Topic: Demystifying FAR 2.0:  Navigating the Federal Acquisition Regulations Renovation

Speaker: Edward T. DeLisle, Partner, Government Contracts Practice Group, Thompson Hine LLP

Presentation:

The federal procurement landscape is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. Join us for a webinar exploring the far-reaching changes brought by the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” and the launch of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO).

During this webinar, we will discuss:

1. The FAR Revolution: What’s Changing and Why
2. Two-Phase Implementation Plan
3. Key Regulatory Changes
4. Strategic Acquisition Guidance and Buying Guides
5. Impacts and Next Steps for Federal Contractors

Speaker's bio:

Ed focuses on federal contracting, construction law, construction litigation, and small business procurement and

litigation. He drafts and negotiates construction contracts, teaming agreements and joint venture agreements for

subcontractors, contractors, developers and owners. In addition, he litigates, arbitrates and mediates complex

construction and procurement cases in various jurisdictions and forums.
 

Ed also provides guidance on small business procurement. He assists clients in obtaining certification as small and

small disadvantaged businesses at the municipal, state and federal levels. He participates in bid protests involving

Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, HUBZone and 8(a) set-aside contracts and assists with responding to best-value

procurements at the state and federal levels. Ed also assists government contractors in international disputes

involving the federal government, with experience relating to Department of Defense and Department of State work in

Germany, Lithuania, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and Somalia.

Ed has testified before Congress and frequently lectures and writes on issues of concern to the construction and

federal contracting industries. He has presented at the National 8(a) Association Conferences in Anchorage, AK,

Orlando, FL, Nashville, TN and New Orleans, LA; the AGC Federal Contractors Conference in Washington, D.C., and

at AGC’s national conference, where he discussed hot topics in federal government contracts. Ed has also lectured

on how to appropriately team on federal projects, the SDVOSB verification process, changes in the SBA’s small

business programs, effective project documentation, strategies to obtain payment on construction projects and the

legal protections provided by the bond and lien laws of various states.

Education:

– Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1996

– Saint Joseph's University, B.A., 1992, cum laude

Publications: (list is too long to publish here)

– "FAR 2.0: The Big Overhaul That’s Changing How the Government Buys," Deltek Project Nation blog, June 16,

2025

– "FAR 2.0: More Than Just Revisions in FAR Part 10 Release," Thompson Hine Transition – A Presidential Change

Update, June 2025

Presentations: (list is too long to publish here)
– "2024: FAR Part 36 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts," Jennifer Schaus & Associates, webinar series, May 29, 2024 
– Moderator, "OSDBU Insights For Government Contracting Success," National 8(a) Association, Winter Conference, Atlanta, GA, February 2024

Professional Associations:
– Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
– The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) - FAR Committee Chairman
– American Bar Association (ABA) - Small Business Committee
– Washington Building Congress (WBC)
– Philadelphia Bar Association (PBA)