You can’t go far in GovCon without hearing about teaming, joint ventures, or the SBA mentor-protégé program. These strategies can open doors to more contracts – but only if you know how to use them correctly. In this session, Maria Panichelli, Government Contracts Partner at the law firm of Continue Reading
Everything You Need to Know About Size and Status Protests Part One: Small Biz Eligibility Rules
In recent years there has been an increased focus on the federal small business programs, and a corresponding increase in the amount of federal contracts set-aside for small, and specific types of small, businesses. In this environment, eligibility for the 8(a), HUBZone, women-owned Continue Reading
Gifts by Business Owners: Great to GRAT & IDing When To IDGT
Closely held business owners may be interested in some of the same estate planning strategies used by other high-net-worth clients. These clients need estate tax and succession planning to help them effectively and efficiently transfer their wealth, including their businesses, to their loved ones. A Continue Reading
Navigating the Brave New World of DOGE: A Federal Contractor’s Guide to Terminations for Convenience, Stop-Work Orders, and Unpaid Invoices
If you are part of the GovCon industry, you know that the last two months have been hectic ones. With the White House issuing various Executive Orders impacting government procurements across various agencies, and DOGE conducting contract reviews to identify large-scale award cancellations, many Continue Reading
Common Bases, Practices, and Procedures of Size/Status Protests
In recent years there has been an increased focus on the federal small business programs, and a corresponding increase in the amount of federal contracts set-aside for small, and specific types of small, businesses. In this environment, eligibility for the 8(a), HUBZone, women-owned and Continue Reading
On Your Permanent Record: CPARS 101 for Contractors
Good contractors know that maximizing contract award opportunities is the key to success. They also know that their past performance record is a critically important part of getting new work. It is not surprising, then, that contractors feel very strongly about the Contractor Performance Continue Reading
Preparing for the Future – Breach and AI – Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Regulatory Updates
This is session 4 of 4 in the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Regulatory Updates webinar series In this session, Philip Lee helps contractors navigate the Government’s current and future areas of focus in cybersecurity: managing breach and the use of artificial intelligence. He introduces some Continue Reading
Trump 2.0 Turns Two (Months): What Every Federal Contractor Needs To Know
In this interactive webinar, veteran government contracts experts from McCarter & English (Franklin Turner, Alex Major, and Hugh Murray) team up with corporate law experts from Nemphos Braue (including prominent practitioner George Nemphos) to explain the impacts of several key actions taken Continue Reading
Unlocking the Secrets to the GSA Multiple Award Schedule
One of the easiest entries into federal contracting (especially for small businesses) is through the use of the Multiple Award Schedules programs (MAS). GSA runs many of them but so does NASA (called SEWP) and DOD, among other agencies. Think of these in terms of being “Amazon” for consumers, but it Continue Reading
Negotiating Terms and Conditions
Anyone who has negotiated terms and conditions for a Government subcontract knows that it is a challenging process. The negotiation of terms and conditions is different with every transaction, and requires the negotiator to build a library of knowledge to navigate this complex territory. The first Continue Reading