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Chapter 1 .Government Contracting Doctrines 3

A.Introduction: The Challenge of the Different Culture of Government Contracting 3

Total Medical Management, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v.The United States, Defendant-Appellant 6

Notes and Questions 10

B.Characteristic Doctrines 11

1.Limited Authority 11

Office of Personnel Management, Petitioner v.Charles Richmond 13

Notes and Questions 19

Mil-Spec Contractors, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.The United States, Defendant-Appellee 21

Notes and Questions 25

Harbert/Lummus Agrifuels Projects, et al., Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants, v. The United States, Defendant-Appellant 26

Notes and Questions 30

Donald C.Winter, Secretary of the Navy, Appellant, v.Cath-dr/Balti Joint Venture, Appellee 31

2.Law in Statutes, Regulations, and Standard Clauses 35

Regulations 36

G.L.Christian and Associates v. The United States 39

Appeal of University of California, San Francisco 41

Notes and Questions 41

3.Budgets 42

C.State Procurement 44

Kennedy Temporaries v.Comptroller of the Treasury 45

Notes and Questions 50

Fair Treatment for Contractors Doing Business with the State of Maryland 51

Notes and Questions 55

Chapter 2 .Sealed Bids and Competitive Proposals 57

A.Sealed Bids 58

1.Responsiveness 59

ECDC Environmental, L.C., Plaintiff, v.The United States, Defendant, and Great Lakes Dredge ＆ Dock Co., Intervenor 60

Notes and Questions 64

2.Responsibityty 65

Impresa Construzioni Geom.Domenico Garufi, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States, Defendant-Appellee 65

Notes and Questions 71

3.Process 72

Carothers Construction Inc., Plaintiff, v.The United States, Defendant, Barron Construction Company, Intervenor 72

Notes and Questions 76

McClure Electrical Constructors, Inc., Appellant, v. John H.Dalton, Secretary of the Navy, Appellee 76

Notes and Questions 79

B.Competitive Negotiation 80

1.Negotiation Process 81

Information Technology ＆Applications Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.United States, Defendant-Appellee 82

Notes and Questions 88

W ＆ D Ships Deck Works, Inc., Plaintiff, v.United States, Defendant 89

Notes and Questions 95

Isratex, Inc.v.United States 96

Notes and Questions 102

John H.Dalton, Secretary of the Navy, Appellant, v.Cessna Aircraft Company, Appellee 102

Notes and Questions 110

2.Evaluation 110

Lockheed Missiles ＆ Space Co., Inc., Appellant, v.Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury, Appellee, et al. 110

Notes and Questions 114

Sheila Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force, Appellant, et al.v. B3H Corporation, Intervenor, et al. 114

Notes and Questions 118

Matter of Environmental Tectonics Corporation 119

Notes and Questions 123

Bannum, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.United States, Defendant-Appellee 124

Notes and Questions 128

C.Modi№ications 128

Cardinal Maintenance Service, Inc., Plaintiff, v.The United States, Defendant, and Navales Enterprises, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor 128

Notes and Questions: 134

Chapter 3 .Commercial, IDIQ, and MAS Contracting 135

A.FedBizOpps 135

TMI Management Systems, Inc. 136

B.Commercial Contracting 139

Matter of Access Logic, Inc. 140

Notes and Questions 143

Matter of GIBBCO LLC 144

B.IDIQ and MAS Contracting 147

1.IDIQ Contracting 147

Decision Matter of DynCorp International LLC 148

2.MAS Contracting 153

Matter of REEP, Inc. 154

Notes and Questions 156

Quantico Arms ＆ Tactical Supply, Inc. 156

IDEA International, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The United States, Defendant, and ICATT Consulting, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor 159

Notes and Questions 164

Chapter 4 .Contract Types, Costs, and Budgets 165

A.Funding 166

Judge Advocate General’s School, Funding and Funding Limitations 166

Notes and Questions 170

Charles Tiefer, Controlling Federal Agencies by Claims on Their Appropriations? The Takings Bill and the Power of the Purse 171

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma et al., Petitioners, v.Michael O.Leavitt, Respondent 172

Notes & Questions: 177

B.Contract Types 178

Note on Contract Types 178

Coyle’s Pest Control, Inc., Appellant, v.Andrew Cuomo, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Appellee 181

Notes and Questions 184

Textron Defense Systems, Appellant, v.Sheila E.Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force, Appellee 185

Notes and Questions 189

C.Cost Accounting and Auditing 189

Note on the Defense Contract Audit Agency 190

United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Defendant-Appellee 191

Notes and Questions 197

1.Allowability 197

Bill Strong Enterprises, Inc., Appellant, v.John Shannon, Acting Secretary of the Army, Appellee 198

Notes and Questions 205

2.Allocability and Reasonableness 205

Cost Principles: Reasonableness and Allocability 205

3.Cost Accounting Standards 207

Cost Accounting Standards 207

Notes and Questions 208

Chapter 5 .Contract Administration 209

A.Contracting Of№icer Discretion and Interpretation 210

TEG-Paradigm Environmental, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.United States, Defendant-Appellee 211

Propellex Corporation, Appellant, v.Les Brownlee, Acting Secretary of the Army, Appellee 218

B.Specifications, Inspection and Acceptance 218

1.Specifications 219

J.L.Malone ＆ Associates, Inc., Appellant, v.The United States, Appellee 219

Notes and Questions 225

United States v. Spearin 225

Notes and Questions 228

Delbert Boyle, Personal Representative et al.Petitioner, v. United Technologies Corporation 229

Notes and Questions 234

Hercules Incorporated, et al., Petitioners, v.United States 234

Notes and Questions 236

2.Inspection 237

Inspection of Supplies Clause — Fixed-Price 238

Appeal of Technical Ordnance, Inc. 240

Notes and Questions 243

Mann Chemical Laboratories, Inc., Plaintiff v.United States of America, Defendant 244

3.Acceptance 245

Notes and Questions 246

Appeal of Fischer Imaging Corporation 247

In the Matter of Instruments for Industry, Inc., Debtor-Appellee, v. United States of America, Appellant 247

Notes and Questions 249

C.Government Assistance, Including Progress Payments and Prompt Payment, and Sureties 249

1.Government-Furnished Property 251

Franklin Pavkov Construction Co., Appellant, v.James G.Roche, Secretary of the Air Force, Appellee 251

Notes and Questions 255

2.Prompt Payment 256

Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services Inc., Appellant v.Department of the Treasury, Respondent 256

Notes and Questions 261

3.Assignment as Security for Credit 261

Industrial Bank of Washington, Appellant, v.United States of America et al. 261

Notes and Questions 263

Chapter 6 .Changes and Delays 265

A.The Changes Clause, Cardinal Changes, and Formal Changes 266

Changes Clause — Fixed-Price 267

In re Boston Shipyard Corp., Debtor.Appeal of Boston Shipyard Corp. 267

Notes and Questions 270

B.Equitable Adjustments and Constructive Changes 272

1. Constructive Changes 272

General Builders Supply Co., Inc., on Behalf of Itself and for the Benefit of Hupp, Inc.v.The United States 273

Notes and Questions 275

2. Computation and Proof of Equitable Adjustments 276

Propellex Corporation, Appellant, v.Les Brownlee, Acting Secretary of the Army, Appellee 277

C.Delays 281

Blinderman Construction Co., Inc., Appellant, v.The United States, Appellee 281

Notes and Questions 286

Suspension of Work Clause 287

Note on Delays — Compensable and Excusable 287

Notes and Questions 289

Chapter 7 .Internectual Property 291

A.Patents and Copyrights 291

Note on Patents 291

Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.Shaw Environmental, Inc., Defendant-Cross Appellant 293

Copyrights 297

C.Technical Data 298

Note on Rights in Technical Data 298

FN Manufacturing, Inc., Plaintiff, v.The United States, Defendant, and Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Inc., Intervenor 300

Notes and Questions 305

C.Restrictive Markings and Software 306

Note on Restricted Rights and Markings 306

Dowty Decoto, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Department of the Navy et al., Defendants-Appellants 307

Notes and Questions 312

Note on Government Licensing of Commercial Software 313

Data Enterprises of the Northwest, Appellant, v.General Services Administration, Respondent 315

Notes and Questions 322

D.Information Technology 322

L.A.Systems, Protester, v. Department of the Army, and Defense Information Systems Agency, Respondents 323

Notes and Questions 330

Information Systems and Networks Corporation, Plaintiff, v. The United States, Defendant 330

Chapter 8 .Small Business and Subcontractors 331

A.Privity and Subcontractors 331

Merritt v. United States 332

Notes and Questions 334

W.G.Yates ＆ Sons Construction Co., Inc., Appellant, v.Louis Caldera, Secretary of the Army, Appellee 334

Questions: 338

NavCom Defense Electronics, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v.Ball Corporation, Defendant-Appellant 338

Notes and Questions 341

Note on Flowdown, and Other, Terms for Subcontractors 342

Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc.dba Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Petitioner, v.Denise F.McVeigh as Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph E.McVeigh 343

Notes and Questions: 347

Arthur S.Lujan, Labor Commissioner of California, et al., v. G ＆ G Fire Sprinklers, Inc. 347

Notes and Questions 350

B.Small Business Programs and Affirmative Action Issues 351

1.Note on Small Business Programs 351

2.Minority Small Disadvantaged Businesses 352

San Antonio General Maintenance, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. James Abnor, et al., Defendants 353

Notes and Questions 357

3.Affirmative Action Challenges 357

Adarand Constructors, Inc., Petitioner v.Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation, et al. 358

Notes and Questions 361

4.Veterans Programs 361

Knowledge Connections, Inc., Plaintiff, v. United States, Defendant, and Catapult Technology, Ltd., Intervening Defendant 361

5.HUBZone 366

Matter of Mission Critical Solutions 366

Chapter 9 .Health Care 371

A.Medicare: Physician （Including Prescriptions） 372

United States of America, Appellant/Cross-Appellee v.George O. Krizek, M.D., et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants 373

Notes and Questions 378

United States, ex rel., Plaintiff, Karyn L.Walker, a.k.a.Karyn L. Denk-Walker, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v.R＆F Properties of Lake County, Inc., A Florida Professional Association, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant 380

Notes and Questions 384

Note on Medicare Part D 384

Cigna Government Services, LLC, Plaintiff, v.United States of America, Defendant, and Noridian Administrative Services, LLC, Intervenor, andPalmetto GBA, LLC, Intervenor 385

Notes and Questions 391

B.Medicare: Hospital 391

Payment and Delivery Systems 392

Donna E.Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services v.Guernsey Memorial Hospital 393

Notes and Questions 396

United States of America, Appellant, v.Consumer Health Services of America, Inc.et al., Appellees 397

Notes and Questions 402

C.Medicaid 402

Orthopaedic Hospital and the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.Kimberly Belshe, Director of the State Department of Health Services, State of California, Defendant-Appellee 403

Notes and Questions 410

D.TRICARE, VA Healthcare, and Other 411

Note on Tricare 411

Total Medical Management, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v.The United States, Defendant-Appellant 412

PGBA, LLC, Plaintiff, v.United States, Defendant, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation, Intervening Defendant 412

Notes and Questions 416

Note on VA Healthcare 417

Appeal of Fischer Imaging Corporation 418

Notes and Questions 421

Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc.dba Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Petitioner, v.Denise F.McVeigh as Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph E.McVeigh 422

Chapter 10 .Construction 423

A.Construction in General 424

Construction Contracts vs.Supply Contracts 424

The United States, Appellant, v.Dekonty Corporation, Appellee 427

Notes and Questions 430

Wickham Contracting Co., Inc., Appellant, v.Dennis J.Fischer, Acting Administrator, General Services Administration, Appellee 430

Notes and Questions 434

B.Progress Payments and Sureties 435

National American Insurance Company, Plain tiff-Appellee, v. United States, Defendant-Appellant 435

Notes and Questions: 439

C.Miller Act 439

Clifford F.MacEvoy Co.et al.v.United States, for Use and Benefit of Calvin Tomkins Co. 441

Allied Building Products Corporation v.United Pacific Insurance Company 444

Notes and Questions 449

D.Differing Site Conditions 450

Differing Site Conditions 451

Appeal of — Covco Hawaii Corporation 451

Notes and Questions 454

Department of General Services v. Harmans Associates Limited Partnership 454

Notes and Questions 460

Chapter 11 .International Procurement and Afghanistan and Iraq Wars 461

A.The Buy American Act 461

Note on The Buy American Act 462

John C.Grimberg Company, Inc., Appellant, v.The United States, Appellee 463

Notes and Questions 468

The GATT Agreement on Government Procurement in Theory and Practice 469

Notes and Questions 471

B.International 471

Stephen P.Crosby, Secretary ofAdministration and Finance of Massachusetts, et al., Petitioners, v.National Foreign Trade Council 471

Notes and Questions 474

Foreign Military Sales 475

United States ofAmerica ex rel.Russell HAYES, Plain tiff/Relator, v. CMC Electronics Inc., Defendant 476

Notes and Questions: 479

Government Procurement in the European Union 479

C.Afghanistan and Iraq Wars 481

Matter of Worldwide Language Resources, Inc.； SOS International Ltd. 482

Notes and Questions 488

Contracting Abuses in Abu Ghraib 488

AR 15-6 Investigation of the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility and 205th Military Intelligence Brigade 489

Notes and Questions 491

Decision Matter of DynCorp International LLC 492

Notes and Questions 492

Chapter 12 .Government and Contractor Labor Force 495

A.Contracting-Out: Public-Private Competition 495

Note on A-76 495

Space Mark, Inc., Plaintiff, v.The United States, Defendant 497

Notes and Questions 501

B.Labor Standards 502

Janik Paving ＆ Construction, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.William E.Brock, Ⅲ, as Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, et al., Defendants-Appellees 503

Notes and Questions 508

United States ofAmerica, ex rel.Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No.38 et al., v.C.W.Roen Construction co., et al. 508

Notes and Questions 515

C.Labor Policy for Contractors 517

Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al., Appellants, v. Robert B.Reich, Secretary, United States Department of Labor, Appellee 517

Notes and Questions 524

D.Government Workforce Issues 525

National Treasury Employees Union, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants v. Michael Chertoff, Secretary, United States Department of Homeland Security 526

Notes & Questions: 530

Chapter 13 .Termination for Convenience 531

A.Operation 532

Termination for Convenience Clause （Fixed-Price） 534

James M.Ellett Construction Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The United States, Defendant-Appellee 537

Notes and Questions 543

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.United States, Defendant-Appellee 544

Notes and Questions 546

Note on Termination for Convenience Settlements 547

B.Defense 548

G.L.Christian and Associates v.The United Statesz 549

Notes and Questions 550

Forfeiture by Cancellation or Termination 550

Krygoski Construction Company, Inc., Plain tiff-Appellee, v. The United States, Defendant-Appellant 551

Notes and Questions 557

Chapter 14 .Termination for Default 559

Note on Termination for Default 559

A.Bases and Defenses 561

Default Clause （Fixed-Price Supply and Service） 562

Information Systems and Networks Corporation, Plaintiff, v. The United States, Defendant 563

Richard J.Danzig, Secretary of the Navy, Appellant, v. AEC Corporation, Appellee 567

Notes and Questions 571

DCX, Inc., Appellant, v.William J.Perry, Secretary of Defense, Appellee 571

Notes and Questions 574

Lisbon Contractors, Inc., Appellee, v. The United States, Appellant 575

Notes and Questions 579

B.Process 580

Note on Process for Termination for Default 580

Darwin Construction Co., Inc., Appellant, v.United States, Appellee 582

Notes and Questions 586

McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, et al., v. United States, Defendant-Appellant 587

Notes and Questions 593

C.Excess Reprocurement and Other Remedies 594

Notes and Questions 595

Cascade Pacific International, Appellant, v.The United States, Appellee 595

Notes and Questions 597

Chapter 15 .Bid Protest 599

A.The Contracting Agency 600

B.The Government Accountability Office 601

Note on GAO Protests 601

Note on GAO Bid Protest Procedure 602

Matter of Network Security Technologies, Inc. 606

Notes and Questions 610

Matter of In Re Bay Area Travel, Inc.； Cruise Ventures, Inc.； Tzell-AirTrak Travel Group, Inc. 610

C.The Court of Federal Claims 614

Impresa Construzioni Geom.Domenico Garufi, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States, Defendant-Appellee 615

Notes and Questions 615

COFC Bid Protest Practice 615

Chapter 16 .Disputes and Other Remedies 617

A.Disputes 618

Note on Disputes 618

Disputes Clause 620

Reflectone, Inc., Appellant, v.John H.Dalton, Secretary of the Navy, Appellee 621

Notes and Questions 626

Note on CBCA, ASBCA, and COFC Disputes Procedure 627

Bonneville Associates, Plaintiff, v.The United States, Defendant, v. Camco Construction Co., Third Party Defendant 628

Notes and Questions 630

B.Alternative Dispute Resolution 630

C.Liquidated Damages 631

DJ Manufacturing Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.The United States, Defendant-Appellee 631

Notes and Questions 638

D.Set-Off 638

H.T.Johnson, Acting Secretary of the Navy, Appellant, v. All-State Construction, Inc., Appellee 638

E.Suspension and Debarment 643

United States ofAmerica, Plain tiff-Appellee, v.Fred L.Hatfield, Sr., d/b/a HVAC Construction Company, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant 644

Notes and Questions 647

Sameena Inc., an Oregon corporation dba Samtech Research； Sameena Ali；Mirza Ali, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United States Air Force； v.Carol Moore； Steve Bangs； Alan Schoenberg； Maxwell Air Force Base； Pilson； Mike Thomason, Defendants-Appellees 648

Notes and Questions 652

Chapter 17 .False Claims and Defective Pricing 653

A.False Claims Act/Qui Tam 653

Note on False Claims Act 653

1. Civil False Claims Act 655

United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Aerodex, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants 656

Notes and Questions 661

United States ofAmerica, ex rel.Mary Hendow； Julie Albertson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.University of Phoenix, Defendant-Appellee 663

Notes and Questions 668

2. “Qui Tam” Provisions 668

Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Petitioner, v.United States ex rel.Stevens 669

Notes and Questions 672

Rockwell International Corp.et al.v.United States et al. 673

Notes and Questions 678

Schindler Elevator Corporation, Petitioner, v.United States ex rel. Daniel Kirk 679

B.TINA and Defective Pricing 684

Truth in Negotiations Act 684

Appeal of University of California, San Francisco 688

Notes and Questions 693

Appeal of Honeywell Federal Systems, Inc. 694

Notes and Questions 699

Congressional Intent and Commercial Products 700

Michael W.Wynne, Secretary of the Air Force, Appellant, v. United Technologies Corporation, Appellee 704

Notes and Questions: 708

Chapter 18 .Ethics 709

A.Bribery, Gratuities, and Kickbacks 710

United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.Ronnie Brunson Kenney, Defendant-Appellant 711

Notes and Questions 716

United States, Petitioner, v.Acme Process Equipment Company 716

Notes and Questions 720

B.Conflicts of Interest, Restricted Information 721

United States ofAmerica, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene Donald Schaltenbrand, Defendant-Appellant 722

Notes and Questions 726

Matter of Loral Western Development Labs 726

Notes and Questions 729

Note on Revolving Door Standards 729

C.Organizational Conflicts of Interest 730

Filtration Development Co., LLC, Plaintiff, v. The United States, Defendant 730

Notes and Questions 736

Note on Organizational Conflicts of Interest 737

Chapter 19 .Governmental Breach and Takings 739

A.Governmental Breach 739

Mobil Oil Exploration ＆ Producing Southeast, Inc., Petitioner, v.United States 740

Notes and Questions 743

B.Takings and Remedies 744

Note on Winstar and Takings 744

Huntleigh USA Corporation, Plaintiff, v.The United States, Defendant 745

Notes and Questions 749

C.Sovereign Immunity 749

Department of the Army, Petitioner, v.Blue Fox, Inc. 750

Notes and Questions 753

Note on Sovereign Immunity and Choice of （Federal） Law 753