Join us for an insightful presentation by panelists that will delve into the Revolutionary FAR overhaul—covering FAR Subpart 8.4 (Federal Supply Schedules), FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Services), and FAR Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation)—and examine its impacts on bid protests.

Panelists:

Polly Hall: Polly formally joined the General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP) in December 2025. In her new role, Polly serves as a strategic advisor and senior leader supporting OGP’s mission to strengthen federal acquisition policy, delivery, and capability. Polly Hall brings over 15 years of federal acquisition experience and a national reputation for transforming how the government approaches procurement, workforce development, and technology modernization. She is a key leader for the Practitioner Workstream supporting the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) initiative driven by the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the FAR Council, where she has guided the development of non-regulatory buying guides, supported testing of the new acquisition process, and helped shape the government-wide change management and training approach for the modernized regulatory framework.

Evan Williams: Evan is a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, representing clients in a full range of complex government contracting matters, with a focus on the aviation, aerospace, technology and defense industries. His practice is informed by his 11 years of work with the U.S. government, including several years in the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) where his work included supervising a team of bid protest hearing officers and guiding all aspects of the bid protest adjudication process. Evan regularly litigates bid protests, claims and disputes before the GAO, the various Boards of Contract Appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.