Communicating with Government Contracting Officials: What Can (and Should) Contractors Really Say and Do? (2024 Update)
Format: Live webinar (on-demand recording available on October 17, 2024)
Date: October 10, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Duration: Approx. 90 minutes
Instructors: Nicole Pottroff and John Holtz, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC
Learning Credits: 1.5 CPEs, 1.5 ATCs
*Your registration includes access to the on-demand recording.
When it comes to effective communication, the government and industry often get it wrong. Misconceptions and misunderstandings abound and can prove very costly for contractors.
In this webinar, government contracts attorneys Nicole Pottroff and John Holtz debunk some of the most common myths and misunderstandings held by contractors, including when and how you can communicate one-on-one with a contracting officer, who has authority to modify your contract, what to do when an unauthorized official gives you instructions, how the government gratuities rules differ from standard commercial practice, and much more.
Target Audience: Companies seeking federal contracting opportunities
Speakers
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Nicole PottroffEquity partner, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLCNicole D. Pottroff is an equity partner with Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC. Nicole’s practice focuses exclusively on federal government contract law. She helps clients understand and comply with the complex regulatory provisions unique to federal contracting, including the FAR, DFARS, and SBA small business, 8(a) Program, WOSB/EDWOSB, SDVOSB/VOSB, and HUBZone regulations, among others.Nicole also assists clients by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating joint venture agreements, mentor-protégé agreements, teaming agreements, subcontracts, social disadvantage narratives, and other critical documents.
On the litigation side, Nicole has also played a key role in numerous GAO bid protests, Court of Federal Claims protests, SBA size and status protests, appeals before the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals, matters before the Boards of Contract Appeals, and even a protest appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Nicole graduated from the University of Kansas and the Washburn University School of Law. A lover of animals and all-things outdoors, Nicole lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with her husband and sons. Nicole covers government contracting legal topics regularly on SmallGovCon.com. You can contact Nicole by phone at (785) 200-8919 or by email at npottroff@koprince.com.
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John HoltzSenior Associate, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLCJohn Holtz is a Senior Associate at Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC. Having developed a wide range of experience in various areas of legal practice before joining us, he excels at the practice of federal government contracting law. John assists small businesses in FAR and SBA compliance issues, 8(a) Program certifications, HUBZone certifications, SDVOSB certifications, transactional issues such as joint ventures, subcontracts, mentor protege agreements, and teaming agreements, and regularly litigates GAO bid protests, size and status protests (including under the SDVOSB program), and claims. John is also a regular contributor on government contracting legal topics, on SmallGovCon.com. You can contact him at jholtz@koprince.com.
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