Reflections on a Tumultuous 2020, and What’s in Store for Government Contractors Under the Biden Administration Thursday, January 28, 2021
With the Biden administration’s transition into power last week, federal contractors can finally rejoice about the end of a tumultuous 2020, which brought a global pandemic and a flurry of last-minute procurement policy changes from the outgoing Trump administration. Yet in true “no rest for the weary” fashion, federal contractors should prepare for significant developments ranging from supply chain initiatives, to infrastructure development, to likely increased compliance obligations and increased enforcement actions. While we wait for the Biden administration’s procurement policies to fully unfold, we review the significant developments impacting government contractors from 2020 and provide insight into President Biden’s key procurement priorities for the next four years.
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With the Biden administration’s transition into power last week, federal contractors can finally rejoice about the end of a tumultuous 2020, which brought a global pandemic and a flurry of last-minute procurement policy changes from the outgoing Trump administration. Yet in true “no rest for the weary” fashion, federal contractors should prepare for significant developments ranging from supply chain initiatives, to infrastructure development, to likely increased compliance obligations and increased enforcement actions. While we wait for the Biden administration’s procurement policies to fully unfold, we review the significant developments impacting government contractors from 2020 and provide insight into President Biden’s key procurement priorities for the next four years.
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On 25 January 2021, President Biden issued his first Buy American Executive Order (EO), titled Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers, which is meant to implement the “Made in America” plan that was central to his campaign. With the stated intent of the EO being to strengthen American industry through changes to Federal contract law to more strongly favor domestic products, the EO directs rulemaking and other action to increase domestic content requirements, limit waivers of domestic purchase restrictions, and encourage accountability and transparency.