This post was also written by Joelle E.K. Laszlo. Full and open competition is a bedrock principle in federal contracting, so government initiatives to expand competition, like the interim rule on multiple-award schedule (“MAS”) contracts that took effect this summer, should come as no surprise. But competition breeds a lot of different things, and enhanced … Continue Reading
This post was written by Matthew J. Thomas. “Have you seen these new Mideast sanctions? I don’t think we can go ahead with our contracts there. Can we just cancel them?” This common dilemma is at the heart of a new Reed Smith Client Alert discussing the application of sanctions-based contract cancellation clauses. Use of … Continue Reading