Government Contracting

• Pourcho Law Group, PC’s attorneys guide clients through all phases of the procurement process, from responding to solicitations to drafting and negotiating contracts and compliance with contractual requirements and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
• Our group provides clients deep experience in handling bid protests, prime/subcontractor litigation, claims and disputes, and defense of enforcement matters, including suspension and debarment matters, False Claims Act litigation, FCPA compliance, and government audits and investigations.
• We offer representation to government contractors of all sizes, including some of the largest aerospace and defense contractors, as well as medium- and small-sized businesses. Lawyers in our Government Contracts Group draw on the regional and substantive reach of  practitioners across the firm in complementary areas such as state and local procurement law, international law, cybersecurity, labor and employment, white collar defense, and construction.

Our Government Contracts Group has broad, in-depth experience in all facets of U.S. government contracts law as well as international government contracts law. Our team is poised to assist you whether the issue involves regulatory compliance, litigation, or a transaction, including:

• Bid Protests. We’ll represent government contractors in bid protests 
• Claims and Disputes. We’ll represent contractors in analyzing and preparing claims, requests for equitable adjustment and requests for price adjustments
• Cost Accounting. We counsel government contractors on cost and pricing issues, defective pricing under the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) audits.
• Cybersecurity. Our Cybersecurity and Privacy Team counsels government contractors as to the unique cybersecurity requirements applicable to contractors possessing or using government data.
• Data Rights, Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets. Our group offers guidance on data rights, data protection, marking, licenses, dispute resolution litigation and reporting of inventions. We represent clients on developing and enforcing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and with respect to restrictive covenants such as non-compete provisions applicable to employees and independent contractors to ensure each of our client’s best interests are protected.
• Ethics, Compliance and Mandatory Disclosure. We work with both experienced and new government contractors to create, review and implement ethics and other compliance programs, including FAR Part 3.10 programs.  We also are available to advise clients on the FAR mandatory disclosure requirements and related responsibility matters.
• Facility Clearance, FOCI and DSS Security Clearance Matters. We counsel companies on the impact that a change in ownership structure can have on their security clearances. This includes advising companies on the potential impact of foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) and on complex corporate structuring issues
• Grants and Cooperative Agreements. Our group counsels companies on compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars, other regulations governing federal assistance agreements, and developing compliance programs to comply with the administrative and regulatory requirements that accompany the receipt of grant money.
• International Procurement. We provide comprehensive legal services in the area of international procurement.
• Investigations: Internal and External. We advise clients on internal investigations, adverse audit findings and whistleblowers. We have experience representing government contractors in many different scenarios that resulted in government investigations involving allegations.
• Labor and Employment Issues. In conjunction with members of our Labor, Employment and Benefits Group, we represent government contractors on special issues affecting their workforce, including collective bargaining agreements and project labor agreements.
• Overseas and Contingency Contracting. We work with contractors who perform in support of overseas/contingency operations and who market defense articles and services to foreign governments or who work with non-U.S. team members.
• Real Estate and GSA Leasing. We provide representation in acquisition, leasing, financing, construction and management of real property by state and federal governments.
• SBA Small Business Matters. We regularly represent clients in size protests and in appeals to the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). We also advise clients on navigating the 8(a) program, including mentor-protégé relationships, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) and veteran-owned programs, the Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) program and the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) program. Our team of lawyers can advise clients on teaming agreements, joint ventures and subcontract arrangements in these programs as well as the impact of mergers, acquisitions and financings on SBA eligibility.
• State and Local Procurement. Our group has the skills and experience to represent clients who are selling products or furnishing services to state or local governments.
• Suspension and Debarment. Our litigators are able to represent entities threatened with suspension and debarment or other forms of exclusion from participation in government contracting.