Government Contracts

Our Government contracts attorneys provide the full range of Government contracting counseling and litigation services to help clients achieve their business goals and remain in compliance with the complex laws and regulations that define working with the U.S. Government.

We represent Government contractors of all sizes, from enterprising start-ups to large prime contractors and span virtually all industries – defense and aerospace, intelligence, information technology, professional services, transportation and maritime, health care and construction services. Our clients rely on our depth of legal knowledge, decades of experience and sound business judgment to counsel them throughout the life cycle of Government procurements. We help clients with evaluation of solicitations, prosecution or defense of bid protests, requests for equitable adjustments, resolution of disputes during contract performance or response to investigations. Our attorneys also help clients with teaming arrangements, mentor-protégé relationships, joint ventures, subcontracting, mergers and acquisitions, navigating the complex regulatory environment, including small business regulations, ethics advice and compliance audits and plans.

Government Contract Attorney At OFP

We offer deep and practical knowledge of how to work with Government agencies, thereby helping contractors navigate with ease and confidence. Such expertise helps clients to win contracts, qualify for small business set aside procurements and resolve disputes during performance of contracts without litigation. However, should litigation become necessary or unavoidable our team has extensive experience litigating before all forums handling the unique issues that arise under Government contracts. Our attorneys prosecute and defend bid protests, assist in the preparation and/or litigation of requests for equitable adjustments, resolve disputes during contract performance and respond to investigations.

Assistance In Qualifying For Small Business Set Aside Contracts.

• Assist clients in meeting and properly documenting their qualifications for various categories of small businesses under the Small Business Administration’s regulations, such as Disadvantaged Small Businesses, Section 8(a) Program participants; Women Owned Small Businesses; and HUBZone Small Businesses.
• Assist clients in meeting and properly documenting their qualifications for Veterans Administration’s regulations for Veteran Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business.
• Represent the client in defending protests of its small business eligibility or size status before the Small Business Administration or prosecuting protests of the small business eligibility or size status of a competitor.

Assistance In Winning Government Contracts

• Evaluate solicitations to identify provisions that restrict competition or require clarification and convince an agency to make changes to eliminate such deficiencies.
• Assist clients in reviewing and drafting teaming agreements, mentor-protégé agreements, and joint ventures to qualify for procurements.
• When necessary, protect our clients’ interests by prosecuting or defending bid protests before the procuring Agency, Government Accountability Office, the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and small business eligibility, size and NACS Code appeals before the Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Assistance In Performing Government Contracts

• Assist clients in reviewing and drafting subcontracts in compliance with the prime contract and resolving disputes between the prime and subcontractors that may arise during performance.
• Assist clients in understanding and compliance with FAR regulatory clauses and other provisions incorporated into the Government contract or subcontract by reference.
• Assist clients in identifying changes in the contract, price, or schedule that arise during performance and preparing the required presentations to the Government, including Requests for Equitable Adjustment.
• Assist clients in resolving disputes involving changes, delays, disruptions, terminations, and other matters that may arise during contract performance through negotiation with the Government. When necessary, this means protecting our clients’ interests in assisting with reviewing and drafting and pursuing formal claims and appeals in litigation before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition.
• Assist clients in recovering costs in the event of a Termination for Convenience or converting a Termination for Default into a Termination for the Government’s convenience.

Assistance In Responding To Investigations, Audits Or Compliance With Ethics And Other Issues Arising During Performance Of Government Contracts.

• Assist clients in responding to allegations of False Claims Act violations, including Qui Tam actions, whistleblower complaints or investigations by an Agency Inspector General or U.S. Attorney.
• Assist clients in establishing effective ethics and compliance programs, conduct internal investigations, assist clients with understanding their obligations under the FAR’s Mandatory Disclosure rules, defend against litigation and assist with corrective action when appropriate.
• Assist clients in compliance with labor regulations such as the Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly known as the Service Contract Act) and Wage Rate Requirements Stature (formerly known as the Davis Bacon Act), as well as other Department of Labor requirements imposed upon Government contractors and subcontractors and responding to investigations and enforcement actions initiated by the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
• Assist with reviewing/drafting plans to avoid or mitigate an Organizational Conflict of Interest or Personal Conflict of Interest.
• Assist in the protection of client data rights, Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets.