This section provides useful news and resources such as links to information and assistance sites for legal matters, articles published by Cohen Mohr attorneys, representative cases, and various policies and procedures relevant to our practice areas.
On May 31, 2018, GAO, for the first time, sustained a bid protest in connection with an "Other Transaction Agreement" ("OTA"). See Oracle America, Inc. B-416061, May 31, 2018, 2018 CPD ¶ ___.
Joint Venture Agreements: Make a List and Check it Twice
When the Government issues a procurement as a set aside for entities within a specified small business status program (e.g. SDVOSB, VOSB, EDWOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, and small business), eligible companies may not have the capacity...
You were just notified by the government that your proposal, for an important government contract or task order that you were hoping to be awarded, was unsuccessful. The question that immediately jumps to your mind is...
VA Temporarily Suspending Incoming CVE SDVOSB Applications
The VA OSDBU and Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) announced that on May 21, 2018, CVE will suspend its acceptance of applications submitted by companies seeking to become verified (or re-verified) as an SDVOSB for...
Grant and Cooperative Agreement Protests: A Changed Landscape
John O'Brien and Andrew Wible discuss the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Hymas v. United States, 810 F.3d 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2016), which all but eliminated the Tucker Act...
SBA Opens The Door To Its New Small Mentor Protégé Program
Laurel Hockey discusses the Small Business Administration's Small Mentor Protégé Program, effective August 24, 2016, under which a small business may enter into a mentor protégé agreement with another business (large or small) and avoid being deemed...
