By Heather Mims, Esq. An aptly titled bill, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act into law on June 5, 2020. The Act would ease several restrictions on companies that borrow money under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). You can read more about the Paycheck Protection Program here and here. Generally, the new Act… Read more »
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Square Pegs and Round Holes – OSHA Reporting Requirements A Difficult Fit for COVID-19
By Tyler Freiberger, Esq., As pandemic restrictions are beginning to ease, employers are increasingly challenged with knowing and meeting their obligations concerning COVID-19 prevention in the workplace. The confusion and shifting nature of these goal posts is best exemplified by the Department of Labor’s recent revised memorandum advising that employers are responsible for recording cases… Read more »
Upcoming Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation Refresh
By Julia Coon, The General Services Administration (GSA) will be releasing refresh #2 to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) solicitation in June 2020. All current MAS contractors will receive a PIN to accept the mass modification and will have 90 days to accept the mass modification. The upcoming refresh will include the following changes…. Read more »
Contractor Claims in a COVID-19 World
By Hon. Jack Delman Our new COVID-19 (COVID) world brings special risks and unanticipated cost in the performance of federal contracts, particularly for those contractors holding fixed price contracts. Below we suggest various ways through which a contractor can mitigate some of these challenges. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER YOUR CONTRACT AND THE LAW If COVID impacts… Read more »
A Lesson from the CBCA on Recovering COVID-19 Related Costs on Your Government Contract
By Edward W. Bailey, A recent decision from the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (“CBCA”) serves as a warning to government contractors as they incur increased expenses stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. However, it also reveals what contractors can do to protect themselves. In Pernix Serka Joint Venture, CBCA 5683 (Apr. 22, 2020), a… Read more »
COVID-19 Funding Brings Enforcement Risks
By Heather Mims, Esq. In these unprecedented times, when the Government is handing out literally trillions of dollars of cash, a certain amount of unscrupulous behavior is almost certainly to follow. While the economic stimulus plan will provide desperately needed help to plenty of worthy small businesses, it will also surely be rife with fraud… Read more »
Reckoning (and a May 7 “Mulligan”) On The Horizon For Paycheck Protection Program Abusers
By David Warner, One of the key provisions of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) is the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). As explained in a prior Centre Blog Post the cornerstone of the PPP is a loan program under which small businesses can borrow the equivalent of two months’ worth… Read more »
MAS Updates to Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) Payments and Sales Reporting Due April 30
By JW Butler With the General Services Administration’s (GSA) release of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), there have been many changes to GSA’s systems, and the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Sales Reporting Portal (SRP) is no exception. While there are some minor changes to the system, there have been NO changes to the sales reporting… Read more »
SDV Not In “Control” – Court Affirms Overturn of Set Aside Award!
By Hon. Jack Delman In XOTECH, LLC v. UNITED STATES, 950 F.3d 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2020) (XO), the Federal Circuit recently affirmed the overturn of an award to a service-disabled-veteran-owned (SDVO) LLC small business on the grounds that the LLC failed to show that its decisions were controlled by the SDV as required by law…. Read more »
Free Money? Are The Payroll Loans Too Good to Be True?
By Tyler Freiberger, Esq., By now, you’ve heard about the CARES Act and the $350 billion put aside for small businesses. Bank of America alone received 10,000 applications in just the first hour it opened its online portal. If you haven’t, the short story is that private lenders are beings tasked to provide loans to… Read more »
