Our list of the top 150 U.S. Postal Service suppliers for fiscal year 2010 is now complete. Overall, more postal contractors saw revenue declines than increases. However, the sharp decline in postal spending over the past several years has finally stabilized. Postal Service spending in FY 2010 totaled $12 billion, just a 1 percent decrease
Overseas construction experience counts
By Husch Blackwell on
Posted in Bid Protests, Construction Contracting
The Percy Amendment gives American-owned bidders a ten percent price advantage when competing for State Department construction projects. To qualify as American-owned, the statute requires evidence that the bidder has performed “similar construction work in the United States or at a United States diplomatic or consular establishment abroad.” 22 U.S.C. § 302(b)(4)(A).
The State Department regulation implementing the Percy Amendment does not allow for consideration of foreign construction experience. It states that similar construction work must have been performed in the United States. DOSAR 652.236-71. This conflict was the subject of a recent bid protest decision in Perini Management Services, Inc., B-404261, et al. (December 17, 2010).
DOJ Fraud Statistics for 2010
By Brian Waagner on
Posted in False Claims Act, Qui tam litigation
The Justice Department’s most recent fraud statistics are worth checking out if you follow enforcement of the False Claims Act. The federal government is reporting that it collected over $3 billion in judgments and settlements in False Claims Act cases resolved through the end of Fiscal Year 2010. About 80 percent of the recoveries were…