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As part of the President’s Management Agenda for Electronic Government, the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE), and a number of Agency partners collaborated to develop the next generation of tools to collect subcontracting accomplishments. This government-wide tool is known as the eSRS. This Internet-based tool will streamline the…

We have recently presented a series of very well-received and  well attended seminars on “The New World of Federal Government Construction Contracting."  It is evident from the questions raised by many of the attendees that contractors are concerned about the decline in contracting opportunities as the federal government shifts from sealed bidding to the…

In an a press release issued by Construction News, a publication of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), it was reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the AGC had both filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to contest a recent California district court ruling that requires the EPA to issue an “effluent limitation guideline” (ELG) for the “Construction and Development” (C&D) industry.

Such an ELG would set uniform, nationwide limits on the sediment that stormwater can lawfully discharge from construction sites. After years of analysis and outreach, EPA concluded that additional rules are unnecessary, given the evolution of the existing stormwater program.

“EPA recognizes that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to stormwater runoff,” said AGC CEO Stephen E. Sandherr. “The better way to protect the environment is to allow state and local authorities to tailor the details of their construction runoff programs to state and local conditions, and not to impose a rigid and inflexible federal standard.” Continue Reading AGC Appeals Ruling that EPA Must Set Limits on Sediment in Construction Runoff

The January 3, 2007 edition of ENR.com, an online publication of McGraw-Hill Construction, contains a webcast of the construction industry “matchmaking” session that the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) of the Department of State held with representatives of over 900 companies on October 10, 2006 in Arlington, Virginia. The webcast provides contractors with…

The Baltimore District, in conjunction with the Society of American Military Engineers, is conducting a one-day forum on the workload created by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) construction program in the District.  This multi-billion dollar program includes new construction and renovation work.  The forum will be held on December 7, 2006 in Hunt Valley,

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a Technical Assistance Guide designed to help federal government construction contractors and subcontractors comply with the federal laws and regulations that prohibit government contractors from discriminating in employment, and require that they undertake affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity in their workforces.  It is intended for government contractors who have construction contracts and/or subcontracts.  The obligations of government contractors and subcontractors who hold non-construction contracts differ in significant ways and are covered in a separate guide.

This Guide does not create new legal requirements or change current legal requirements. Instead, it reflects the views of OFCCP and is intended to serve as a basic resource document on OFCCP-administered laws. The legal requirements related to equal employment opportunity that apply to Federal supply and service contractors are contained in the statutes, executive orders, and regulations cited in the Guide. Every effort has been made to insure that the information contained in the Guide is accurate and up to date.Continue Reading Technical Assistance Guide for Federal Construction Contractors

When the individual Corps of Engineers’ Districts used the Tri-Service Solicitation Network to provide access to electronic documents, not only were the solicitations, specifications, plans, and amendments available, other useful information that was also included.  However, with the deactivation of the Tri-Service Network and the Federal Government’s adoption of the Federal Technical Data Solutions (FedTeDS)…

Strangely, the Department of Homeland Security’s Supplemental Federal Acquisition Regulations (HSAR) is not included on the official Code of Federal Regulations website. However, an unofficial online beta test site, the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR), does include the HSAR.  This beta test site is updated daily and also contains the Federal Acquisition Regulation, FAR, as…

The purpose of this blog is to give the construction industry the benefit of our insights about the latest developments in federal construction contracting. We closely monitor the decisions of the courts and the administrative boards of contract appeals and we will explain the practical meaning of those decisions in terms that will make sense to a…