Kaplan Kirsch counsels public and private sector clients on procurement strategy, drafting procurement documents, and conducting the procurement of a wide range of public infrastructure projects and other acquisitions, including professional services, concessions, construction, leases and real estate developers, rail and transit equipment, and complex infrastructure such as airport projects, highways, rail and transit facilities, and other public infrastructure projects. The rules governing procurement of federally funded projects are complex and require project sponsors to reconcile those mandates with state and local government requirements. We assist clients with ensuring compliance with those combined requirements including:
- Compliance with competitive selection processes for engineering and architecture firms under the Brooks Act and similar state statutes;
- Use of domestically manufactured products under federal “Buy America” and “Buy American” programs; and
- Compliance with various federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) programs and the creation and management of many local Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE), and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) programs.