Doing business with the government entails a complex set of rules, procedures and protocols. Faegre Baker Daniels serves the litigation and transactional needs of clients who conduct business with the U.S. government and state and local governments. We have advised numerous clients at all stages of the government contracting process.

We understand the technical aspects, policies and politics of government procurement. Our professionals assist clients in positioning products and services as effectively as possible before government purchasers.

Our services include:

• Drafting and negotiating prime and subcontracts
• Bid and proposal preparation
• Bid protests and disputes
• Contract pricing
• Contract disputes, including requests for equitable adjustment and terminations for convenience and default
• Appealing agency rulings and administrative actions
• Regulatory compliance
• Environmental permitting
• Affirmative action plans and compliance
• Joint venture/teaming agreements
• Licensing
• Federal supply schedule contracting
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Claim preparation and litigation
• Defective pricing
• False Claims Act/qui tam litigation
• Price-Anderson Act matters
• Truth in Negotiations Act matters

Our experience with minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MBE/WBE) is an asset to our procurement clients. We provide guidance on the use of such enterprises and recommend appropriate business partners or subcontractors who can help companies meet the MBE/WBE goals of a given project.

We have litigated a wide range of contractor disputes in federal courts across the U.S. and involving most major agencies of the federal government. Among our accomplishments in government contract disputes are a unanimous victory before the United State Supreme Court (Franconia Assocs. v. United States, 122 S. Ct. 1993 (2002)) and achieving in 2007 what the trial court described as a "milestone settlement" of 283 cases involving more than 700 plaintiffs' claims against the U.S. government for breach of contract and unconstitutional takings.

Our clients include contractors in industries such as defense, construction, information technology, health care, housing, financial services, manufacturing and utilities.