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Termination for Default

Termination  For Default Lawyers Providing Aggressive Representation

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During the performance of a government contract, the agency may allege that you did not comply with the terms of the contract. It will then try to assess a termination for default against you. However, there are situations when the agencytermination for default lawyers may incorrectly make these allegations. You may have a legitimate reason for delay, situations that were out your control or another valid legal defense. In a termination for default scenario, you definitely want to protect your rights and the reputation of your company. As compared to commercial contracts, federal procurement law has a different twist that can put you at a great disadvantage when the agency terminates your contract for default.

The termination for default lawyers at Theodore Watson & Associates, LLC can represent you and aggressively defend and fight back if the facts of your case warrant it. The agency does make mistakes. We have successfully challenged and negotiated favorable results for our clients. Our experience on the federal side puts us in a better position to advocate on your behalf with the agency.

However, the law requires you as the contractor to prove the burden of why you should not be termination for default.  Given the consequences of possible suspension and debarment, having to pay the government damages , it would be a benefit to get a law firm on your side that understands federal contracting.  Our government  contract law attorneys help to protect rights and to minimize expensive consequences.

Our services include:

  • Help in cases where there are allegations of failure of timely delivery
  • Guidance in termination for default resulting from faulty government specifications in construction contracts
  • Defense  from allegations of failure to make progress or prosecute work
  • Proactive advice and compliance in federal procurement
  • Problems with delays and situations beyond your control
  • Termination for failure to perform other contractual provisions
  • Defend termination for default allegations
  • Appeals from agency decisions to terminate

 

Terminations can impact your future with the government.   When you are faced with such a dilemma, your future in doing business with the federal government can be ruined.  You past performance is readily available to virtually all agencies to see. this is why it is critical to understand your rights and avoid such consequences. In addition to your future reputation,  you should be aware that the agency can also bring another contractor in to finish the work ( assuming that your surety denies responsibility). You may become liable to the government for additional costs of curing the problem.

 

Termination for Default Defenses – Understand your rights: In government construction contracts and service projects, you can have viable defenses that the law recognizes in the event of a termination for default. Our government contract attorneys can help you analyze and assert these defenses to a termination for default. They include:

  • Excusable delays – termination clause under the FAR provides for excusable delays  when the situation is beyond your control and without fault or you negligence. These excuses must also be unforeseeable.
  • Defective Specifications and Impossibility. If the government furnishes defective
    specifications (inconsistencies, ambiguities etc.) then you as a construction
    contractor, or service contractor, may be excused. Thus the termination for
    default overturned on appeal.
  • Commercial Impracticability
     

Effectively Handle Cure Notices: As government termination for default lawyers, Theodore Watson & Associates also can assist you in reviewing procedural defects in the agency’s actions, or failure to act. When the agency issues a termination for default cure notice, there is usually a 10 day requirement to resolve the alleged deficiency. Let our attorneys know whether you received a cure notice when you contact us. This can be a defense to termination for defaults.

 

Attorneys: Joanne Rupprecht Idris Keith

Alternate: Theodore Watson

 

Serving Clients in all States

Watson & Associates can represent federal contract terminations for default in in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Our U.S. firm also helps termination for default of contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq construction efforts.

Nationwide and Overseas Representation

Federal law allows our government contract termination for default lawyers to represent clients regardless of their resident state. Watson & Associates can represent businesses in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Our U.S. firm also helps termination for default of contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq construction efforts.

Cities in which we practice federal termination for default include Anchorage, AK; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Colorado Springs, CO; Dallas, TX; Denver, Colorado; Indianapolis, IN; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA;
Miami, FL; Philadelphia, PA; San Antonio, TX; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; San Jose, CA; Santa Clara, CA; and Tampa, FL.

 

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If you seek a prompt and cost-effective resolution to a federal procurement matter, contact our Denver, Colorado based government contracts termination for default attorneys today by calling toll free 1-866-601-5518.