INTRODUCTION The Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) was initially developed to provide evaluations for all government contractors. The intention was to ensure that performance rating information…
This Part II will focus on the fallout of a material breach, including the right to stop work and the options for both the breaching and non-breaching parties.
Much has been written about the now infamous Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) medical facility construction project in Aurora, Colorado, which is projected to have over $1 billion in cost overruns (projected final cost of approximately $1.7 billion). The storylines include Kiewit-Turner…
INTRODUCTION All Government contracts are subject to the Termination for Convenience Clause (FAR 49.502). This clause allows the Government to terminate a contract whenever “…it is in…
INTRODUCTION A Contracting Officer (CO) must support their final decision on a contractor claim with some type of finding of fact. While the Contracting Officer’s Final Decision…
INTRODUCTION Differing Site Conditions are commonplace in the construction arena. Contractors can potentially incur significant increases in costs and time when addressing and working with these newly…
INTRODUCTION Contractors who experience, and can prove, differing site conditions can recover certain costs associated with the impact of working around that site condition. A recent decision…
INTRODUCTION In the event that a stop-work order is lifted by the Government, the contractor is required to return to work immediately, and has only a 30-day…
INTRODUCTION Change orders and modifications are common, if not inevitable, during the life of a construction contract. When changes to the contract occur, Field Office Overhead costs…
INTRODUCTION In 2013, the Federal Government secured $3.8 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud against the Government, under the False Claims Act (FCA)….
