Government Contract Consulting and Damages Quantification
Disclosing the story behind the numbers or projecting the consequences of the story on the numbers are two ways we deal with numbers and circumstances.
With an extensive background in federal government contracts in general and defense contracts in particular, our government contract consulting and damages experts are well versed in sophisticated cost accounting practices and techniques as well as traditional financial accounting principles. Moreover, they have proven their expertise in numerous litigation settings ranging from simple direct cost quantifications for labor and material to the more esoteric and complex subjects of indirect cost allocation and unabsorbed overhead resulting from delays, disruptions or contract terminations.
Compliance matters are another area where our quantification skills as well as expertise in federal government contract rules and regulations have proven effective. Some of the quantification areas have included cost allowability issues under the Cost Principles and Procedures of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), cost allocation and disclosure issues under the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), defective pricing under the Truth-in-Negotiations-Act (TINA) and billing fraud under the False Claims Act (FCA).
Although cost issues are a dominant feature for government contractors, not all of the cost centric concerns involve accounting rules. Some of the areas where our general government contract expertise have been effective include contractor system reviews and compliance determinations for estimating systems, cost accounting and billing systems and manufacturing systems.
For the large projects that our clients typically perform, subject matter expertise is only one facet of problem resolution. Indeed, determining the important facts within a large data population and then marshalling them for a solution can be an even more important skill. Toward that end we blend our advanced technology and data analysis skills with our forensic practices and accepted quantification standards to ascertain the essential facts from voluminous data or incomplete data, to prove the data's authenticity and to discern the meaning and nature of what may appear to some as just a bunch of numbers.