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James G. Peyster is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Group.

James' practice focuses on a wide range of government procurement law, including bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, contract claims at the Board of Contract Appeals, prime/sub disputes, and counseling clients on a wide range of matters, including compliance programs, procurement integrity, and identification and resolution of organizational and personal conflicts of interest.

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This week, in UXB-KEMRON Remediation Services, LLC, B-401017 (Oct. 25, 2010), the GAO provided an important reminder about its exacting application of timeliness rules. 

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) published a delivery order proposal request under a multiple award, ID/IQ contract for landmine removal work in Afghanistan. The ID/IQ schedule contract under…

Two recent bid protest decisions from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provide a helpful reminder that a “price realism” analysis is never considered to be part and parcel with the Government’s standard price evaluation in a federal procurement, nor synonymous with a “price reasonableness” determination. A price realism review is only required when called for in…