For government contractors, a Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) rating can make or break future opportunities. But how objective are these ratings? A recent ruling[1] by the ...

Both the House and the Senate want to overhaul how the Defense Department evaluates contractors by getting rid of subjective performance ratings in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting ...

The Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) heavily influences who wins federal contracts, but its dispute process is anything but fair. Agencies can post their version of ...

Historically, small contractors in the construction business have found it difficult to break into the federal market not because of a lack of skill or knowledge, but because they could not ...

Regulators want to change the rules for documenting contractor past performance, with an eye in particular to the treatment of subcontractors. The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council has designed a ...