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Department of Agriculture Proposes Rules for Biobased Products Preference in Federal Procurements
Yesterday, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued proposed rules to establish a preference for its 6th round of "biobased" items in federal procurements. 75 Fed. Reg. 6796 (Feb. 10, 2010). For a list of previously identified categories of products with a USDA determined minimum specified amount of biobased material, see http://www.biopreferred.gov/ProposedAndFinalItemDesignations.aspx. If the currently proposed designations are approved, the preference will become effective one-year after the publication of the final rule, and federal agencies and federal contractors will then be required to acquire the recently identified products.
Under the proposed rule, procuring agencies are generally required to purchase USDA-designated items if the purchase price exceeds $10,000 or the purchased value of such items (or functionally equivalent items) over the preceding year was $10,000 or more. Exceptions to the preference exist if the agency determines that the product (1) is not reasonably available, (2) fails to meet reasonable performance standards, or (3) is not available at reasonable price.
The USDA is proposing to designate the following items for preferred procurement, with a proposed minimum biobased content for each:
Disposable tableware (with a minimum biobased content of 72%);
Expanded polystryrene (EPS) foam recycling products (90%);
Heat transfer fluids (89%);
Ink removers and cleaners (79%);
Mulch and compost materials (95%);
Multipurpose lubricants (88%);
Office paper (95%);
Topical pain relief products (91%); and
Turbine drip oils (87%).
Under the proposed rule, manufacturers of the specific items will "self-certify" that their products contain qualifying percentages of biobased material, or "feedstock." The USDA intends to develop a monitoring process for the certifications.
In the future, the USDA will consider additional classes of items for designation as preferred bio-based products by comparing them to program criteria developed by the USDA, and evaluating product cost, availability and performance using information obtained from a variety of sources. Comments to the proposed rule will be accepted through April 12, 2010.
For more information on the program, please contact Dave Laidig at (612) 236-0160 or
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VA Issues Significant Changes to Veteran Business Verification Rules
Yesterday the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) adopted as final its interim rules on verification of veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. The final rules apply to VA determinations of federal government contractor eligibility to be entered into the VetBiz VIP database. Contractors in the VetBiz VIP database are eligible to receive preferential treatment in VA contracting programs under 38 U.S.C. § 8127, including set asides and sole-source awards.
The rules published on Monday included several important changes intended to address comments received by the VA during the rule making process. These changes include:
-- A requirement that an eligible veteran work full-time in the business seeking
verification. Full time employment is defined as "working at the business
during normal working hours, which equate to Monday through Friday,
approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m."
-- Guidance on resolving conflicts between VA verification as an eligible service-
disabled veteran-owned business and a contrary finding by the Small Business
Administration (SBA) under the protest process of Part 19.3 of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation. The new rule unequivocally states that a firm will be
removed from the VetBiz VIP database if the firm is found ineligible as a result
of a protest to the SBA.
-- A one-year limitation on eligibility for listing in the VetBiz VIP database,
effectively requiring businesses to reapply for verification annually, just as a
contractor must annually certify its small business size status in the Central
Contractor Registry.
-- Treatment of shares of stock in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
as "excluded stock" in certain closely-held businesses. In such cases, the
required veteran ownership of 51% will be examined with reference solely to
non-excluded stock.
The new rules have added significance for Minnesota-based veteran-owned businesses. Under a 2009 law, Minnesota provides the same bidding preference to veteran-owned businesses that "targeted group" businesses receive in bidding on state contracts. To be eligible for the Minnesota veteran-owned business preference, a contractor must pass the VA verification process.
These rules reflect the VA's continuing concern that veteran-owned businesses be truly independent and not simply a representative or "pass through" for a non-eligible firm. Although the new rules are effective as of February 8, 2010, the VA will accept comments on the interim final rules until March 10, 2010. The final rules are available at 75 Fed. Reg. 6098.
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Significant Increases to FAR Dollar Thresholds Under Proposed Rule
On February 4, 2010, the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council issued a proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). 75 Fed. Reg. 5716 (Feb. 4, 2010). The amendment would implement Section 807 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, which mandates five-year adjustments for inflation to acquisition-related thresholds based on the Consumer Price Index ("CPI"). The proposed rule covers both increases to statutory thresholds and increases to other dollar thresholds that appear only in the FAR. However, thresholds related to the Davis-Bacon Act, Service Contract Act, and trade agreements are excepted from the increases.
Thresholds that would be increased by the proposed rule include:
? Increasing the Simplified Acquisition Threshold from $100,000 to $150,000
(FAR 2.201);
? Increasing the Cost and Pricing data threshold from $650,000 to $700,000
(FAR 15.403-4); and
? Increasing the prime contractor Subcontracting Plan floor from $550,000 to
$650,000, and the Construction Threshold from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000
(FAR 19.702).
Notably, the micro-purchase threshold of $3,000 (FAR 2.101) would not be changed. The proposed increases are based on a projected CPI of 222 as of April 2010. If the CPI turns out to be higher, additional adjustments will be made to the increases set forth in the current version of the proposed rule.
To see a complete list of the affected thresholds, visit www.regulations.gov and search for "FAR Case 2008-024." Comments regarding the proposed amendment may be submitted through www.regulations.gov. The deadline for submitting comments is April 5, 2010. For further information regarding the proposed rule, please contact Mark Blando at (612) 236-0160 or
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2009 GAO Bid Protest Statistics Show Decrease in Sustain Rates But Dramatic Increase in ADR Success Rates
The Government Accountability Office ("GAO") recently released its bid protest statistics for calendar year 2009. According to the data, there was a 20.4% increase in protests in 2009 (1989 cases filed) when compared to data from 2008 (1652 cases filed), and a 41% increase over 2007 (1411 cases filed). The percentage of decisions on the merits (those cases that are not dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, failure to follow the GAO's exacting timelines or because the contracting agency grants the relief sought by the contractor) on protests increased by only 8% from 2008. Overall, while 20.4% more protests were filed in 2009 than in 2008, the percentage of GAO protests sustained dropped from 21% to 18% over this same period. Likewise, the percentage of protests filed in which the agency issued a decision on the merits dropped from 17.6% in 2008 to 15.8% in 2009. From this data, it appears that contractors may be filing more protests to protect potential business opportunities in lean times. At the same time, fewer protests are being decided on their merits, and, of those for which the GAO does issue a decision, the success rate of protestors decreased slightly over the last year - although both numbers are within historical trends for the past several years.
Most remarkably, the percentage of protests resolved through alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") increased by 91%. While each protest is unique, the data provided by the GAO indicates that the number of protests has continued to rise and that federal agencies are increasingly employing ADR to resolve protests. Although the number of cases resolved through ADR increased 91%, these cases still make up a minority of the protests filed with GAO. In 2009, 1989 protests were filed with the GAO. The report shows that 149 of those protests utilized ADR, roughly 7.5% of all protests. On the other hand, 315 cases went to a decision on the merits, or about 16%. Significantly, unsuccessful offerors seemed to be much more successful in ADR than before the GAO. Protestors achieved at least some form of relief in 93% of the cases resolved by ADR whereas only 18% of protests on which the agency reached a decision on the merits were sustained.
As the economy continues to recover, the number of protests filed in 2010 may well continue to rise. The bid protest process - already a uniquely cost-effective way to challenge the award of a federal government contract - can be a contractor's best chance at ensuring a fair chance to bid on business opportunities with the federal government. The increased successful use of ADR is a positive development for all disappointed bidders. The information in the GAO Report is an important part of the equation to apply when deciding whether or not to protest the award of a government contract.
The complete data on 2009 protests as published by the GAO is available online at www.wifcon.com/protestsgaostat.htm. For more information please contact Jeff Eckland at
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DOD Approves New Procurement Thresholds for Trade Agreements
The value of a federal government contract determines the applicability of various trade agreements. When the value of a contract exceeds the threshold established for a particular agreement, contractors may choose to provide products from countries who are a party to that agreement. Yesterday, the DoD approved an increase in the procurement thresholds for trade agreements applicable to federal contracts. These changes were published in the Federal Register by the United States Trade Representative and took effect on January 1, 2010 (see 74 Fed. Reg. 68907 (Dec. 29, 2009)). Yesterday's action implements the new thresholds throughout the Department of Defense.
The new thresholds replace those found at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 25.402(b) for Department of Defense contracts. Contracting officers are instructed to use the new thresholds instead of the current FAR 25.402(b) wherever they appear in the FAR or the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). The superseding table is available at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA000154-10-DPAP.pdf.
It is important for contractors to recognize how the value of a contract affects what contract clauses and laws may apply to the contract. If you have any questions regarding how this change will affect your business, please contact Tim Connelly at
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DOD Enters Into New, Revised 8(a) Partnership Agreement with SBA
On December 29, 2009, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a new 8(a) Partnership Agreement ("Agreement") with the Small Business Administration (SBA), altering the award process used in previous partnership agreements. Under the terms of the new Agreement, the SBA will no longer review the 8(a) eligibility of all offerors that are within the competitive range. Instead, the SBA will review eligibility of offerors sequentially, beginning with the likely successful offeror, as determined by DoD. This new Agreement is valid through September 30, 2012.
Pursuant to the Agreement, the DoD contracting officer is first directed to rank the offerors in the competitive range, prior to requesting approval from the SBA as to the offeror's 8(a) eligibility. Once the offerors are ranked, the contracting officer must request an 8(a) eligibility determination of the most likely successful offeror. If the SBA determines that the proposed offeror does not meet the 8(a) program participant requirements, the Agreement states that the SBA is to review the second offeror for eligibility. If this offeror also fails to meet the SBA's eligibility standards, the SBA is directed to review the third offeror for eligibility, and so on. Importantly, the DoD contracting officer may award a contract to an 8(a) program participant only if the officer has received the SBA's approval of the eligibility of the proposed offeror.
The procedural changes introduced in the new Agreement are intended to eliminate unnecessary administrative reviews in the award process. Despite these changes, the Agreement retains many elements of the previous procedures. For example, DoD contracting officers are still permitted to award contracts directly to 8(a) participants. Also, as in the previous partnership agreements, the SBA will remain the prime contractor on all 8(a) awards, modifications, options and purchase orders.
A copy of the new 8(a) Partnership Agreement between the DoD and SBA is available on-line at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA007271-09-DPAP.pdf. Please contact Tim Connelly at (612) 236-0165 or
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GAO Sustains Bid Protest of $3 Billion Contract to Oshkosh Corp.
The Government Accountability Office ("GAO") announced today that it has sustained the bid protest submitted by Navistar Defense, LLC ("Navistar") and BAE Systems, Tactical Vehicle Systems LP ("BAE") against the Army's award of a contract to Oshkosh Corporation ("Oshkosh"). (Bid Protest B-401865.) The contract to provide up to 23,000 vehicles and trailers to the U.S. Army is valued at $3 billion. Navistar and BAE protested the award on multiple grounds. While denying some of Navistar's and BAE's challenges to the award, the GAO sustained those challenges to the Army's evaluation of (1) Oshkosh's proposal under the capability evaluation factor, and (2) Navistar's past performance, as flawed.
In its decision, the GAO recommends that the Army take the following actions:
(1) reevaluate the proposals under the capability evaluation factor; (2) conduct a new evaluation of Navistar's past performance; and (3) make a new selection decision. If, after complying with the directive that the Army make a new selection decision, Oshkosh is not the awardee, the GAO directs the Army to terminate Oshkosh's contract for convenience. Additionally, the GAO awarded Navistar and BAE their costs incurred in filing and pursuing the successful challenges, including reimbursement of the attorney's fees related to those challenges.
The GAO's decision, issued under a protective order due to proprietary and source-sensitive material contained within the decision, is not yet available to the public. Look for another E&B Alert regarding this bid protest when the protest decision becomes available. For more information, visit: http://www.gao.gov/press/navistar_2009dec14.html or contact Mark Blando at (612) 236-0160 or
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New Rule Expands Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a final rule which provides increased contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) and veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB). Pursuant to the new rule, VA contracting officers are authorized to restrict competition for specific contracts to SDVOSBs or VOSBs. Additionally, the rule provides the VA with increased authority in deciding SDVOSB and VOSB status protests.
Under the final rule, "[c]ontracting officers may use other than competitive procedures to enter into a contract with a SDVOSB or VOSB when the amount exceeds the micro-purchase threshold up to $5 million." The rule also provides for sole source contracting with SDVOSBs and VOSBs under certain conditions. By raising the threshold for other than competitive contracting to $5 million and providing for sole source contracting, the VA has increased the contracting opportunities available to these businesses and has loosened the regulations that may have hampered these contracts in the past.
The rule's modification to the procedure for status protests provides the VA with increased authority over SDVOSBs and VOSBs. Previously, the Small Business Administration (SBA) considered protests regarding the status of a SDVOSB/VOSB. Under this final rule, however, the VA and SBA will create a new interagency agreement governing these protests and share control over such protests. The interagency agreement has not yet been finalized. In the interim, the VA's Executive Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization will consider SDVOSB and VOSB status protests. These changes only apply to VA contract and VA contract-related size protests. VA will accept comments on its amendment to the process by which status protests are handled through January 7, 2010.
A copy of the final rule is available here: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-28461.pdf. For additional information, please contact Jeff Eckland at
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GAO Finds Fraud and Abuse by Companies Claiming to be Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Yesterday, the United States Government Accountability Office ("GAO") publicly released a report revealing that fraud and abuse have resulted in millions of dollars being paid to ineligible firms under the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Program. The report summarized a GAO investigation into whether (1) cases of fraud and abuse exist within the SDVOSB program, and (2) effective fraud-prevention controls are in place. The investigation was performed at the request of the Chairwoman of the Committee on Small Business, the Honorable Nydia M. Velazquez.
To qualify as a SDVOSB, a company must be "majority owned" by service-disabled veterans who manage and control daily business operations. To meet the requirement that the business be "majority owned," 51% or more of the stock of the company must be held by one or more service-disabled veterans. A "veteran" for purposes of the SDVOSB definition is an individual who served in the active military, naval, or air service and was discharged or released on conditions other than dishonorable. "Service-disabled" means that the individual suffered a disability while in the line of duty or aggravated a pre-existing disability while in the line of duty. The current system permits the business to self-certify as an SDVOSB by attesting that it meets the above-stated criteria.
In the report, the GAO identified ten examples of firms that failed to meet the SDVOSB eligibility requirements, yet still received contracts set aside for such businesses. In total, these firms collected almost $100 million under contracts that were set aside for small businesses owned by disabled veterans. The GAO identified a number of ways in which companies violated the SDVOSB requirements, including: (i) a firm whose owner was not a service-disabled veteran; (ii) a firm whose owner, while a service-disabled veteran, did not control the day-to-day operations of the business; and (iii) firms that served as "pass-throughs" by which non-veterans perform or manage all work under the contract. The report notes that there is currently no requirement to terminate contracts when businesses are found to be ineligible, and that "the SDVOSB program has no preventative controls in place to prevent fraud and abuse." (emphasis added). Based on these findings, the GAO report includes the following recommendations: (1) coordination of government agencies to create an expanded database of eligible SDVOSB firms, and (2) requiring all contractors found to have misrepresented their status as a SDVOSB to be debarred.
A copy of the GAO report is available here: www.gao.gov/new.items/d10108.pdf. For additional information, please contact Tim Connelly at
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GAO on Sole Source Procurement: Agency's Failure to Plan Does Not Qualify as an Emergency
The GAO provided further guidance this week on sole source contracting in Matter of RBC Bearings Inc., B-401661; B-401661.2 (October 27, 2009). A sole source contract is one that is awarded without competitive bidding, and is allowed when the supplies or service required are available from only one company, or when the requirement is of "unusual and compelling urgency." This GAO decision emphasizes that government agencies may not avoid competitive bidding by creating circumstances of unusual and compelling urgency themselves.
In RBC Bearings, the Protester had sought for over 10 years to become an approved source of bearings for use in Black Hawk helicopters. The agency never tested the bearings and repeatedly changed its specifications, making it impossible for RBC to gain approval. Additionally, because the agency ordered only a few bearings at a time, its need for the bearings was "urgent," and the agency repeatedly entered into sole source contracts.
In its decision, the GAO pointed out that the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA) forbids agencies from using noncompetitive procurement procedures because of its own failure to perform advance planning. Because the need for bearings was predictable, the DLA should have assessed its annual needs and performed reasonable advance planning to fulfill those needs. The GAO also reaffirmed that when an agency restricts a contract to only approved sources, it must give others "a reasonable opportunity to qualify." It found that "[f]ailure to act upon a potential offeror's request for approval within a reasonable period of time deprives the requester of an opportunity to compete and is inconsistent with the CICA mandate that agencies obtain full and open competition through the use of competitive procedures." The GAO therefore directed the DLA to make a good faith effort to determine RBC's eligibility to compete for future awards.
Thus, the RBC Bearings decision demonstrates that while agencies may enter into sole source contracts in limited circumstances, they may not create the circumstances necessitating non-competitive contracts by failing to act reasonably.
If you have questions on how this decision may affect you, please contact Mark Blando at
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