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Since I just got back home after evacuating due to Hurricane Irma, I thought this would be a good topic to cover right now. Government facilities close down for a variety of reasons including those that are weather-related and/or security-related. Can contractors...

US Court of Federal Claims Case – Contractor Won’t Get Paid for Work Done without Proper Authorization

by Shelley Hall | Sep 8, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

It has always been an issue with the Federal Government of what a CO must do if a contractor performs work based on the direction of a government employee who does not have authorization to direct such work. In almost all cases where the contractor has done work...

Protest Because Agency Evaluated Proposals Unequally

by Shelley Hall | Sep 4, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

The GAO’s decision in SURVICE Engineering Company, LLC, B-414519 (July 5, 2o17) involved an Air Force solicitation for engineering, program management, and administrative services at Eglin Air Force Base. They intended to award to the offeror proposing the best value...

U.S. Navy Admiral Sentenced to Prison for Lying to Federal Investigators

by Shelley Hall | Sep 1, 2017 | Skyway CO Insight

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for lying to investigators to conceal his illicit 20-year relationship with Leonard Glenn Francis, the owner of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), the foreign defense contractor at the...

Does Kingdomware Affect SDVOSB Recertification Requirements?

by Shelley Hall | Aug 28, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In their recent decision in Redhorse Corporation, SBA No. VET-263 (2017), SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) found that the Supreme Court’s Kingdomware decision does not affect the SBA’s SDVOSB eligibility regulation for multiple-award contracts. This...

US Court of Federal Claims calls an agency’s conduct an “Egregious Example of Intransigence and Deception”

by Shelley Hall | Aug 25, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Most GAO and US Court of Federal Claims protest decisions are pretty dry and not very interesting to read. But every once in a while, they get pretty colorful in their opinions. Starry Associates, Inc. v. The United States and Intellizant, LLC, No. 16-44C (2017) is a...

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