​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​THE BOURNE FIRM

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Experienced on-demand general counsel for small to mid-sized companies not yet ready for full-time general counsel. 

The following are examples of THE BOURNE FIRM's experience with respect to government and procurement and how that experience could benefit you:

• ​​​Drafted requests for proposals; advised regarding proposals, disclosures and conflicts; and analyzed complex regulations, requirements and other aspects of procurements for multi-million dollar transactions.
  
• Counseled concerning a multitude of procurement issues, including requirements for competition, compliance with procurement requirements, personal and organizational conflicts of interests, lobbying, gifts and gratuities, disclosures and proactive negotiations.
  
• Responded to a wide variety and enormous volume of requests for information necessary for proposals, including adverse contract events, litigation, equal employment opportunity commission claims, campaign contributions and a wide variety of other required disclosures.
  
• Provided in-depth guidance regarding requirements of government-to-government, software development and education subcontracts, as well as a myriad of multimillion dollar contracts between governments and private contractors.
  
• Advised regarding requirements of open records laws and the effect of these laws on the ability of company to protect strategically crucial intellectual property valued in excess of $40 million in connection with efforts to influence healthcare reform.
  
• Analyzed multimillion dollar contract and applicable law to determine what, if any, recourse contractor might have against quasi-governmental entity as a result of that entity declining to negotiate modifications to performance standards and liquidated damages notwithstanding a substantial reduction in funding.
  
• Counseled concerning complex requirements and alternatives to competitive procurement, and precise actions and circumstances necessary for pursuit of those alternatives.
  
• Advised concerning requirements for minority owned businesses and whether, and the extent to which, those requirements may have national applicability.
  
• Researched and advised regarding regulatory requirements necessary for registration of and reporting for lobbyists; the scope and limits of legally permitted lobbying activity under various state laws; and the terms, conditions and representations necessary or advisable in lobbying contracts.
  
• Researched and advised regarding applicable law with respect to the development of software using offshore resources.
  
• Advised chief officers concerning performance standards in, and risk of liquidated damages under, multimillion contract for healthcare services.
  
• Provided practical advice concerning how to become, and how to satisfy the requirements for remaining, a U.S. General Services Administration Schedule contractor, and managed and completed complex project necessary for company to become such a contractor, including coordinating collection of required information, drafting and finalizing documentation necessary for multiple levels of negotiation and approval and preparation of comprehensive procedures for compliance with program requirements.
  
• Advised extensively concerning protest of award of multimillion dollar contract for healthcare, including with respect to whether to protest, strategy for protest, legal requirements and political ramifications.