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December 5, 2018 By AMK

What is the Christian Doctrine and why should you care?

The “Christian Doctrine” provides that a mandatory statute or regulation that expresses a significant or deeply ingrained strand of public procurement policy shall be read into a federal contract by operation of law, even if the clause is not in the contract. 

The doctrine is an exception to the general rule that the government must put vendors on notice of contract requirements, whether expressly or through incorporation by reference.

It also is an exception to standard commercial contracting practices and contract interpretation principles.

The rationale for the doctrine is that procurement policies set by higher authority cannot be avoided or evaded (deliberately or negligently) by lower government officials.

Keep reading this article at: https://governmentcontractsnavigator.com/2018/11/19/what-is-the-christian-doctrine-and-why-should-you-care/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: bonding, Christian Doctrine, construction, Miller Act

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