When Cooperative Agreement Is Really Procurement Contract

Law360, New York (April 18, 2014, 4:03 PM EDT) -- In March, the Federal Circuit settled a split between the Government Accountability Office and the Court of Federal Claims that focused on the gray area between cooperative agreements and procurement contracts. Siding with the GAO, the appeals court ruled that the Department of Housing and Urban Development could not sidestep federal competition requirements by using cooperative agreements, instead of procurement contracts, to outsource its contract administration services....

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