Teaming and Subcontract Agreements in federal government contracts

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Teaming and Subcontract Agreements in federal government contracts Negotiation and Drafting Issues

About the Firm McMahon, Welch and Learned, PLLC represents many small and mid-sized federal services contractors in Northern Virginia, DC and Maryland, including small-disadvantaged firms, veteran-owned firms, women-owned firms and Hub Zone qualified firms.  We also have a strong corporate and acquisitions-support practice which focuses on general business legal matters of significant interest to the broader business community.

Presenter William T. Welch, Partner Mr. Welch has twenty-four years of experience providing legal counsel for the entire lifecycle of a government contractor from contract negotiation, award, and litigating protests and contract claims. Mr. Welch also has experience in teaming agreements, subcontractor agreements (from the prospective of the prime and subcontractor), and related issues. In addition, Mr. Welch advises contractors who qualify for small business set-aside awards, 8(a) competitive and non- competitive contracts, and HUBZone and Service-Disabled, Veteran Owned contracts.

Teaming Agreements Far § 9.601 Recognizes Two Types Of Teaming Relationships: Joint Venture – Two or more companies form a partnership (JV) where the JV is actually the prime contactor and is primarily responsible for contract performance. Contractor Team – Where a prime contactor forms a team including one or more subcontractors in pursuit of a specific solicitation. Choice of the type of teaming relationship is dependent on your tactical assessment of the client, the solicitation and the strengths of the JV or teaming partners.

Teaming Agreements General Considerations: A team is ordinarily formed prior to the submission of a competitive bid or offer. A team is ordinarily formed to provide some sort of competitive advantage, and selection of participants is therefore most important. The team members should compliment one another to improve the chances of winning the anticipated work.

Teaming Agreements Common Selection Considerations: What are the relative strengths of the participants? Who has the most experience/influence with the customers? Who can deliver the most impressive key personnel? Who has the most relevant and positive past performance? Is this a set-aside competition?

Teaming Agreements Personal Considerations: Do I want to prime this? Do I want someone else to take the risk? What is my value to the team? How do I ensure that I will actually get something out of this?

Teaming Agreements Negotiating the Teaming Agreement: Teaming Agreements are not all the same. Positioning – am I stronger now than I will be at the subcontracting stage? Performance period, description of work and positions and specific work assignments or % of work is important. If you do a good job here, negotiation of your subcontract will be easier.

Subcontract Agreements Context Subcontract follows the Teaming Agreement and award of the contract.

Subcontract Agreements Operative Terms Customer Approval Allocation of Responsibility Reference to Statement of Work Statement of Work Equivocal Language

Subcontract Agreements Term If we have done a good job with the TA, this has already been defined Variations Equivocation Option to Extend Unilateral Termination Cause (Default) Convenience

Subcontract Agreements Payment Timing of Payment (pay when paid?) Travel and Other Direct Charges Prime Contractor Withhold Disallowance

Subcontract Agreements Personnel Qualifications Substitution Audits

Subcontract Agreements Proprietary Information Clause Most likely already have a PI Agreement in place at this stage (NDA) Enforcement  Data Rights and Product ownership Government Rights Prime Contractor ownership

Subcontract Agreements Non-Solicitation Employees Business Non-Compete Clause Changes Clause Mandatory Flow-Downs (not so important)

Subcontract Agreements Assignment Common Impact on Sale Limitations on Subcontracting Critical for Small Business Set-asides Affiliations

Subcontract Agreements Indemnification Balanced Disputes Prime Contract Disputes clause Arbitration v. Suit Jurisdiction Subcontract Type (Cost plus, FFP, T&M)

Questions? McMAHON, WELCH and LEARNED, pllc 2100 Reston Parkway Suite 325 Reston, VA 20191 Main: 703-483-2810 wwelch@mwllegal.com