Our Government Contracts attorneys have represented domestic and international clients in all varieties of federal government supply, service, and construction contracts.
Our experience includes:
- Identifying government contract opportunities and assisting with the bidding process
- Teaming agreements
- Novations
- Bid protests and contract award controversies at the Government Accountability Office and the Court of Federal Claims
- State and local bid protests
- Bid mistakes
- Compliance issues, including mandatory certifications and representations
- Human Trafficking compliance programs and investigations
- Small Business contracting issues, including Women-Owned, Minority-Owned and Disabled Veteran small business set asides
- Labor compliance issues, including Equal Opportunity requirements, E-Verify, and responding to OFCCP audits
- Minimum wage laws such as the Service Contract Act and the Davis-Bacon Act
- International contracting, including compliance with international trade and embargo laws and regulations, compliance with the Buy American Act, and issues related to Defense Base Act obligations
- Intellectual property rights and ownership, including the application of patent and data rights concerns in Federal contracting
- Subcontract formation and disputes, including flowdown requirements
- Federal, state, and local contracting procedures and requirements
- Negotiated procurements and multi-step prequalification processes
- ID/IQ and multiple award schedule ontracts, including GSA Schedule contracts
- Grant and R&D forms of contracting
- Construction contracts, both traditional design-bid-build and design-build delivery methods
- Construction and scheduling concerns
- Contract administration and change order negotiations
- Preparation, assertion, negotiation and defense of Requests for Equitable Adjustment and Contract Disputes Act claims
- Preparation and negotiation of “claims participation” (liquidating) agreements
- Terminations for convenience
- Terminations for default
- Responding to DCAA and OIG audits and investigations
- Negotiating and representing clients in OSHA, OFCCP, EPA and other regulatory matters
- Appearance before the GAO, Boards of Contract Appeals, Federal trial and appellate courts, arbitrators, mediators and administrative tribunals