Government Contracts

  • Navigating the ins and outs of competitive and non-competitive procurements, including solicitation reviews, proposal reviews, sole source awards under various exceptions to the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA), small business set-asides, and subcontracts and subawards

  • Bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and at state and local levels, including but not limited to contested matters under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) and matters before the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals (MSBCA) and Board of Public Works (BPW)

  • Civilian agency and Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity requirements, including NIST 800-171, cyber incident reporting, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), and other cybersecurity requirements

  • Requests for equitable adjustment (REAs) and CDA claims at the agency, boards of contract appeals (CBCA and ASBCA), and COFC levels, and before various state agencies and boards

  • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) including due diligence, negotiation, contract drafting, closings, and transition services agreements (TSAs), on behalf of buyers, sellers, and lenders

  • Performing analyses of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and other government clauses and "flow-down" requirements for both civilian and military procurements

  • Licensing and sale of software, data, technology, and related services to government agencies while protecting intellectual property (IP), including through standard FAR and DFARS clauses, commercial rights licenses, specially negotiated license rights, other transactions (OTAs), software as a service (SaaS) agreements, subcontractor-to-government licenses, and on-premises implementations

  • Small business and socioeconomic programs (including small business set-aside contracts, small business subcontracting, the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development program, the HUBZone program, the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) program, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program; and other federal, state and local programs)

  • Single award, multiple award, and multiple award government-wide acquisition vehicles (GWACs), indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, and other contract types

  • Negotiating teaming agreements, joint ventures, subcontracts, subaward agreements, and other vendor/supplier agreements involving government funding

  • Compliance with and negotiation of rated orders under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)

  • Compliance with government ethics rules, compliance programs, internal and external investigations, and mandatory and voluntary self-disclosures

  • Product origin requirements, such as the Buy American Act, Buy America requirements, the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), the Berry Amendment, and various other specific domestic product and service requirements

Whether you are a contractor, subcontractor, landlord, grant recipient, subrecipient, or a lender, we can help you understand and address the special challenges involved in dealing with government funding.  We work with companies at the “front end” when they are fighting to win or keep an award, on the “back end” when they are working to keep or renew an award, and at the “bitter end” when things go sideways and upside down.  We represent clients directly but also serve as special counsel/local counsel on the following types of matters:

  • Government prime contracts, subcontracts, grant awards, subawards, and related agreements at the federal, state, and local levels

  • Leasing real estate to federal, state, and local government agencies, including proposals, lease formation, amendments, and transfers/novations of government leases in connection with asset and equity sales, corporate restructurings, deed-in-lieu transactions, and lending transactions

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