Sorting Out NITAAC’s Amendments to CIO-SP4: Federal Drive’s Tom Temin Interviews Cy Alba
The NIH has long operated a series of popular governmentwide acquisition contracts through its Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, or NITAAC. The solicitation for the new vehicle known as CIO-SP4 was barely out before it ran into protests. Since then NITAAC issued eight amendments to the solicitation, causing the industry to scratch its head. To help sort it all out, Cy Alba , one of the protesting attorneys and a partner at PilieroMazza , joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin . Visit this link to hear the full . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 29, 2021
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . WEBINAR: Risk Prevention Strategies: The High Cost of Employee Misclassification—What Employers Should Know, August 4, 2021, Sarah Nash and Matthew Kreiser. Read more here . LABOR & EMPLOYMENT DOL Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Increase Wages for Workers on Government Contracts The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish standards and procedures to implement and enforce Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors,” (EO), which was signed by President Biden on . . . Read More
Cy Alba Comments on NITAAC’s CIO-SP4: Changes Impact Small, Large Businesses Alike
Cy Alba , a partner with the law firm PilieroMazza and who represented some of the companies that filed protests on July 2 which prompted NITAAC to take corrective action on all issues presented, said NITAAC’s amendment and change is causing two major problems. “For small businesses, who cannot simply reform into joint ventures with large firms who are not their mentor because it would make the joint venture a large business, it is forcing them to ‘no-bid,’ wasting hundreds of thousands in bid and proposal dollars,” Alba . . . Read More
Law360 Quotes Lauren Brier on Competition and Cybersecurity Issues in JEDI Replacement
The replacement of the Pentagon’s highly litigated $10 billion JEDI contract with a tentative arrangement for Microsoft and Amazon to provide cloud computing services could spark new lawsuits over a perceived lack of competition. Although the new Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability deal that replaces the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure acquisition is a multiaward contract, the U.S. Department of Defense indicated it expects to award deals only to JEDI awardee Microsoft Corp. and Amazon Web Services Inc. . . . [H]aving . . . Read More
Federal News Network Interviews Cy Alba on CIO-SP4 Recent Developments
All of the confusion and consternation over the solicitation for the CIO-SP4 IT services governmentwide acquisition contract finally has boiled over. Five companies filed pre-award protests with the Government Accountability Office after the National Institutes of Health Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) failed to clarify several questions about its request for proposals. . . . The law forces companies to protest Cy Alba , a partner with the law firm PilieroMazza , represents four of the protestors and has heard from several other . . . Read More
Federal Computer Week Quotes Jon Williams’ Congressional Testimony on CMMC
Small businesses are lobbying Congress for a more lenient process to meet the Defense Department’s unified cybersecurity standard for contractors, called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Jonathan Williams , a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm PilieroMazza , told lawmakers much of small businesses concerns could be assuaged if DOD and prime contractors shoulder the burden. The key to keeping costs and concern down is for DOD to stay true to its word and for most defense industry base companies . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 2, 2021
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . WEBINAR: Latest Developments with the HUBZone Program, July 21, 2021, Jon Williams . Read more here . WEBINAR: Risk Prevention Strategies: Legal Considerations in Crisis Management – Planning, Mitigation, and Recovery, July 28, 2021, Matt Feinberg and Megan Benevento. Read more here . LABOR & EMPLOYMENT DOL Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Protect Tipped Workers, Clarify Use of the Tip Credit The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to withdraw and re-propose one portion of the Tip Regulations . . . Read More
PilieroMazza Celebrates Pride Month
PilieroMazza joins in celebrating the past, present, and future of the LGBTQ+ community. While LGBTQ+ individuals have always existed, it is only relatively recently that the United States has begun to recognize this community and the diversity and beauty it brings to our collective culture—as we at PilieroMazza can attest! From the Stonewall Riots to the more recent Supreme Court cases recognizing the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals to live authentically, we honor this history, with all its triumphs as well . . . Read More
Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – June 24, 2021
If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . PilieroMazza Partner Jon Williams Testifies at Congressional Hearing on CMMC, June 24, 2021 PilieroMazza is pleased to announce that Jon Williams , a Partner on the Firm’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Team and Chair of the Government Contracts Group , testified at a hearing on June 24, 2021, at 10:00 AM ET before the Congressional Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations. The hearing—which focused on matters concerning Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)—was entitled “CMMC Implementation: . . . Read More
PilieroMazza Partner Jon Williams to Testify at Congressional Hearing on CMMC
PilieroMazza is pleased to announce that Jon Williams , a Partner on the Firm’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Team and Chair of the Government Contracts Group , will testify at a hearing on June 24, 2021, at 10:00 AM ET before the Congressional Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations. The hearing—which focuses on matters concerning Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)—is entitled “CMMC Implementation: What It Means for Small Businesses.” A recording of the hearing is available here , . CMMC is the Department of Defense’s (DOD) latest initiative . . . Read More