Richard Moorhouse

Richard Moorhouse

Richard Moorhouse has more than 20 years of experience litigating procurement award and contract disputes at the federal, state, and local level. He has extensively prosecuted and defended complex bid protest and claim matters before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.

His practice also frequently involves the conduct of internal investigations, the preparation of comprehensive submissions to clients detailing the results of those investigations, and disclosures to the government in a variety of matters including those giving rise to potential debarments, suspensions, and other determinations of ineligibility to receive contract awards. Mr. Moorhouse has also been retained as an expert witness in complex civil litigation involving federal government contract issues.

Areas of Concentration

· Departments of Defense, Army, Navy (USMC), and Air Force Procurements

· Department of Homeland Security Acquisitions

· General Services Administration (GSA/FSS) schedule contracting

· Biotechnology, biodefense, and healthcare government contracting

· Information technology and Communications technology

· acilities operations and management contracting

· Federal real property leasing (GSA)

· Defective pricing/TINA issues

· Defense of qui tam "whistle blower" suits

· False Claims Act

· Small business/ 8(a) contracting and subcontracting

· Procurement and healthcare fraud defense

· OMB Circular A-76

· Private/public partnerships

· Privatization, outsourcing and BRAC

· Cost contracting

· Best value source selection

· Security clearances and appeals

· A/E services selection

· Homeland security

· SAFETY Act

· Patriot Act

Significant Representations

· Won multi-party litigation on behalf of Fortune 500 information technology client before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims involving potential $50 billion GWAC contract awards.

· Successfully defended Fortune 100 company on conflict of interest charges and saved over $200 million in client's Army contract awards.

· Successfully settled longest-running voluntary disclosure case before VA Office of Inspector General.

· Successfully prosecuted General Accounting Office bid protest challenging $100 million-plus NASA contract award.

· Won precedential case for agency of the federal government of Canada before Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals establishing that Canadian contractor to U. S. Government is not bound by U.S. cost principles.

· Won first bid protest filed under new OMB Circular A-76 procedures.

· Authored successful brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit arguing that Department of Energy management and operating contractor was not a federal agency.

· Successfully defended client from potential False Claim Act charges in contract claim matter and achieved multi-million dollar settlement.

· Won first case challenging Medicare's use of statistical sampling to project refund due resulting in reduction of Government's $2.3 million claim against client by 98 percent.

· Successfully challenged four recent adjusted GSA lease award decisions on behalf of major real estate developer in federal market.

· Won recent bid protest challenging agency: failure to reconcile labor price discrepancies in multiple award procurement.

· Successfully challenged $700,000,000 DoD contract award on the basis of awardee's Organizational Conflicts of Interest

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006

· Listed, District of Columbia Super Lawyers, 2007

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2008 edition

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Author, "Bid Protests of Task Orders - An Update," Client Bulletin, 1998

· Co-Author, "Let's Be Careful Out There," Legal Times, 1999

· Co-Author, "Cracking the Federal Space - GSA Schedule Due Diligence," Immix Group Newsletter, 2001

· Co-Author, "Reverse FOIA Actions: Don't Lose Twice," Federal Contract Report, 2001

· Contributor, "The New A-76," The A-76 Institute of Touro College, Washington, DC, 2003

· Author, "Teaming Agreements-Not Just Agreements to Agree," Client Bulletin, 2003

· Co-Author, "Contractor-Sponsored Events: Navigating Through the Rules," National Defense Magazine, August 2005

· Co-Author, "Contractors' Conflicts of Interest Under Scrutiny," National Defense Magazine, May 2008

· Co-Author, "Further Government Contracting Reform on the Obama Agenda," National Defense Magazine, May 2009

Lectures

· Speaker, "Procurement/R&D Business Opportunities," Homeland Defense Training Conference, Washington, DC, 2003

· Speaker, "Lessons from Wesleyan Case," Annual Board of Contract Appeals Judges Association Meeting, April 2008

Miscellaneous

· Panel Moderator, American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law Conference, Annapolis, MD, 2000

· Panel Member, American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Conference, July 2006

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