Thomas P. Barletta

Partner

• tbarletta@steptoe.com
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Thomas P. Barletta is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP where he is a member of the Litigation Department and Intellectual Property group.

Mr. Barletta concentrates in government procurement law and policy matters. He advises clients on compliance and disputes in matters involving cost allowability and cost accounting, contract pricing, and contract financing. Mr. Barletta also advises and represents clients on pre-protest issues, GSA multiple award contract matters, acquisitions and novations, teaming agreements, prime contractor/subcontractor disputes, government contract intellectual property issues, including compliance with regulatory requirements applicable to technical data and patent rights, claim assessments and preparation of REAs and claims, and various other regulatory and contract compliance issues.

Mr. Barletta’s practice also involves advice to clients on matters related to personnel and facility security clearances, including issues relating to foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI). He serves as Steptoe’s facility security officer and has a personal security clearance.

Mr. Barletta has substantial experience in government contract-related litigation, ADR, and other proceedings, including bid protests, claims and disputes, internal investigations, government audits and investigations, suspensions and debarments, and civil False Claims Act and qui tam actions.

Mr. Barletta also focuses on representing utilities in connection with utility privatization and energy savings contracting matters, and on government procurement of healthcare-related services.

Mr. Barletta is a former member of the Council of the American Bar Association's Section of Public Contract Law. He was the chair of the Section's Accounting, Cost, Pricing Committee from 1991-1994, and was a vice chair of that committee from 1995-2000. He was a co-chair of the Section’s Working Group on Price-Based Acquisition and is a member of the Section’s Bid Protest and Healthcare Procurement Committees. Mr. Barletta has also been the chair of the Section's Annual and Quarterly Programs Committee.

Mr. Barletta has written and spoken on numerous topics in the government procurement area, including Price Reduction clause, contract scope and Trade Agreements Act issues under GSA MAS contracts; intellectual property rights under government contracts; access to records; competition, source selection and  bid protests; False Claims Act litigation; the cost principles and CAS; contract debt collection; and the attorney-client privilege. He also authored the "Regulatory Report" in the Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report published by Federal Publications from  1988–1998.

Speaking Engagements

• Legal Corner: Contractor Liabilities and Other Legal Issues to Consider in Disaster Relief Contracting, December 5, 2006, Coalition for Government Procurement Disaster Recovery Procurement Seminar

Publications

• Compliance Update: New FAR Requirements on Business Ethics and Internal Controls
  March 17, 2008
• Congress Imposes New Export Control Requirements for Defense Contractors
  February 14, 2008
• Board Gives Effect to GSA Contractor Teaming Agreement
  July 2007, Off the Shelf: The Coalition for Government Procurement
• Disaster Recovery Procurement Seminar
  Opportunities and Challenges for Government Contractors
  December 5, 2006
• The Basics of the Trade Agreement Act, as reprinted from Off-the-Shelf, The Coalition for Government Procurement
  March 2006, Off-The-Shelf
• Dealing with Contract Scope Issues Under GSA FSS Contracts, from BNA's Federal Contracts Reporter
  August 9, 2005, Federal Contracts Reporter
• GSA Multiple Award Schedule Contracts: Price Reduction Clause Compliance
  July 2003
• The Price Reduction Clause
  An Overview of the Basics
  July 2003, Off-The-Shelf