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COFC Finds that Protest was Ripe But Protester Lacked Standing to Assert It; Ideogenics, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-1559C
Protester Misreads an “Inclusive Or” as an “Exclusive Or”; 49er Pressure Wash and Water Service, Inc., GAO B-417926, B-417926.2
Evaluation Criteria that Heavily Favored Incumbent Not Unduly Restrictive; Flight Support, Inc., GAO B-417637.2
Summarily Responding to Agency’s Argument In Comments Constitutes Abandonment of Protest Grounds; Zolon PCS, LLC, GAO B-417930
Denial of Injunctive Relief in Protest Precludes Declaratory Relief; Arkham Technology Ltd. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1060C
Amendment to Solicitation Did Not Necessitate an Extension of the Proposal Deadline; Patriot First Professional Services, Inc., GAO B-417965
Requirement that “Justice Advisor” Have a Law Degree and Legal Experience Not Unduly Restrictive; Ronald L. Glass, GAO B-417855
GAO Finds that Agency’s “Paired Proposal” Tradeoff is a Defective Best Value Methodology; Blue Origin Florida, LLC, GAO B-417839
Cancellation of Solicitation Justified By History of Protests and the Passage of Time; A Squared Joint Venture v. United States, COFC No. 17-835C
Challenge to Air Force’s Past Performance Evaluation Aims High but Sputters; Triad Logistics Services Corporation; GAO -B-417621.2
Requirement that Offerors Have Access to Proprietary Technical Manuals was Not an Unjustified Noncompetitive Procedure; Chromalloy San Diego Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 19-974C
Protester Cannot Submit Information in Its Proposal and then Complain that the Agency Considered It; Avalon Contracting, Inc., GAO B-417845, B-417845.2
Agency Helped Awardee’s Product Shed Pounds Before Weigh-in; GAO B-417830, High Noon Unlimited, Inc.
Agency Does Not Treat Offerors Unequally When it Applies the Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Act in Accordance with the FAR; Becton, Dickinson and Company, GAO B-417854
Instructions for Proposal Revisions Did Not Preclude Awardee from Adjusting Labor Rates Downward; ARES Technical Services Corporation, GAO B-415081.5
COFC Protest Challenging Agency’s Bundling Decision Barred by FASA’s Jurisdictional Limitation; InSap Services, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-1565C
Agency Reasonably Penalized Proposal for Overselling Protester’s Capabilities; CyberData Technologies, LLC, GAO B-417816
Ineligible Proposal Negates Protester’s Interested Party Status; VetsTec, LLC, GAO B-418164
Pre-Award Protest Fails by Assuming Improper Evaluation; Chromalloy Component Services, Inc., GAO B-417362.2
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