The Government Contracts Practice advises and represents clients that sell products and services to federal, state and local government agencies.  We help clients with issues involving awards of government contracts as well as those that arise during or after contract performance.  The Government Contracts Practice also represents government contract clients in litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Our work includes:

• Representing disappointed offerors and successful awardees in “bid protests”—challenges to the award of a government contract.

• Enabling contractors to obtain the benefits of streamlined procurement rules for commercial items.

• Advising clients who wish to transfer goods, services or information to or from foreign countries on export control and domestic content restrictions.

• Counseling clients on the Government’s use of “Other Transactions”.

• Helping clients prepare and analyze internal policies and procedures for ethics and compliance issues faced by contractors.

• Counseling clients on unique cost allowability and allocability issues presented under government contracts, counseling on compliance with the Truth in Negotiations Act, and representing contractors in defective pricing, cost and cost accounting system claims.

• Counseling contractors on intellectual property issues—patent and technical data rights and software licenses—under government contracts.

• Preparing and litigating claims and resolving other contract disputes.

• Helping contractors deal with contract terminations for default and for convenience.

• Representing contractors who face criminal or contract fraud allegations brought by internal and external “whistleblowers” and the government.

• Assisting clients on the government contract aspects of mergers, asset purchases, joint ventures, teaming agreements, and other business combinations.

Our clients span the range of government contractors and include:

• Several major defense contractors, each with multiple product lines, locations, and government customers.

• Several suppliers of commercial information technology equipment who sell to federal, state, and local governments.

• A small business supplier of hardware to the U.S. Army.

• A small business supplier of aircraft maintenance and support services to the military.

• A construction firm with claims against the Army Corps of Engineers for refurbishment work at a military hospital.

• The operator of an Army Ammunition Plant in toxic tort lawsuits filed by former workers and a class action filed by nearby property owners.