Government Contracts Monitor

New “Performance and Integrity” Database to Impose Additional Reporting Requirements on Government Contractors

A proposed regulation would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require government contract offerors with over $10 million in federal grants and contracts to provide information relating to criminal convictions, civil judgments and administrative proceedings directly into a new information system maintained by the government.

Debarment for Service Contract Act Violations: Reversals are “Unusual”

The Service Contract Act (SCA) imposes a three-year debarment for a contractor’s failure to pay its employees prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits specified by the Department of Labor. 

Congress Ponders the Excluded Parties List System in Wake of Unprecedented Government Expenditure

Today, in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report citing several instances of suspended and debarred contractors continuing to receive federal government contracts, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing examining the effectiveness of the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) – the federal database intended to prevent persons and businesses ineligible to receive federal contracts due to past misconduct from receiving new awards.

DoJ Presses for More Tools to Fight Contract Fraud in Wake of Recession, Stimulus

The Obama Administration’s push for quick returns on the economic stimulus may have an adverse effect: more fraud.