Randolph Law, PLLC
252 N. Washington Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
Phone: (703) 652-3039
Florida Office
7380 W. Sand Lake Road
Suite 500
Orlando, Florida 32819
Phone (407) 930-4741
Who We Are
Randolph Law is a full service law firm specializing in business law, representing government contractors, intellectual property, and dispute representation. Randolph Law was founded in 2009 by Christopher Randolph Shiplett and has since represented numerous clients in the Eastern District of Virginia, various local circuit and general district courts in Virginia, the Armed Services and Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Fiscal Year End News for 2018
GSA Schedules Modernization Slated for 2019 According to an interview with Alan Thomas, the commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, changes are coming in 2019 based on feedback from customers and vendors. These changes include: The elimination of minimum purchase thresholds Provisions allowing agencies to combine products and services under one buy Collaboration between the GSA […]
Federal Contract Hiring & More News for July 2018
Federal Employment is Shrinking While Contracting Firms are Hiring Federal employment has decreased by about 7,000 jobs over the past year as civilian agencies have been drawn down under the Trump administration. At the same time, government contractors are on a hiring spree, particularly in Northern Virginia where defense and intelligence contracts abound. Some contractors […]
Seaport-NxG, SAM.gov Fixes, and Contractor Security – Federal Contracting News for June 28, 2018
System for Award Management (SAM.gov) Fixes Planned for June 29th Hundreds of federal contractors are hopeful that promised fixes to the SAM.gov website will roll out at the end of June, 2018. These changes will give contractors a new way to log in, update information, renew entries, and enter initial data. Most importantly, the fixes […]
IDIQ Concerns, IP Issues, and JEDI Controversy – Government Contractor News for May 2018
GAO Questions Pentagon’s Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts A watchdog agency recently reported that 40% of the Pentagon’s contracts were IDIQ and 75% of those were awarded to a single contractor, raising concerns about the agency suppressing competition. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the matter states, “Nearly all of the contracts we reviewed […]
Government Contracting News for May 4, 2018
The Navy Seeks an Algorithm to Flag Perceived Contracting Threats After nearly awarding a contract to a company involved in a joint venture with Huawei, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, the Navy is calling for changes that will flag similar security risks that may be lurking with potential contractors. The goal is to find an institutional […]