Government Contracts Coffee Break

Strategic pricing 101

Liza Craig chats with government contracting pricing expert Marsha Lindquist about Marsha’s new book - Secrets of Strategic Pricing for Government Contractors – and about tips for developing winning strategies related to strategic pricing. Government contractors will not want to miss this discussion!

GAO Protest Decision: Sabre Systems, Inc. B-420090.3

Join Liza Craig and summer associates Jordon DeGroote and Ahmad Younis as they discuss the recent Government Accountability Office (‘GAO’) protest decision. The decision reminds us that federal agencies will face an uphill battle when interpreting laws, rules, regulations, provisions, etc. cited in the solicitation in a manner that is inconsistent with the GAO “plain meeting.”

Department of Defense declines to give FFP contractors inflation relief

Our hosts, Liza Craig and Joshuah Turner, discuss economic price adjustment clauses in defense contracts and the new guidance on the topic issued to contracting officers.

High level overview of cybersecurity for government contractors

Liza Craig, Joshuah Turner, and Eric Manski discuss recent cybersecurity trends and issues that government contractors should be aware of.

The use of stipends in design-build contracting

Joshuah Turner, a member of Reed Smith’s Government Contracts and Grants team, speaks with Jim Doerfler, counsel in all matters involving project counsel work on private and public commercial and industrial construction projects, about stipends and how they are effectively used in construction contracting.

Department of Defense finalizes rule enhancing post-award debriefings

Liza Craig and Joshuah Turner, both members of Reed Smith’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Group and both former Department of Defense (DoD) Agency counsel, discuss the recently issued final rule on DoD enhanced debriefings, which builds upon DoD’s 2018 Class Deviation on enhanced debriefings and clarifies the associated bid protest time lines that Defense contractors should be aware of.

2022 NDAA Quick Look: Supply chain and small business provisions

Partner Liza Craig discusses sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2022 that defense contractors and others interested in government business need to know about.

GAO case updates: How agency oversight failures can harm contractors

Global Regulatory Enforcement Group lawyers Liza Craig and Joshuah Turner discuss recent GAO decisions that government contractors need to know about.

Introduction to data rights in government contracting

Members of Reed Smith’s Government Contracts and Grants team discuss basic terms associated with data rights that every government contractor needs to know. Liza Craig and Joshuah Turner look at intellectual property from a federal contractor’s perspective and explain what they see, in the first episode of this multi-part podcast series. 

COVID-19 mandates for federal employees and contractors

The Federal Government has instituted mask mandates and other requirements in federal workplaces due to a surge in illness caused by the new COVID-19 variants. Global Regulatory Enforcement lawyers Liza Craig and Joshuah Turner discuss the federal COVID-19 workplace safety policies that will impact federal employees and on-site contractors.

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