Blank Rome partner Robyn N. Burrows will serve as presenting faculty for FAR Subcontractor Flowdown Terms in Government Contracts: Practical Guidance for Primes and Subs, a live Strafford webinar taking place Tuesday, August 20, 2024, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
A marked increase in federal procurement spending post-pandemic has fueled a surge in federal government contracting opportunities. From government-wide acquisition contracts to small business and simplified acquisitions, spending has remained high in recent years. But doing business with the federal government generates a highly specialized set of legal issues, particularly given the current emphasis on oversight, compliance, and mandatory disclosure of wrongdoing.
Under a U.S. government prime contract, subcontract management is a hybrid of the company’s commercial subcontracting requirements and those of the federal government. “Flowdown” provisions remain one of the most challenging aspects of government contracting, with consequences that reach beyond subcontract compliance and that can affect every aspect of both the prime contractor’s and subcontractor’s business.
Seasoned practitioners will explain the unique requirements and legal risks of subcontracting with government contractors and provide unique insights for prime contractors and subcontractors when negotiating flowdown terms that result in high-yield, low-risk government contracting.
Topics include:
- Purpose and procedures regarding Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) clauses and the need to flowdown these clauses in various types of subcontracts
- Implications of including or omitting certain flowdown clauses in federal subcontracts
- Impact of FAR flowdown clauses in a subcontract on other, primarily commercial, subcontract provisions
- The most efficient and effective way to negotiate the flowdown of prime contract FAR clauses to subcontracts
Faculty:
- Robyn Burrows, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
- Devon Hewitt, Partner, Potomac Law Group , PLLC
The webinar includes interactive Q&A and CLE credit is available.
For more information and to register, please visit the webinar webpage.
