2021 Contract Attorney’s Deskbook

This United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Contract and Fiscal Law Department manual, 2021 Contract Attorney’s Deskbook, includes the following topics:

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACT LAW
Chapter 2 CONTRACT FORMAT AND THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
Chapter 3 AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT
Chapter 4 FUNDING AND FUND LIMITATIONS
Chapter 5 COMPETITION
Chapter 6 TYPES OF CONTRACTS
Chapter 7 SEALED BIDDING
Chapter 8 NEGOTIATED PROCUREMENTS AND SOURCE SELECTION
Chapter 9 SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS
Chapter 10 COMMERCIAL ITEMS
Chapter 11 INTERAGENCY ACQUISITIONS
Chapter 12 CONTRACT PRICING
Chapter 13 SOCIO-ECONOMIC POLICIES
Chapter 14 LABOR STANDARDS
Chapter 15 COMPETITIVE SOURCING AND PRIVATIZATION
Chapter 16 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Chapter 17 ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
Chapter 18A BID PROTESTS
Chapter 18B CONTRACT DISPUTES ACT AND BID PROTEST LITIGATION AT THE COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIM
Chapter 19 INSPECTION, ACCEPTANCE, & WARRANTY
Chapter 20 CONTRACT PAYMENT
Chapter 21 CONTRACT CHANGES
Chapter 22 CONTRACT DISPUTE ACT
Chapter 22B THE LITIGATION PROCESS
Chapter 23 PRICING OF CONTRACT ADJUSTMENTS
Chapter 24 CONTRACT TERMINATIONS FOR CONVENIENCE (T4C)
Chapter 25 CONTRACT TERMINATIONS FOR DEFAULT (T4D)
Chapter 26 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
Chapter 27 GOVERNMENT INFORMATION PRACTICES (GIP)
Chapter 28 PROCUREMENT FRAUD
Chapter 29 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING
Chapter 30 CONTINGENCY & DEPLOYMENT CONTRACTING
Chapter 31 CONTINGENCY CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL
Chapter 32A ARMY NONAPPROPRIATED FUND (NAF) CONTRACTING
Chapter 32B AIR FORCE NONAPPROPRIATED FUND (NAF) CONTRACTING
Chapter 33 CONTRACT LAW RESEARCH MATERIALS
Chapter 34 RESPONSIBILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST (OCI’S)
Chapter 35 OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY (OTA)