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Awardee Should’ve Notified Agency When Key Person Became Unavailable; Ashlin Management Group, GAO B-419472.3, B-419472.4
Claimant’s Suit, Filed Nine Years After Claim Was Denied, Is Barred by CDA’s Statute of Limitations; Thomas Nussbaum v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1170
Proposal Undone by Vague Description that Lacked Specifics; Platinum Business Services, LLC, GAO B-419930
Federal Circuit Holds COFC Erred in Applying Commercial Items Termination Clause to a Services Contract; JKB Solutions and Services, LLC v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2021-1257
Protester Can’t Allege Possible PIA Violation, Refuse to Participate in Investigation, and then Complain that PIA Investigation Was Insufficient; Alpine Companies, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1541C
Protester’s Price Was Too High For It to Be Prejudiced by Alleged Error In Price Evaluation; Deloitte & Touche LLP, GAO B-420038
Protest Challenging Potential Procurement Violations Is Not Ripe; Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 21-1391C
“Evaluation Observation” in Award Decision Was Not an Improper Price Realism Evaluation; Terra Klean Solutions, Inc., GAO B-419838, B-419838.2
Agency Not Required to Extend Qualification Deadline Just to Maximize Competition; Smiths Detection, Inc., GAO B-420110, B-420111
Award Decision Contained Some “Loosey-Goosey, Business-Lite Terms,” But Those Terms Didn’t Amount to Unstated Criteria; Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation, COFC No. 21-1394C
Perfect is the Enemy of the Good: Protester Didn’t Need “Definitive” Knowledge of Protest Grounds Before Filing; Magnum Multimedia; GAO B-420227
Protester Lacks Standing When it Fails to Challenge Evaluation of Offeror Next in Line for Award; Manhattan Strategy Group LLC, GAO B-420021
Consideration of Candidate’s Expired Certification Reasonably Encompassed by Solicitation; Davos Francois, GAO B-419973
Court Sanctions Government for Mishandling Administrative Record and Wasting Judicial Resources; Oak Grove Technologies, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-775C
Haphazard Attempt to Meet Solicitation Requirements Doesn’t Cut It; Axxeum, Inc., GAO B-420013, B-420013.2
Promise to Comply With Solicitation Requirements Not Enough to Demonstrate Eligibility for Award; RK Consultancy Services, Inc., GAO B-420030, B-420020.2
Proposals Are Large, They Contain Multitudes: Agency Reasonably Found that Single Aspect of Approach Contained Strengths and Weaknesses; Omnitec Solutions, Inc., GAO B-419675.2
Agency Gave Due Regard to Impact of Corporate Transaction on Awardee; ICI Services Corporation, GAO B-418255.5, B-418255.6
COFC Agrees with GAO: Awardee of Multiple-Award IDIQ Contract Lacks Standing to Challenge Other Awards; Aero Spray, Inc. d/b/a Dauntless Air v. United States, COFC No. 21-1079C
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