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Attorney, Whose Relatives Work for Protester, Denied Access to Materials Covered by Protective Order; Protest of PHT Aerospace LLC, FAA No. 19-ODRA-00861
COFC Rejects Protester’s Peculiar Interpretation of the Rule of Two, Holds that Even If Rule is Satisfied, Agency is Not Required to Make Award to Veteran-Owned Business Regardless of Price; Veteran Shredding, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-945C
GAO Finds That Issues Raised by Protester Not Compelling Enough to Justify Consideration of Untimely Protest; Vetterra, LLC, GAO B-417991 et al.
Protester That Prevailed on One of Three Protest Grounds Awarded One-Third Its Attorneys’ Fees; Protests of Spatial Front, Inc, FAA No. 18-ODRA-00841 (EAJA)
Agency Cannot Use Highest-Technically Rated Reasonably-Priced Award Methodology When Establishing a Blanket Purchase Agreement; Noble Supply & Logistics, Inc., GAO B-418141
Offeror’s Decision to Bid on Solicitation Despite Admitted Inability to Satisfy Requirements Goes Over Like Bare Ankles at a Victorian Ball; Protest of Selex ES, Inc., FAA No. 19-ODRA-00855
Agency’s Corrective Action Appropriate to Address Flaws in Solicitation; PREA Auditors of America, LLC, GAO -B-417856.2
COFC Denies Stay Pending Appeal, Finds Issues Raised in Appeal Not as Profound as Protester Thinks; Emergency Planning Management, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1024
My Bad: COFC Grants Reconsideration, Finds It Precipitously Entered Judgment on Protest Claims that Had Been Set Aside for Later Consideration; A Squared Joint Venture v. United States, COFC No. 17-835C
It’s All Good: No OCI Even Though Awardee Proposed Agency Employee as a Key Person; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., GAO B-418125 et al.
Protester Who Negotiated to Become Subcontractor of IDIQ Awardee Cannot Credibly Claim that the Services It Planned to Provide Awardee are Beyond the IDIQ’s Scope; Nuance Communications, Inc. GAO B-418106
Offeror Cannot Detrimentally Rely on an Agency Miscommunication as Grounds to Negate a Source Selection Decision; Protests of Lakloey, Inc., FAA Nos. 19-ODRA-00859 and 00860
Incumbent Contractor Unable to Convince GAO that Awardee Is Inexperienced Usurper Whose Approach Will Lead to Misfortune; Raytheon Company, GAO B-417935 et al.
Contractor Can’t Challenge Validity of CPAR in a Bid Protest: Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1373C
COFC Declines to Grant Protester Relief from Judgment; NetCentrics Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 19-839C
Double Your Pleasure/Double Your Fun: Modification of Requirements Contract that Doubled the Items Required Was Not a Cardinal Change; Navistar Defense, LLC v. United States, COFC Nos. 19-1268C & 19-1417C
Ima Wait and See What Happens: Failure to Respond to Notices Announcing Agency’s Plan to Bundle Requirements Nullifies Contractor’s Ability to Challenge the Bundling; W&G Machine Company, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1696C
You Can’t Get There From Here: Protester Fails to Substantiate Claims About Awardee’s Inability to Satisfy a Travel Time Requirement; SOC LLC, GAO B-418027, B-418027.2
“You Are Beautiful No Matter What They Say”: Awardee’s Technical Approach Outstanding Despite Weakness; Watershed Security, LLC, GAO B-417178.4, B-417178.6
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