Past Performance & Responsibility: The Evolving Landscape


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L2 Federal Resources  presents an exclusive contracting webinar... 

LIVE WEBINAR | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | 1PM Eastern

Past Performance & Responsibility: The Evolving Landscape

The Government evaluates the past performance of contractors in almost every source selection, which often makes past performance a discriminator in whether a particular contractor wins a contract. Added to this, the federal Government recently implemented new reporting requirements for contractors that emphasize contractor monitoring and ensuring that contractors maintain solid performance records. Currently, all information posted to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), excluding past performance reviews, is made publicly available on the FAPIIS website. The accessibility and public nature of this website and others makes available information about the performance and capabilities of companies available to both competitors and the Government.

Understanding the databases and other sources of information is critical to companies bidding on government contracts or that are considering bidding on government contracts. Knowledge of the basic ground rules governing how past performance is incorporated into the Federal Procurement System can impact whether a company wins or loses a contract.

This 90-minute webinar will address how the government uses contractors’ past performance and integrity information in making award decisions, as well as the rules and issues relating to the Government’s collection and evaluation of past performance information and how those rules impact contractors. Topics will also include the actual and potential use of the government’s FAPIIS database and its impact on government contractors, and how contractors can use their past performance to their advantage.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the different databases used for assessing performance capability
  • Understand how you can challenge negative past performance
  • Discover what to do if you have negative past performance or no past performance
  • Learn how past performance impacts whether you are deemed responsible
  • Determine how the protest forums review past performance and responsibility determinations
  • And much, much more!

Who Will Benefit

Owners and contractors who are currently (or are interested in) contracting with the federal government, and who want to enhance their practical working knowledge of the federal reporting requirements and ground rules for past performance and responsibility and learn to avoid the pitfalls of this complex, yet important, aspect of the federal procurement system. Attorneys for owners or contractors who want to familiarize themselves with the practical applications and business implications of typical past performance and responsibility issues, and improve their ability to spot and plan for potential problems.  Get ahead of the curve – register your team today!

Speaker and Presenter Information

Michael R. Golden is a partner in the Government Contracts Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP. Before joining Pepper, Mr. Golden was managing associate general counsel for procurement law with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Washington, D.C. There he was responsible for the GAO’s Bid Protest Forum and the Contract Appeals Board. He approved all bid protest decisions issued by the GAO. Mr. Golden also has drafted procurement reform legislation and has testified before congressional committees on the federal acquisition process. The comptroller general has twice awarded Mr. Golden with a Meritorious Service Award. Heather Kilgore Weiner is a senior associate in the Government Contracts Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP. Over the past six years at Pepper Hamilton, Ms. Weiner has participated in the prosecution and defense of numerous bid protests before administrative agencies, the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Ms. Weiner’s practice includes a wide range of other government contract issues including, proposal preparation and business counseling, small business issues, including size protests and NAICS code appeals, compliance reviews and audits, congressional investigations and subpoenas, General Services Administration and Veterans Affairs Multiple Award Schedules, Freedom of Information Act issues, domestic source restriction (i.e., Trade Agreements Act, Berry Amendment and Buy American Act) and claim preparation.

Relevant Government Agencies

DOD & Military, GSA, Municipal Government, Prime Contractors and Sub Contractors


    Event Type
    Webcast


    This event has no exhibitor/sponsor opportunities


    When
    Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 1:00pm - 2:30pm


    Cost

    CD Recording + Handouts:  $229.00
    Live Webinar Only:  $199.00
    Live Webinar + CD:  $265.00


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    Organizer
    L2 Federal Resources, LLC


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