Government Contracts

Army Awards $1.5 Billion Contract for Aviation Program Management Services. Science and Engineering Services LLC, Huntsville, Ala.; and Support Systems Associates Inc., Melbourne, Fla.; were awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award, firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value or $1,500,000,000 for services in support of Army Aviation program management. Work location and type of appropriation will be determined [...]

The government’s claim alleging noncompliance with Cost Accounting Standards was denied by the Court of Federal Claims because the government failed to prove the contractor’s method of allocating materiel overhead violated Cost Accounting Standard 418. The government claimed the contractor should reimburse it approximately $80 million plus interest because the contractor’s accounting method misallocated indirect [...]

Multidistrict litigation against wartime contractors was dismissed by the District Court for the District of Maryland because the plaintiffs’ claims were non-justiciable under the political question doctrine. The majority of the plaintiffs were United States military personnel who sought to recover for injuries allegedly suffered as a result of exposure to open burn pits and [...]

Army Awards $485 Million Contract for Physician Services. Magnificus Corp., Washington, D.C.; GTW Consultants and Associates LLC., San Antonio, Texas; Quarterline Consulting Services LLC., McLean, Va.; Aliron International Inc., Bethesda, Md.; TistCorp II, San Antonio, Texas; Chesapeake Government Health Services, Vienna, Va.; Matrix Providers Inc., Monument, Colo.; and Distinctive Spectrum Healthcare Joint Venture, Largo, Md.; [...]

A comprehensive final rule issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security adds a new structure and related provisions to the Export Administration Regulations. The rule moves to the Commerce Control List ( Supplement No. 1 to EAR Part 774) to munitions items the President has determined no longer warrant export control on the United [...]

A district court’s award to the relators in a False Claims Act action was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit because the court correctly found the defective pricing claim settled by the government was related to the action brought by the relators. The relators brought the action against a contractor that [...]

Air Force Awards $6.9 Billion Contract for Netcentric Products. Ace Technology Partners LLC., Arlington Heights, Ill.; CDW Government LLC., Vernon Hills Ill.; CounterTrade Products Inc., Arvada Colo.; FedStore Corp., Rockville Md; General Dynamics IT, Needham Mass.; Intelligent Decisions Inc., Ashburn Va.; Iron Bow Technologies LLC., Chantilly Va.; and World Wide Technology Inc., Maryland Heights Mo. [...]

A final rule issued by the Department of Defense makes editorial changes to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement and its companion resource, Procedures, Guidance, and Information. The rule revises DFARS 215.406-3 and PGI 215.406-3 to call attention to procedures for uploading business clearance documentation in the Contract Business Analysis Repository, and adds new DFARS [...]

The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the dismissal of a qui tam False Claims Act action because the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (18 USC 3287) applies to FCA claims in which the government has opted not to intervene, and the first-to-file rule of 31 USC 3730(b)(5) does not stop [...]

Air Force Awards $950 Million Advisory and Assistance Services Contract. Dawson Technical LLC., Boerne, Texas; PB&A Inc. Austin, Texas; AGEISS Inc, Evergreen, Colo.; FEDITC LLC., doing business as Federal Integrated Engineering Consulting, San Antonio, Texas; BB&E Consulting Engineers and Professional LLC., Farmington Hills, Mich., are being awarded a $950,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with provision to issue [...]