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Mr. Terenzio advises contractors across a broad range of different issues. His practice includes bid protests, contract claims and disputes, regulatory counseling, and internal investigations.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Terenzio clerked for Chief Judge Susan G. Braden of the Court of Federal Claims.
- Advised government contractor with regards to termination for default, ultimately resulting in conversion to termination for convenience.
- Prepared requests for equitable adjustment (“REAs”) and contract claims for multiple government contractors, some of which involved issues relating to COVID-19.
- Advised government contractors regarding compliance with federal laws and regulations, including, for example, the Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act.
- Conducted internal investigations at government contractors, addressing a variety of issues related to federal law and regulation, including, for example, the False Claims Act.
- Brought and defended numerous bid protests before Government Accountability Office.
- Brought and defended multiple state-level bid protests before state adjudicatory bodies, including state courts.
July 15, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the Department of Defense (“DoD”) and the defense industrial base. And while Congress has taken steps to mitigate these impacts, the sheer scale of the pandemic’s effects pose a continuing challenge to both DoD and its contractors. Now a group of major defense contractors...… Continue ...
July 8, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
Although it is usually good news for a protester when an agency takes corrective action, the corrective action sometimes fails to adequately address the protest grounds. When this occurs, a protester may wish to file a new protest challenging the agency’s corrective action. The question of when to file a corrective action challenge is often...… Continue ...
June 24, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
It’s a big deal in the government contracts community whenever the Federal Circuit weighs in on a bid protest. And it is a particularly big deal when the Federal Circuit issues a split opinion in a bid protest. That’s what happened last week in Inserso Corporation v. United States (No. 2019-1933), where the Federal Circuit...… Continue Reading The post Federal ...
May 28, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
Last week, DoD released a draft of its much-anticipated guidance implementing Section 3610 of the CARES Act, which authorizes the government to reimburse qualifying contractors for the costs of providing certain paid leave to employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. DoD previously published a collection of memoranda, Q&A documents, and a class ...
April 6, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
Contractors sidelined by facility closures and stay-at-home orders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic may now have a new pathway to recovering idle labor costs. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act includes a provision, Section 3610, that provides a new form of relief for contractors facing delays and additional costs as...… ...
March 17, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
As the fallout from COVID-19 continues, federal contractors in every industry are seeing significant impacts on their ability to perform, ranging from scheduling delays to supply chain interruptions and increased costs of performance. We previously addressed the rules and regulations governing excusable delays, which permit a contractor to avoid default if a ...
November 26, 2019, Inside Government Contracts
Last week, the FAR Council issued a Final Rule, setting forth new FAR provisions that require the reporting of certain counterfeit and suspect counterfeit parts and certain major or critical nonconformances to the Government – Industry Data Exchange Program (“GIDEP”).[1] This Final Rule comes more than five years after the rule was first proposed in...… ...
Not So Fast Guy: Recent GAO Decision Provides Rule For When Agency Deadlines Are Unreasonably Short
November 12, 2019, Inside Government Contracts
Tight deadlines are a fact of life in the world of government contracting. Indeed, it is not unusual for the government to expect a contractor to provide large amounts of information in just a few short days. And the draconian penalty for missing such a deadline is usually the rejection of a proposal. But can...… Continue Reading The post Not So Fast Guy: ...
April 5, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington advised Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., in its definitive agreement with Harris Corporation for the acquisition of Harris' Night Vision business for a purchase price of $350 million. The closing of the transaction is subject to receipt of regulatory approvals. Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international high ...
February 25, 2019, Westlaw Journal Government Contract
Trump’s New Executive Order Requires Additional Buy American Preferences For Infrastructure Projects
February 7, 2019, Inside Government Contracts
Last week, President Trump issued a new executive order, entitled “Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects.” This order serves as an extension of the President’s earlier April 2017 “Buy American and Hire American” executive order, which we have previously analyzed in this space. The April 2017 order stated that “it shall be the ...
January 23, 2019, Inside Government Contracts
Last month, GAO released a report analyzing federal agency implementation of the Buy American Act (“BAA”), 41 U.S.C. §§ 8301-8305. As we have previously reported, BAA enforcement is an area of focus for the Trump Administration, which has repeatedly emphasized the need to “Buy American and Hire American,” including in an April 2017 executive order....… Continue ...
Trumps New Executive Order Requires Additional Buy American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects
April 2019, Government Contracting Law Report