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On April 2, 2024, The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division reversed a decision of the trial court that upheld the $2 million award of a ferry services contract under Monmouth County’s purportedly “hybrid” procurement...more
You’re a federal government contractor who just won a contract award. But, before you pop the champagne, there’s a hiccup: a competitor filed a bid protest challenging your award. “Oh, well,” you think, “the government can...more
The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division recently reversed a decision of the trial court that upheld the $2 million award of a ferry services contract under Monmouth County’s purportedly “hybrid” procurement process....more
Bradley has been publishing an ongoing survey of state-level bid protest processes and procedures (see, e.g., our posts on bid protests in North Carolina, Georgia, the District of Columbia, New York, Virginia, and Alabama)....more
As the federal government’s fiscal year draws to a close, we expect to see an increase in agencies awarding contracts and contractors protesting those awards. A bid protest is a significant event for any government...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s municipal authority and municipality bidding thresholds will increase 8.2% in 2023, compared to the 12-month period ending September 30, 2022. The Department published...more
In a decision on April 28, 2022, in Dobco, Inc. v. Bergen County Improvement Authority, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed an injunction requiring the Bergen County Improvement Authority (BCIA) to use a public bidding...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Assuming you have filed a timely bid protest that meets the various procedural requirements at one of the three bid protest forums – the procuring agency, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the U.S. Court of...more
After filing and receiving a favorable decision in a bid protest, many protesters wonder what happens as a result of a successful protest. Specifically, protesters always want to know, if I am successful in my bid protest,...more
In order to bring an action in any United States tribunal, a party must have “standing.” “The doctrine [of standing] limits the category of litigants empowered to maintain a lawsuit in federal court to seek redress for a...more
New York state’s budget is the second largest in the country, and with it, New York has some of the most developed state acquisition laws and procedures in the country. Accordingly, New York provides comparatively robust bid...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s municipal authority and municipality bidding thresholds will rise 1.4 percent in 2021. The Department published its bidding thresholds for 2021 under Act 90 of 2011....more
On December 16, 2020, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest by a contractor that was eliminated from a competition because its System for Award Management (SAM) registration had expired. Holding that...more
A claim that a contract for construction of a school violated public bidding requirements did not become moot after construction was completed because effective relief — in the form of disgorgement of public funds paid to the...more
Government contractors should consider all contract performance vitally important because they can’t always control which past performance is considered by agency evaluators. ...more
Last month we reported on the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) issuance of Version 0.6 of its draft Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) standard. That draft included DoD updates and revisions to CMMC’s domains,...more
It’s not unusual for defeated protesters to feel as though the explanation for their defeat short changes their arguments. Indeed, this might be the case for every defeated protester (or intervenor, or agency)....more
Case Provides Valuable Guidance for Public Agencies Wanting One Contractor for Two Phases - A contractor that had two separate contracts with a school district — one for preconstruction services and the other for...more