PilieroMazza Legal Advisor – Second Quarter 2013

In This Issue: Beware of “Boilerplate” When Drafting Contract Provisions PilieroMazza Seminars and Events Lowest Price Technically Acceptable: It Doesn’t Work for Your Retirement Plan Either Risks of Delaying Your Debriefing Until After Award HUBZone Designation Update

Right-Sized: How a Contractor and its Outside Counsel Adjusted a GSA Schedule BPA RFQ to the Appropriate Size Standard

An article by Jon Williams and Alex Levine’s published in February’s Contract Management Magazine. Last summer, we helped a contractor with a case that had all of the plot twists of a Hollywood blockbuster. The case involved an RFQ for a blanket purchase agreement (“BPA”) under a GSA Schedule Contract. There were multiple Special Item Numbers (“SINs”) on the schedule, with different NAICS codes and size standards. The procuring agency issued the RFQ as a total set-aside for small businesses, . . . Read More