Government Contracts

The U.S. Small Business Administration recently made important clarifications to its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Policy Directive, giving the industry more certainty about whether and when a successor-in-interest to a Phase I/Phase II SBIR/STTR awardees is eligible for Phase III awards. As we’ve discussed in more detail...

Government Blockchain Association Website About: GBA is a diverse organization of blockchain projects, companies, government employees, and blockchain advocates with the sole purpose of promoting blockchain solutions to the government. GBA seeks to bring together all levels of governments from around the world with various industries for creating helpful dialogue that facilitates the efficient,...

Introduction The U.S. Government is actively seeking to utilize the power of the blockchain (or, as it is more formally known, distributed ledger technology or DLT) to enhance government systems across various platforms and agencies. This does not mean that the federal government wants to buy your NBA top shot package of LeBron James...

A consortium is defined in Websters dictionary as “an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member.” A consortium in the Government contracts world is formed for a similar reason but is an organized group that consists of members in the form of...

On January 29, 2021, Oracle filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court over the Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (“JEDI”) contract. The DoD reaffirmed the estimated $10 billion JEDI contract award to Microsoft on September 4, 2020 after the Court of Federal Claims “CoFC” initially halted...

On February 16, 2021, a COFC judge dismissed DynCorp’s bid protest of a $717.5 million dollar Army intelligence support order because the COFC lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. DynCorp argued that CACI Technologies was ineligible for the award because CACI Technologies restructured from a corporation to a limited liability company during the procurement...