Government Contracts

Our government contracts lawyers have extensive experience with the widest range of contract and other mechanisms for doing business with government entities, including:

• Prime contracts and subcontracts
• Schedule contracts 
• Concession contracts 
• Cooperative agreements 
• Energy savings performance contracts 
• Grants
• Public-private partnerships 
• Real property leases and other transactions
• Utility GSA areawide contracts

Procurement issues on which we have been engaged include:

• Bid protests 
• Business and regulatory counseling, including audits, domestic preference requirements (Buy America, Buy American Act, Trade Agreements Act), compliance systems, ethics, labor laws and socioeconomic programs
• Claims
• Commercial items 
• Cost/CAS
• Counterfeit parts
• Cybersecurity
• Data rights
• Energy savings performance contracts
• Export controls and trade sanctions
• False Claims Act
• Federal Supply Schedule
• Financing transactions
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Grant recipient and sub-recipient procurement system requirements
• Internal investigations
• International contracting
• Joint ventures and teaming arrangements 
• Litigation and alternative dispute resolution
• Mandatory disclosures 
• Mergers and acquisitions (buyer and seller; domestic and international)
• Public Law 85-804 Indemnification
• SAFETY Act
• Small and disadvantaged business provisions
• Suspension and debarment
• White Collar criminal defense

We litigate in all forums:

• At the federal level, we represent clients in bid protests at the General Accountability Office, the Court of Federal Claims, and the Federal Circuit, claims by and against prime contractors and subcontractor sponsored claims at the Boards of Contract Appeals, the Court of Federal Claims, and the Federal Circuit;
• At the state and local level, bid protests, prime contractor/subcontractor disputes and other actions involving state and local procurement agencies in federal, state and local courts and before state and local agency forums; and
• At the international level, disputes under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).  We also design and participate in various forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings including arbitrations, mediations, and mini-trials.