Explains the federal construction contracting process from formation through administration to termination or completion, including an extensive treatment of the disputes process before the contracting officer, boards of contract appeals and the U.S. Claims Court. Follows the general organization of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and extensively cites the FAR, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), other agency regulations and the boards of contract appeals. Includes all the standard forms used in federal construction contracting plus the matrices which list all the required and optional federal solicitation provisions and contract clauses. Contains a separate section on trying cases before the boards of contract appeals.