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Sample Tasks Must Be Reasonable Proxy For Entire Contract

Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.08.06

Holding that a cost realism analysis must provide a reasonable basis for estimating the cost to the government of an offeror's performance, in Metro Machine Corp . (May 3, 2006, http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/ 2978792.pdf) GAO overturned the agency's cost realism evaluation because, while sample tasks can provide a reasonable basis to assess the relative costs of competing proposals, the sample tasks used by the agency in this case were not representative of the contract work.  The awardee had proposed a subcontractor with labor rates higher than the prime contractor's to perform a significant portion of the work, but, because that subcontractor had not been included in the proposed solution for any of the sample tasks, the subcontractor's high labor rates were nowhere reflected in the cost realism evaluation.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.06.26

House Advances Bipartisan Kids' Online Safety Bill, But Senate Showdown Looms

On June 22, 2026, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) announced a bipartisan agreement on a revised version of the KIDS Act (H.R. 7757), marking the most significant congressional advance on children's online safety legislation in years. The House passed H.R. 7757, as amended, on June 29, 2026, setting up a potential showdown with the Senate. The revised KIDS Act consolidates elements of 14 pending legislative proposals — including KOSA and COPPA 2.0, both of which have previously passed the Senate and cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee — into a single, comprehensive framework. The announcement, however, was met immediately with objections from Senate sponsors and civil liberties groups, underscoring the difficult legislative road ahead....

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