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October 6, 2026
Pleading the Implied Duty in Government Contract Disputes
Subject: When Does an Implied-Duty Claim Add Something? The implied duty of good faith and fair dealing appears in every government contract, but it is often…
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October 5, 2026
MMDD MACC Source Selection: How NAVFAC Will Build Its Competitive Bench
The MMDD MACC solicitation is designed to select a bench of contractors before the Government has fully defined the Package 1 construction requirement. At this stage,…
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October 2, 2026
NAVFAC Issues MMDD MACC Solicitation for Puget Sound Multi-Mission Dry Dock
NAVFAC Northwest has issued Solicitation No. N44255-26-R-0005 for the Multi-Mission Dry Dock Multiple Award Construction Contract, or MMDD MACC. The solicitation contemplates approximately five IDIQ MACC…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / October 2, 2026
NAVFAC Issues MMDD MACC Solicitation for Puget Sound Multi-Mission Dry Dock
NAVFAC Northwest has issued Solicitation No. N44255-26-R-0005 for the Multi-Mission Dry Dock Multiple Award Construction Contract, or MMDD MACC. The solicitation contemplates approximately five IDIQ MACC awards through a single-phase, one-step design-build…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / September 19, 2026
Honeywell Cybersecurity Settlement Highlights False Claims Act Risk Without a Data Breach
The Department of Justice announced that Honeywell Aerospace Inc. agreed to pay $2,042,518 to resolve False Claims Act allegations arising from alleged noncompliance with cybersecurity requirements in a Department of Defense contract.…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / September 8, 2026
CAS Thresholds Rise Dramatically on October 1
On September 1, 2026, the Cost Accounting Standards Board published a final rule that takes effect October 1, 2026. The rule makes the most significant changes to CAS applicability in decades. Federal…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / June 17, 2026
DoD Misses Section 875 Deadline to Revise the DFARS — There are No Implementing Procedures for 5% Withholding.
Section 875 of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act required the Department of Defense to revise the DFARS by June 16, 2026, to establish procedures for withholding up to five percent…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / May 23, 2026
Federal Circuit Affirms Default Termination in Sergent’s Mechanical Systems
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the default termination of a VA contract for HVAC and asbestos abatement work, holding that the contractor failed to establish excusable…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / April 16, 2026
Federal Circuit Clarifies Standard for Challenging CICA Stay Overrides
On April 15, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Life Science Logistics, LLC v. United States, 172 F.4th 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2026). The Federal…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / March 14, 2026
ASBCA Denies Government Motion to Dismiss in DSME Construction and Warns on AI-Generated Citations
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals denied the government's motion to dismiss DSME Construction Co., Ltd. but imposed lesser sanctions after appellant's briefing included citations to non-existent cases generated by artificial…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / March 6, 2026
GAO Sustains Protest Where Awardee Failed to Acknowledge IFB Amendment
GAO has sustained a protest holding that an awardee's failure to acknowledge a material amendment to an Invitation for Bids could not be waived as a minor informality.
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / March 5, 2026
SBA Moves to Terminate 628 Additional 8(a) Firms
The Small Business Administration has initiated termination proceedings against 628 firms in the 8(a) Business Development Program for refusing to produce financial records.
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / January 30, 2026
SBA Suspends 1,091 Firms from the 8(a) Program for Failure to Produce Financial Records
The Small Business Administration has suspended 1,091 participants from the 8(a) Business Development Program after they failed to submit financial documentation requested in December.