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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Failed to Prove CAS Noncompliance Claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multidistrict Burn Pit Litigation Raised Political Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final EAR Rule Adds USML Items to the CCL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relators&#8217; Award for Settled Defective Pricing Claim Affirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A district court&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Rule Adds PGI Compliance Information to the DFARS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wartime Suspension of Limitations Applied to Qui Tam FCA Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Air Force Awards $950 Million Advisory and Assistance Services Contract. Dawson Technical LLC., Boerne, Texas; PB&#38;A Inc. Austin, Texas; AGEISS Inc, Evergreen, Colo.; FEDITC LLC., doing business as Federal Integrated Engineering Consulting, San Antonio, Texas; BB&#38;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Adds New Product Categories to BioPreferred Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Department of Agriculture has finalized a proposed rule (77 FR 72653) amending its Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement. The rule adds eight product categories to USDA’s preferred procurement program: aircraft and boat cleaners, automotive care products, engine crankcase oil, gasoline fuel additives, metal cleaners and corrosion removers, microbial cleaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Misunderstood Technical Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An evaluation and source selection decision were unreasonable because they were based on erroneous conclusions regarding the technical features of the protester’s proposal. The protest arose from a best value request for proposals for a real time location system. After evaluating the final proposal revisions submitted by the three competitive range offerors, the government found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy Awards $900 Million in Contracts and Options. Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services, LLC, Annapolis, Md.; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Va.; CACI, Inc. – Federal, Chantilly, Va.; Centurum Information Technology, Inc., Marlton, NJ; Computer Sciences Corp., Falls Church, Va.,; Glotech, Inc., Rockville, Md.; Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Columbia, Md.; Engility Corp., Mount Laurel, N.J.; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Not a Party for Appeals Period of Miller Act Claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A subcontractor&#8217;s appeal of a Miller Act claim was dismissed as untimely by the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit because the government was not a party for purposes of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1), and therefore the time for filing an appeal was 30 rather than 60 days. The subcontractor filed an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal Adequacy Checklist Added to the DFARS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense has amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to add a proposal adequacy checklist for solicitations that require the submission of certified cost or pricing data. The DFARS Case 2012-D041 final rule adds a prescription at DFARS 215.408 (6) for a new solicitation provision, DFARS 252.215-7009, Proposal adequacy checklist. The provision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy Awards $2.6 Billion Ship Overhaul Contract. Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $2,595,016,400 cost-plus-incentive fee contract for accomplishment of the Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). This previously delayed award is being made given the enactment into law of the Consolidated and Further Continuation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAR Rule Would Amend Workers&#8217; Compensation Insurance Clause</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation rule would amend the clause at FAR 52.228-3, Workers Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act), to clarify contractor and subcontractor responsibilities under the DBA (42 USC 1651, et seq.) for obtaining workers&#8217; compensation insurance or qualifying as a self-insurer. The DBA extended the federal workers&#8217; compensation protections provided by the Longshore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Award Enjoined Pending Appeal of Size Status Determination</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Federal Claims enjoined the government from awarding a task order for logistic support services because all of the relevant factors favored allowing the protester to first appeal an adverse Small Business Administration size status determination. The protester was the apparent awardee of the TO, which was set aside for small businesses. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Awards $781 Million Contract for Munitions Explosives. BAE Systems – Ordnance Systems Inc., Kingsport, Tenn., was awarded a $780,802,473 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the manufacture and supply of Insensitive Munitions Explosives. Work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of September 29, 2017. One bid was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DoD Updates List of FPI Product Categories Exceeding 5%</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense has published the annual list of product categories for which the Federal Prison Industries’ share of the DoD market is greater than five percent. Based on Fiscal Year 2012 data obtained from the Federal Procurement Data System, the updated product categories to be competed effective April 5, 2013, are: 5220 (Inspection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Circuit Clarifies Path of MASP/FSS Contract Appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a claim for termination fees because the dispute involved interpretation of General Services Administration multiple award schedule contract provisions, which the ordering agency contracting officer lacked authority to decide. The contractor sought early termination fees for the government’s failure to fully exercise the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-45/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Logistics Agency Awards $633 Million Contract for Material Handling Equipment. Taylor-Dunn Manufacturing, Anaheim, Calif., was awarded a contract. The award is for $633,000,000 and is being issued for the procurement of commercial-type material handling equipment. Location of performance is California with a March 12, 2018 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed FAR Rule Addresses Small Business Protests and Appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to update the small business size and small business status protest and appeal procedures, and protest and appeal timeframes, and to address the application of the Small Business Administration’s decisions on size and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disclosure of Assignment Unnecessary for Valid CDA claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the dismissal of an appeal because a claim letter submitted to the contracting officer was a valid claim under the Contract Disputes Act. The contractor’s letter asserted the government breached modifications of a delivery order for lease and support of network monitoring software. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-44/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy Adds $697 Million in Funding to Ship Construction Contract. Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., is being provided funding in the amount of $696,629,123 under a previously-awarded contract for construction of two fiscal 2013 Littoral Combat Ships. Work will be performed in Marinette, Wis. (56 percent); Walpole, Mass. (14 percent); Washington, D.C. (12 percent); Oldsmar, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DFARS Final Rule Adds Policy on Subcontract Reporting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense has finalized, with technical changes, the DFARS Case 2009-D002 interim rule ( ¶70,016.600) that amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to conform DFARS Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System policy and procedures to the FAR. The interim rule provided DoD-specific policy and procedures related to the eSRS. A final rule (FAR Case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Didn’t Cooperate with CRADA Contractor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judgment on a claim alleging breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing was granted by the Court of Federal Claims because the government unreasonably frustrated the intended objective of a cooperative research and development agreement. Under the five-year CRADA, the contractor agreed to commercialize the HooAH! energy bar the government provided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four FAC 2005-66 Rules Amend the FAR</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Civilian Agency Acquisition and Defense Acquisition Regulations Councils have issued Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-66, which contains one interim and three final rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The rules are: Item I—Definition of Contingency Operation (FAR Case 2013-003, Interim); Item II—Changes to Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts and Orders (FAR Case 2011-025); and Item III—Extension [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-43/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Awards $500 Million Procurement Contract. Harris, Rochester, N.Y., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $500,000,000. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to raise the price ceiling in support of the procurement of radios, support equipment, data and services. Work location will be determined with each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBA Proposes Updates to 504 and 7(a) Loan Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed rule issued by the Small Business Administration would amend SBA’s two flagship business lending programs. According to the SBA, changing conditions in the American economy and persistent high levels of unemployment necessitate improved access to its 504 Loan Program and 7(a) Loan Program. The rule is intended to reinvigorate these programs as vital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sole-Source Bridge Contract Violated CICA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Federal Claims sustained a protest of a sole-source bridge contract because the need for the contract was caused by a lack of advance planning, the justification and approval was unsupported, and the award violated multiple Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions. The government awarded the one-year bridge contract for software support services to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-42/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Air Force Awards $6.9 Billion Aircraft Modernization Contract. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $6,900,000,000 for F-22 modernization. The locations of performance are El Segundo, Calif.; Scottsdale, Ariz.; San Diego, Calif.; Nashua, N.H.; and Wayne, N.J. Work is expected to be completed by February [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DoD Waives Source Restrictions on UK-Produced Defense Items</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense is waiving the limitation of 10 USC 2534(a) for certain defense items produced in the United Kingdom. 10 USC 2534 limits DoD procurement of some items to sources in the national technology and industrial base. However, the limitation may be waived under certain circumstances. The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protester’s VOSB Status Restored</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Federal Claims granted a protester’s motion for a preliminary injunction because there was no credible basis for the government’s determination the protester did not qualify as a veteran-owned small business. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Veterans Enterprise determined the protester was a VOSB eligible to participate in the Veterans First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-41/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Logistics Agency Awards $633 Million Contract for Material Handling Equipment. Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, was awarded a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract, one of up to 23 contracts with a maximum $633 million being issued against solicitation for commercial type material handling equipment. Locations of performance are Ohio, Indiana, and North Carolina with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Circuit Corrects CFC’s Standing Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Federal Claims erred in dismissing a protester’s challenge to its exclusion from competition, according to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, because the government had the discretion to consider the protester’s incomplete proposal, and the protester had a substantial chance of award. The protester argued the exclusion of its proposal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WWII Fuel Suppliers Denied Indemnification of Clean-up Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claims for indemnification of environmental clean-up costs were summarily denied by the Court of Federal Claims because the costs did not constitute &#8220;charges&#8221; under the contracts’ taxes clause. The contractors manufactured and supplied aviation fuel to the government during World War II. After a 2002 decision (CA-9, 294 F3d 1045) found them liable for some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-40/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricare Management Activity Awards $749 Million Contract for Health Readiness Support Services. Logistics Health Inc., La Crosse, Wis., was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide health readiness support services to the service components, which are composed of the reserve components, active components, and Department of Defense civilians. This requirement provides services to meet the medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EAR, ITAR Rules Covers Launch Vehicles, Missiles, Nuclear Weapons</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Industry and Security and the Department of State have issued proposed rules addressing Categories IV and XVI of the United States Munitions List ( International Traffic in Arms Regulation 121.1). All three rules are issued as part of the President’s Export Control Reform Initiative. CCL Expanded The BIS rule ( ¶72,755.54) would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treatment of Proposal’s “Betterments” Warranted Injunction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Federal Claims enjoined the government from proceeding with a multiple-award task order contract procurement because the government failed to consider or arbitrarily evaluated &#8220;betterments&#8221; in a protester’s proposal. In challenging awards of contracts to design-build medical facilities, the protester contended the government failed to credit it for numerous &#8220;betterments,&#8221; which the solicitation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five FAC 2005-65 Rules Amend the FAR</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Civilian Agency Acquisition and Defense Acquisition Regulations Councils have issued Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-65, which contains five final rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The rules are: Item I—Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (FAR Case 2012-013); Item II—Extension of Sunset Date for Protests of Task and Delivery Orders (FAR Case 2012-007); Item [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Logistics Agency Exercises $214 Million Option for Radiology Systems and Components. Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc., Tustin, Calif., was issued a modification exercising the fourth option year on a contract. The modification is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract with a maximum $214,041,309 for radiology systems, subsystems and components. Location of performance is California with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government’s Claims Accrued Outside Limitations Period</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government’s claims for increased costs, plus penalties and interest, resulting from Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulation violations were denied in part by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals because some claims accrued more than six years before the contracting officer issued a final decision and were therefore barred by the statute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cadet Alumni Official Couldn’t Bind Government to Modification</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A claim for the additional costs of renovating an indoor shooting range at the United States Military Academy was summarily denied by the Court of Federal Claim because the contract modification sought by the contractor was not properly authorized. The solicitation required the contractor to use one of two subcontractors for the range’s heating, ventilation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-38/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Awards $500 Million Dredging Contract. C.F. Bean L.L.C., Belle Chasse, La., was awarded a $500,000,000 firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract between 13 contractors. The 12 additional contractors received awards on December 12, 2012. The award provides for miscellaneous dredging projects. Work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of January 14, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final EAR Rule Updates the Entity List</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A final rule issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security amends the Export Administration Regulations by removing four persons from the Entity List ( Supplement No. 4 to EAR Part 744). The rule implements a decision of the End User Review Committee to remove two persons located in France from the Entity List. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Additional Awards Were Permissible In-Scope Modifications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Federal Claims lacked jurisdiction over a protest of the evaluation criteria under a request for additional items because the subsequent awards constituted permissible modifications to an existing contract. After awarding four items to the protester and one item to the awardee under a &#8220;best value&#8221; solicitation for all-weather coats, the government requested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Contract Awards</title>
		<link>http://news.wolterskluwerlb.com/news/major-contract-awards-37/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Logistics Agency Awards $104 Million Contract for Army Uniforms. Bluewater Defense Inc., San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, was awarded a contract. The award is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $103,623,080 for three types of permethrin Army combat uniform trousers. Location of performance is in Puerto Rico with a January 17, 2014 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHSAR Rule Proposes New Patent and Data Rights Clauses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services would amend the HHS Federal Acquisition Regulation to add two new clauses: HHSAR 352.227-11, Patent Rights—Exceptional Circumstances, and HHSAR 352.227-14, Rights in Data—Exceptional Circumstances. Under the proposed prescription provisions at HHSAR 327.303 and HHSAR 327.409, one of the new clauses would be used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awardee&#8217;s Quotation Didn&#8217;t Comply With Specifications</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government&#8217;s acceptance of a quotation for barracks furniture was unreasonable because the quotation did not conform to a material solicitation requirement. The request for quotations contemplated an award to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable Federal Supply Schedule vendor. A line item for metal bunk beds required, among other things, tool-free hook assembly. According to the [...]]]></description>
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