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Agency-Level Protest Does Not Preserve Pre-Award Protest Rights After Award Decision is Made; COFC No. 19-674, Harmonia Holdings Group LLC v. United States and Dev Technology Group Inc.
COFC Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Protest Challenging SBA’s Issuance of Certificate of Competency; Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co., LLC v. United States, COFC No. 20-309C
Key Employee’s Experience Does Not Necessarily Impute to Newly-Formed Employer; Bliss Pharmacy Services, GAO B-418521
Awardee Takes Exception to Solicitation Requirements, Loses Protest; Deloitte Consulting LLP, GAO B-417988.2 et al.
Protester’s Failure to Adequately Explain Past Performance Efforts Consigns Proposal to the Reject Pile; Strategic Services and Solutions, JV, GAO B-415716.38
Agency Flubs Past Performance Evaluation By Assigning a Marginal Rating to Protester In the Face of Exemplary PPQs; Addx Corporation, GAO B-417804.2 et al.
Protester Unable to Claim that Its Own Business Decisions Were the Result of Misleading Discussions; 1400 Chapman, LLC, GAO B-418409 et al.
Protester Not Prejudiced By Alleged Out of Scope Task Order; American Systems Group, GAO B-418469
“All Animals Are Equal, But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others”: Awardee’s “Outstanding” Rating Slightly More Outstanding than the Protester’s “Outstanding” Rating; Asset Protection & Security Services, LP, GAO B-417024.6, B-417024.7
Forest Service Had Discretion to Hold Telephonic Oral Auction; Timbered Rangeland Management, LLC, GAO B-418424
They Just Looked the Part? Agency Unable to Explain Strengths Assigned to Awardee; IAP Worldwide Services, Inc, GAO B-417824, B-417824.2
Protester’s Estimated Costs Are Not the Benchmark Used to Assess Realism of Awardee’s Costs; EFW, Inc., GAO B-418177 et al.
Proposal Sunk by Glib Technical Narratives; Flairsoft, Ltd., GAO B-415716.37
Agency Erred in Crediting Awardee With Experience of Affiliates that Were Not Participating in Contract Effort; MetroStar Systems, Inc., GAO B-416377.5, B-416377.8
The Belt and Suspenders Approach: Agency’s Decision to Take More Corrective Action than GAO Recommended Not Objectionable; IT Objects, LLC, GAO B-418012.3
It’s the Government Not Burger King: You Don’t Get to Have the Solicitation Your Way; Appian Corporation, GAO B-417837.2
Error-Filled Evaluation Not Enough to Sustain Protest When Protester’s High Price Still Forecloses Chance for Award; Perspecta Enterprise Solutions, LLC, GAO B-416377.6, B-416377.7
Request For Costs Negated By Inartfully Worded Proposal; Oready, LLC—Costs, GAO B-418297.2
Protest Sustained Because Agency Ignored Cost Data in Protester’s Proposal; Sayres & Associates Corporation; GAO B-418374
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