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Awardee’s Work on Other Contracts Didn’t Result in Impaired Objectivity OCI; American Systems Corporation, GAO B-420132 et al.
Agency Reasonably Considered a Single Element of Quotation a Weakness Under Two Different Evaluation Factors; Fors Marsh Group, LLC, GAO B-420153
Protester Can’t Complain When It Failed to Address Concerns Raised During Discussions; ACI Technologies, Inc., GAO B-420129
Agency Entitled to Consider Contract References the Protester Didn’t Submit; Amentum Services, Inc., GAO B-419998, B-419998.2
COFC Denies Request for Injunction, Finds Protester Is Unlikely to Succeed on Merits; A.T. Kearney Public Sector and Defense Services, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-2121
Federal Circuit Affirms that Evaluation Error Does Not Give Rise to Presumption of Prejudice; System Studies & Simulation, Inc., L3 Doss Aviation, Inc. v. United States, CAE USA Inc., Fed. Cir. 2021-1469
GAO Dismisses Untimely Protest Filed by Uninterested Party; Allosense, Inc., GAO B-420201
Federal Circuit Holds COFC Erred in Entering Judgment on Claim that Was Never Presented to Contracting Officer; Tolliver Group, Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-234
Supervision and Training of Armed Guards Does Not Count as “Armed Security Experience”; Vedetta 2 Mondialpol S.p.A, GAO B-420161
GAO Finds Request for Reconsideration Was a Rehash of Arguments Raised in Underlying Protest; Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions, Inc.–Reconsideration, GAO B-419812.3
Protester Claimed It Was Objecting to the Scope of Task Order, But Protest Was Really a Premature Challenge to the Agency’s Acquisition Strategy; Oracle America, Inc., GAO B-420136 et al.
Agency Failed to Properly Justify Solicitation’s Brand-Name Restriction; Westwind Computer Products, Inc., GAO B-420119
Contractor Thought It Was Entitled to Payment for Time Spent On-Site, But CBCA Found tht Payment Was Only Due for Actual Time Spent Working; GCC Technologies, LLC v. Department of Education, CBCA 7129
GAO Finds Agency Mishandled Discussions and Bungled Price Evaluation; Science Applications International Corporation, GAO B-420005 et al.
Allegation that Agency Failed to Qualitatively Evaluate Proposals Falls Flat; Analytical Planning Programming Policy & Strategic Integration, LLC, GAO B-420140, B-420140.3
Federal Circuit Holds that COFC Erred in Extending Blue & Gold Waiver Rule; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, Dev Technology Group, Inc.
Awardee’s Proposal Exceeded Page Limitations, But It Wasn’t a Problem for GAO; MindPetal Software Solutions, Inc., GAO B-420070, B-420070.2
CIO-SP4 Solicitation’s Limit on Claiming Experience of Large Business Subcontractors Is Not Unduly Restrictive; International Global Solution, LLC; Definitive InfoTech Services and Solutions, LLC, GAO B-419956.20, B-419956.22
Protester Claimed It Was Objecting to the Scope of a Task Order, But GAO Found Protest Was Really a Premature Challenge to the Agency’s Acquisition Strategy; Oracle America, Inc., GAO B-420181
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