Services

Government contracts are an excellent source of business for large and small businesses alike but entail considerably more compliance requirements than their commercial counterparts. Established fifty years ago for the purpose of assisting businesses and nonprofit organizations with the complex requirements implemented through federal funding, FTLF has tremendous experience navigating federal programs, including the myriad issues that arise under government contracts.

Representative Experience:

Advised multiple nonprofit federal grant recipient entities with respect to government contract compliance obligations, as compared to compliance systems already in place for such entities as federal grant recipients.
Regularly assist health care providers in evaluating the terms of federally-funded contracts from state and local government entities to assess the nature of the agreements (service contracts versus subgrants) and provide guidance regarding compliance requirements for the individual agreements as well as advice on contract management in a multiple-public-funding stream environment.
Assisted prospective federal contractor with System for Award Management (“SAM”) registration requirements.
Assisted commercial company in dissuading Army Corps of Engineers from asserting inapplicable Systems for Award Management (“SAM”) registration requirements for certain activities.
Assisted U.S. Army Research Office contractor with navigating requirements applicable to subcontracting and with ensuring proper and efficient flow-down of prime contract clauses.