Blog
Government contracts and bid protest attorney and Maynard Nexsen shareholder Joshua Duvall recently published a Law360 Expert Analysis article entitled, “'Key Personnel' Defense Is Trending In GAO Bid Protests." The article discusses a trio of recent U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO") bid protest decisions which show a growing trend in bid protest practice: the key personnel unavailability defense.
From the article, "[b]ecause this argument [that the awardee's key personnel became unavailable after proposal submission but prior to award] can knock out the ...
On January 27, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") issued a memorandum, Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs, that will have a sweeping impact on federal grant and assistance programs and recipients.
The memorandum provides that federal financial assistance programs should be "dedicated to advancing Administration priorities" and thus directs federal agencies to "termporarily pause all activities" regarding federal assistance obligations and dispursements that relate to any of the Administration's ...
On January 3, 2025, the Defense Department, GSA, and NASA (together, the "FAR Council") published its final rule amending the suspension and debarment procedures under the Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR"). The rule, which is also based on recommendations from the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee, adds language to improve consistency between the procurement and non-procurement procedures on suspension and debarment.
The final rule takes effect on January 17, 2025.
By way of background, there are two different regulatory systems for suspension and ...