Someone, at Some Point, Said Something Misleading: ASBCA Opines that If Contractor Needs Discovery to Identify Statement that Fraudulently Induced It to Enter Release, It Probably Doesn’t Have a Viable Fraudulent Inducement Theory; Appeals of Odyssey International, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 62062, 62279August 18, 2021
ASBCA May Hear Appeal Involving Allegations of Fraud in the Contract; Appeals of Tetra Tech EC, Inc. ASBCA Nos. 62449, 62450August 18, 2021
D.C. Vaccination Mandate Will Likely Require Action from Contractors in the Coming WeeksAugust 18, 2021
Buy (Even More) American – FAR Council Proposes New Rules Implementing Executive Order 14005, “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers”August 18, 2021
SBA Sees Biden Executive Orders as Opportunity to Increase Equity in Small Business ContractsAugust 18, 2021
Government Is Judicially Estopped from Arguing that Solicitation Requirement May Be Reinterpreted “as if It Were a Work of Modern Art” to Produce a Different Outcome in Different Protests; WaveLink, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-749CAugust 17, 2021
Protester Claims Solicitation Violates Agency Regulations, But GAO Tells Protester to Hit the Road Because the Violated Regulations Were Not Procurement Regulations; NOVAD Management Consulting, LLC, GAO B-419194.5August 17, 2021
Small Business May Have Been Managing Contract But that Didn’t Mean it Was Performing “Primary and Vital” Contract Requirements; Size Appeal of Estrategy Consulting, LLC, SBA No. SIZ-6109August 17, 2021
FAR Updated to Include Useful Guidance on “Good Faith” Compliance with Small Business Subcontracting PlansAugust 17, 2021