Christopher Griesedieck

Jan 15, 2025 | law360.com | Christopher Griesedieck |David SMith |David Smith

By Christopher Griesedieck and David Smith ( January 15, 2025, 5:59 PM EST) -- On Dec. 23, President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025.[1] The law authorizes $895.2 billion for national defense discretionary programs and will shape U.S. defense priorities, from military readiness to emerging technologies.[2]... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.

Dec 3, 2024 | mondaq.com | Christopher Griesedieck

On September 17, 2024, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the General Services Administration (GSA) released its Audit Plan for the 2025 fiscal year, which includes, among other activities, certain, and potentially impactful, examinations of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. While we are not addressing all the audits proposed in this plan, we are highlighting two audits that could significantly impact the more than 20,000 contractors that currently hold MAS contracts.

Oct 28, 2024 | mondaq.com | Christopher Griesedieck

Contractors frequently rely on "shared services" agreements or "interorganizational transfers" with their corporate parents, subsidiaries, and sister companies when performing work for the federal government. These arrangements can offer significant benefits to federal contractors and their customers alike, including easy access to trusted expertise and potentially lower administrative costs.

Mar 7, 2024 | mondaq.com | Rebecca Pearson |Christopher Griesedieck

When two companies negotiate a subcontract in support of a federal government prime contract ("federal subcontract"), they may include provisions capping their liability to each other at specific amounts. In structuring such caps, they should ensure that the caps do not conflict with any Changes clause that allows the subcontractor to recover for government- or prime-caused changes. A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, BAE Sys. Ordnance Sys., Inc., v.

Nov 29, 2023 | mondaq.com | Paul A. Debolt |Christopher Griesedieck

(November 21, 2023) - Attorneys at Venable LLP discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a subcontract adhere to "federal common law of government contracts" following a Virginia federal court's ruling on a subcontractor's cost claims. Government contractors often "flow down" contract clauses from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and its supplements to their subcontractors, including clauses related to changes (e.g., FAR 52.243-1) and excusable delays (e.g., FAR 52.249-14).