by Cobb & Counsel | Dec 1, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
No one likes receiving a bad report card. For government contractors, the consequences of a bad report card can be severe—repeated unfavorable performance reports from a state agency may result in debarment for up to five years. Under Texas law, a vendor has at least...
by Cobb & Counsel | Sep 13, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
If you refuse to do business with the gun industry, Texas won’t do business with you. In 2021, Texas enacted a bill to prohibit governmental entities from contracting with companies that discriminate against the firearm and ammunition industry. The prohibition applies...
by Cobb & Counsel | Jul 27, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
When a government contract has an expected value of $100,000 or more and the state agency determines there is a probability for subcontracting opportunities under the contract, each vendor’s bid must include a historically underutilized business (HUB) subcontracting...
by Cobb & Counsel | Apr 6, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
“If you boycott Texas energy, Texas will boycott you,” says Texas State Representative Phil King, co-sponsor of a new law that prohibits state agencies from contracting with or investing in financial companies that boycott the oil and gas industry. In August 2022,...
by Cobb & Counsel | Apr 3, 2022 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts
Israel is one of Texas’s strongest partners for trade and investment in the Middle East. Under Texas law, contractors with 10 or more full-time employees are prohibited from boycotting Israel during the term of a government contract valued at $100,000 or more. In...
by Cobb & Counsel | Sep 1, 2021 | Bid Protests and Government Contracts, Public Information Act Requests
Generally, the most important evidence for protesting a government contract award is (i) the bids submitted by other vendors and (ii) the governmental body’s evaluations of those bids. To obtain that evidence, you should submit a public information request to the...
