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Best Value Determination Doesn't Comply with High Value, Sole-Source IDIQ Requirements

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 04.22.13

In the first published decision to interpret the selection criteria applicable to high value, sole-source, IDIQ contract awards, in CW Gov't Travel, Inc. v. U.S. the Court of Federal Claims made clear that the government is required to determine, per FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(D), that the awardee is the only source that is qualified and capable of performing the work at a reasonable price before awarding a sole-source, IDIQ contract over $103 million. Because the government had based its award decision on best value criteria instead, the CFC ruled for the protester.


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Client Alert | 2 min read | 05.09.24

New York Enacts Paid Prenatal Personal Leave

Beginning January 1, 2025, New York employers will be required to provide employees with 20 hours of paid “prenatal personal leave” during any 52-week calendar period to attend prenatal medical appointments during or related to pregnancy. New York is the first state in the country to mandate paid leave specifically for pregnant employees.  “Prenatal personal leave” is included in an amendment to New York’s budget, recently signed into law as Sections 196-b.2 and 4-a of the New York Labor Law by the governor and cleared by the state legislature....