
DHS Procurement Chief Soraya Correa says there are existing and new regulatory and legal authorities the department can wield to help its contractors as DHS and industry cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Correa points to existing “regulatory authorities” in the Federal Acquisition Regulation that allow contracts to be modified due to certain impacts such as the COVID-19 virus, in which case a “contractor may be entitled to an equitable adjustment to contract price using standard” clauses in the regulations. The…