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The Importance of Implied Contractual Duties in Joint Venture Agreements
Sareesh Rawat, Esq.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) mentor-protégé program allows experienced firms to pair with smaller firms to form separate joint venture (JV) entities to pursue federal government contracts. The mentor and protégé firms enter into a JV agreement to meet the program’s regulatory...
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Surviving Government Motions to Dismiss Based on the Sum Certain Requirement
Sareesh Rawat, Esq.
A Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claim meets the mandatory “sum certain” requirement when the contractor has submitted to the contracting officer (CO) a clear and unequivocal statement that gives the CO adequate notice of the basis and amount of the claim. While the CDA provides no definition of a...
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Post-Award Challenges to Flawed Best-Value Tradeoff Analyses
Sareesh Rawat, Esq.
Under best-value evaluation schemes, government evaluators are typically required to qualitatively assess the offerors’ proposals based on the stated evaluation criteria in the solicitation to determine which proposal represents the best value to the government. If the evaluation scheme provides...
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Countering Post-hoc Rationalizations in Government Contracts Disputes
Sareesh Rawat, Esq.
When reviewing an agency’s procurement actions, adjudicative forums such as the Government Accountability Office (GAO) typically consider various materials and information in the record. Such materials may include arguments the agency and contractor raised during litigation, explanations of...
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