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Agency Not Required to “Monetize” Offeror’s Technical Approach; Coventry Healthcare Workers’ Compensation, Inc., GAO B-417237.5
Agency Neglected to Analyze Proposals for Unbalanced Pricing; IAP World Services, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1116C
Agency Did Not Increase Scope of IDIQ Contact by Awarding Task Order to IDIQ Holder that had Changed Its Name and Corporate Structure; DynCorp International LLC v. United States, COFC No.. 20-1293C
Protester that New Key Person Was Unavailable and Failed to Notify Agency Can’t Complain When Its Proposal Is Downgraded; Clear Global Solutions, LLC, GAO B-419402
“I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me”: Protester Unable to Negate Weakness, Add Strengths, or Convince GAO Its Past Performance Was Relevant; GVI Inc., GAO B-419397, B-419397.2
Agency Reasonably Accepted Higher-Rated Proposals Over Protesters’ Less Expensive Alternatives; QVine Corporation; Digital Age Experts, LLC, GAO B-419017 et al.
GAO Not Swayed by Challenge to Price Evaluation; Valor Healthcare, Inc., GAO B-418606.2, B-418606.3
Federal Circuit Reverses COFC, Holds that Protester Lacked Standing Due to Speculative Protest Allegations; HVF West, LLC v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1414, 2020-1583
Agency’s Decision to Take Corrective Action Reasonable Even Though Protester Renounced Argument that Prompted Corrective Action; Dynamic Systems Technology, Inc., GAO B-419109.3, B-419109.4
Agency Reasonably Determined that Awardee’s Outstanding Technical Rating Was Worth Almost Double Protester’s Price; Professional Analysis, Inc., GAO B-419239, B-419239.2
Offering Additional Services at No Additional Cost as Part of Fixed-Price Contract Does Not Really Benefit the Agency; Otco Metric, LLC, GAO B-419177
Only a “Required” Debriefing Extends the GAO Protest Deadline; Microgenics Corporation, GAO B-419470
Agency Not Required to Evaluate Prospective Offerors’ Financial Capability as Part of “Rule of Two” Analysis; CRAssociates, Inc., GAO B-419346
“Come Together, Right Now, Over Me”: Agency’s Consolidation of Multiple Contracts Into Single Procurement Is Reasonably Justified; McGoldrick Construction Services Corporation, GAO B-419327
“Try to See It My Way, Do I Have to Keep on Talking ‘Til I Can’t Go On?” Protester Can’t Convince GAO that Its Proposal Deserved More Strengths; Owens & Minor Distribution, Inc., GAO B-418223.5 et al.
“Fixing a Hole Where the Rain Gets In”: Agency Reasonably Requested Revised Price Proposals as Part of Corrective Action to Fix Multiple Mistakes in Handling of Proposals; Veterans Medical Supply, Inc., GAO B-418019.6
Timeliness of Proposal Is Determined by When Agency Receives the Proposal, Not When the Offeror Submits It; Land Logistics, GAO B-418247
Protester Unleashes Gyre of Challenges to Evaluation of Lease Proposals, But Nothing Sticks; Progress For Bakersfield Veterans LLC. v. United States, COFC No. 20-1050C
Although Contractor Assigned Its Contract, It Reserved Its Claims Against the Government; Boston Edison Company et al. v. United States, COFC No. 20-529C
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