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Protester Can’t Base Disparate Treatment Argument on Ratings Assessed to Offerors Under Different Criteria; Nova Consulting, Inc., GAO B-419168.3
Stranded in Price Reasonableness Purgatory: Protester’s Price was Too High for Award But Not High Enough to Warrant Discussions; DynCorp International, LLC v. United States et al., Fed. Cir. 2020-2041
“Wait, There’s More”: Court Finds Government Bungled Evaluation, Disregarded an OCI, Withheld Documents, and Must Show Cause as to Why It Should Not Be Sanctioned; Oak Grove Technologies, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-775C
Declaration Submitted to Support Contractor’s Claims Lacked Specificity, Did Not Create Factual Issues, Couldn’t Rebut Government’s Summary Judgment Motion; Vanquish Worldwide, LLC. v. United States, COFC Nos. 17-96C, 18-043C, 19-310C, and 20-346C
Court Denies Request for Preliminary Injunction, Finds that Protester’s Mere “Financial and Ethereal” Injuries Did Not Outweigh Risks to National Security; AccelGov, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 21-1647C
Court Reforms Botched Lease to Reflect Parties’ Actual Understanding; Westdale Northwest Center, LP v. United States, COFC No. 16-113C
Protester Waited Too Long to Challenge Sole-Source Award; Tyonek Engineering and Agile Manufacturing, LLC, GAO B-419775 et al.
“Die Grenzen meiner Sprache . . . “: In a Case that Would Intrigue Ludwig Wittgenstein, Court Analyzes Difference Between “Capable of Supporting” and “Minimum”; Blue Tech Inc. v. United States, COFC NO. 21-1053C
Task Order Did Not Exceed Scope of IDIQ Contract; CSIOS Corporation, GAO B-419779, B-419779.2
Changes in Agency’s Requirements Warrant Cancellation of Solicitation; Vertex Aerospace, LLC, GAO B-418828.8
Thank You for Your Interest, But We Regret to Inform You . . . GAO Unable to Hear Protest If Erroneously Awarded Contract Cannot Be Terminated for Convenience; Dolphin Park TT, LLC B-419899
Protesters Allege Awards Were Improper Reprocurements, But GAO Finds They’re Just Awards Under Same Multiple-Award Solicitation; The Noble Attorney, LLC; American Medical Equipment, Inc., GAO B-419884 et al.
Solicitation Did Not Unreasonably Favor Incumbent; Trigent Solutions, Inc., GAO B-419801
A Nod Is as Good as a Wink . . . Evaluation of Professional Compensation Satisfied Requirement to Assess Price Realism; People, Technology and Processes, LLC, GAO B-418726, B-418726.6
Agency’s Warehouse Requirements Not Unduly Restrictive; American International Moves, Inc., GAO B-419756
VA’s Attempt to Conduct Procurement While Simultaneously Transferring Its Requirements to Another Agency Is a Glorious, Self-Immolating Debacle; Medline Industries, Inc. & Concordance Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. United States, COFC Nos. 21-1174 and 21-1098
The Banality of “Lethal”: GAO Determines that Requirement to Address “Entire Weapon System Kill Chain” Requires “Modeling Lethality”; Sigmatech, Inc. GAO B-419656 et al.
If A > B and B > C , then A > C: Protest Foiled by the Transitive Property; Salient CRGT, Inc., GAO B-419759, B-419759.8
Government Is Judicially Estopped from Arguing that Solicitation Requirement May Be Reinterpreted “as if It Were a Work of Modern Art” to Produce a Different Outcome in Different Protests; WaveLink, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-749C
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