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Agency Attempted Clarifications But Ended Up Conducting Unequal Discussions; DevTech Systems, Inc., GAO B-418273.3, B-418273.4
Contractor Can’t Submit Opinion Evidence from Its Owner and Can’t Designate Owner as an Expert Witness; Marine Industrial Construction, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 15-1189
Breach Claim in COFC Suit Not Barred by Contractor’s Defenses in Related Patent-Infringement Case Brought by Government; Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-499C.
Agency Not Required to Inform Offeror that Its Price is High Unless the Price Is Unreasonably High; World Wide Technology, Inc., GAO B-417909.2, B-417909.3
COFC Finds Protest “Misfired Badly” on Its Merits Allegations; Mitchco International, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 20-879C
GAO Reaffirms that Agencies Have Discretion in Deciding to Set Aside Task Orders Under Multiple Award Contracts; ITility, LLC, GAO B-419167
Keepin’ It Real: GAO Finds Agency’s Cost Realism Evaluation Unobjectionable; Apogee Engineering, LLC, GAO B-419108, B-419108.2
Agency’s Failure to Document Cost Analysis Negates Award; Hoover Properties, GAO B-418844, B-418844.2
Agency had Duty to Inquire About Awardee’s Change In Corporate Structure; HWI Gear, Inc., v. United States, COFC No. 20-930
Each Procurement Stands Alone: Protester Can’t Rely on Fee It Charged in Another Contract to Support Reasonableness of Proposed Fee; W-T, Joint Venture, GAO B-417905.2
Agency Entitled to Rely on Awardees’ Representations Concerning TAA Compliance; Coast to Coast Computer Products, Inc., GAO B-4129116, B-419116.2
Magnitude of Awardee’s Price Premium Did Not Make Best-Value Tradeoff “Facially Deficient”; Janus Global Operations, LLC, GAO B-418989 et al.
Agency Not Obligated to Seek Out Additional Information to Mitigate Concerns Identified in Past Performance Evaluation; Wolff & Mueller Government Services GmbH & Co. KG, GAO B-419181, B-419181.2
Protester’s Statements that It Understood Agency’s Specifications Did Not Provide Detail Required by Solicitation; Tower Engineering Professional, LLC, GAO B-419158
Although Majority of Proposal Was Submitted on Time, Agency Reasonably Rejected Proposal as Late; TriStar Aerospace LLC, GAO B-419093
Solicitation Contained Enough Information for Vendors to Intelligently Compete; VSolvit, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-849C
“I’m All That and a Bag of Chips”: Agency Appropriately Determined that Protester’s “Strengths” Were Not “Significant Strengths”; Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc., GAO B-419071
Contrary to Protester’s Contention, Services Proposed by Awardee Were Included in Its Federal Supply Schedule; Gartner, Inc., GAO B-419190, B419190.2
COFC Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Case Challenging Suspension of Contractor; Philip Embiata, d/b/a Philema Brothers v. United States, COFC No. 18-605C
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