Government Contracts

Bass, Berry & Sims’ Government Contracts Practice provides counseling, litigation, compliance, investigations, and transactional support for companies contracting with federal, state, and local governments. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies with complex government contracting matters to emerging businesses entering government markets across industries including aerospace, defense, healthcare, technology, education, and national security.

Our team advises clients on issues impacting government contractors, including bid protests, contract formation and administration, government claims, procurement fraud litigation, internal investigations, suspension and debarment, labor and employment matters, facility security clearances and FOCI issues, intellectual property and data rights, and mergers and acquisitions involving government contractors. We also assist clients with ethics and compliance counseling and navigating evolving procurement requirements.

We counsel clients on compliance with key government contracting regulations, including FAR, DFARS, GSA and VA Federal Supply Schedule requirements, small business regulations, domestic preference requirements, equal employment obligations, and national security regulations.

Our attorneys have represented clients in more than 100 bid protests before the GAO and Court of Federal Claims and advised on nearly 100 government contractor transactions ranging from $5 million to more than $2 billion.