A Closer Look At DOD’s Proposed Price Reasonableness Rule
The Department of Defense published a long awaited proposed rule on August 3, 2015, amending the DFARS to provide guidance for evaluating the reasonableness of prices using data other than certified...
View ArticleDoD Retreats on Evaluation of Price Reasonableness
Last week, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) quietly withdrew its ill-received proposed rule on the evaluation of price reasonableness in commercial items acquisitions. Issued on August 3, 2015, the...
View ArticleThird Time Around: Inconsistencies Persist with Final DFARS Commercial Items...
On January 31, 2018, the Department of Defense (“DoD” or the “Department”) published a final rule regarding commercial item purchasing requirements. Among other key amendments, the final rule modifies...
View ArticleDoD Final Rule to Promote Post-Award Disclosure of Defective Pricing Arms...
On May 4, 2018, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) to state that, in the interest of promoting voluntary...
View ArticleWhen Compliance Is Not Enough: OIG Seeks Voluntary Refund Despite...
On February 25, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued an audit report analyzing the prices of spare aviation parts purchased by the Defense...
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