Government Contracts and Grants

The huge number of federal and state government contracts and grants available under the Recovery Act provides enormous opportunities. However, all Recovery Act funds come with a complicated set of strings attached. Among other things, the Act includes a complex new Buy America provision and imposes many other restrictions for specific programs.  The administration is quickly issuing supplemental regulations and policies concerning Recovery Act funds.  In addition, contractors and subcontractors subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) must comply with all FAR and agency-specific regulations, including a new FAR provision that imposes compliance program requirements.  Moreover, all contractors, subcontractors, grantees and sub-grantees must comply with a new “mandatory disclosure” rule requiring timely disclosure of “credible evidence” of criminal violations, violations of the civil False Claims Act or significant overpayments received.

Companies receiving Recovery Act funds must keep abreast of these fast-changing regulations and requirements and ensure their practices are in compliance. Among other things, almost all companies will need to update their compliance programs and practices to ensure they meet the requirements of the new mandatory disclosure rule.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s government contracts and grants lawyers handle the formation, administration and litigation phases of contracts and subcontracts funded by the U.S. government. Our experience includes construction contracts (from renovations to large structures and complex projects), supply contracts (from simple commercial items to sophisticated weapons), service contracts (from monthly janitorial services to multiyear base operations contracts), research and development contracts (from limited application research to Strategic Defense Initiative weapons and strategic planning) and ADPE procurements (computer software, hardware and services, and telecommunications equipment and services).  Our lawyers also have extensive experience in providing assistance with respect to grants and cooperative agreements in a broad variety of areas.

Our government contracts lawyers are familiar with all executive branch procuring agencies and are particularly experienced with the procurement policies and regulations of the Departments of Transportation, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, State and Veterans Affairs, as well as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Agency for International Development and the General Services Administration.

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Contacts:
	Email:	Phone:
	Scott Heimberg	202.887.4085	See More…
	Bob Huffman	202.887.4530	See More…
	Peter Hutt	202.887.4294	See More…