Peter J. Eyre is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Group.

Experience
Peter's practice focuses on a wide range of government procurement law, including compliance counseling, litigation, bid protests, and investigations of potential civil and criminal matters. He has domestic and international litigation and arbitration experience in matters involving foreign sovereigns and multi-national corporations. Peter has appeared and argued before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, D.C. Superior Court, and the Government Accountability Office, and has participated in proceedings before international arbitral tribunals. Representative engagements include:

Government Contracts Counseling and Investigations

• Counseling clients regarding identification and resolution of organizational conflicts of interest ("OCI").
• Counseling client regarding compliance with obligations under the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP").
• Counseling clients regarding mandatory disclosure obligations.
• Counseling clients regarding the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System ("FAPIIS") and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act ("FFATA"). 
• Representing major food supplier in parallel criminal and civil investigations relating to federal Prime Vendor contracts.

Government Contracts Litigation

• Defended protest, litigated at GAO, challenging award of contract for the design and construction of a federal courthouse (Sletten Companies, B-402422, Apr. 21, 2010, 2010 CPD ¶  297)
• Represented military healthcare provider in a GAO bid protest of the Department of Defense, TRICARE Management Activity's award of a $16 billion managed care service contract (Health Net Federal Services, B-401652.3, B-401652.5, Nov. 4, 2009, 2009 CPD ¶  220). Representation included five-day hearing.
• Represented prime contractor in a 10 day jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The dispute between the prime contractor and its subcontractor arose during performance of contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Defended international construction contractor in qui tam litigation under the False Claims Act relating to a U.S. government construction project in the Middle East.
• Represented plaintiff whose business relates to the Diplomatic Construction Program in a bid protest at the Court of Federal Claims (Grunley Walsh Int'l v. United States, 78 Fed. Cl. 35 (2007)).
• Defended protests, brought at GAO, challenging the award of contracts and task orders to provide educational support services to the Department of the Army.

International Arbitration and Litigation

• Represented New Jersey company against the Republic of Uzbekistan and The Coca-Cola Export Corporation in an arbitration before the International Arbitral Center in Vienna, Austria. The dispute arose out of an Uzbek joint venture, whose primary purpose was to manufacture and distribute Coca-Cola products. Representation included five-day hearing before a three arbitrator panel in Austria.
• Represented government contractor in a breach of contract dispute brought before an American Arbitration Association Large, Complex Commercial Disputes panel.
• Represented a U.S. company, which was involved in a commercial arbitration proceeding outside the U.S., in an action to obtain discovery within the United States pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (In re Roz Trading, Ltd.).

As part of the Firm's pro bono work with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs ("NDI"), Peter participated in a delegation to Cote d'Ivoire in 2009. Several Ivorian groups, which are considering the feasibility of presidential debates as part of the campaign process, requested assistance from NDI. In 2010, Peter spent time in Trinidad assisting the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission, which hosted and produced the first televised political debate in that country.

Since 2000, Peter has worked in a senior capacity for the Commission on Presidential Debates, the non-partisan entity responsible for producing the general election presidential and vice presidential debates. In 2004 and 2008, he served as Senior Advisor to the Commission, where his portfolio included campaign negotiations and media relations. In 2008, Peter also served as a spokesman for the Commission and appeared on numerous local and national broadcasts, and was quoted widely in local and national newspapers, including the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune.

Prior to attending law school, Peter directed the business development activities of SmartBrief, Inc. SmartBrief partners with leading trade associations and corporations to offer daily news content targeted to specific industries.