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Award of Sole-Source Follow-On Contract Justified by Continuity Concerns; Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-1064C
Navy’s Alleged Failure to Define Common, Long-Standing Nautical/Aviation Terms in Solicitation Not Enough to Sustain Protest; Creative Custom Products, GAO B-417761
Offeror’s Higher-Rated Proposal Justified its Higher Price; Richen Management, LLC, GAO B-417888
Solicitation that Provides for Award Based on Price/Past Performance Tradeoff Does Not Violate Proscription Against LPTA Criteria; Inserso Corporation, GAO B-417791, B-417791.3
Court Refuses to Supplement Administrative Record with Documents Subject to Attorney-Client and Deliberative-Process Privileges; Poplar Point RBBR, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-1378C
Agency’s Refusal to Disqualify Offeror Suspected of Making a Misrepresentation was Reasonable; Alaska Structures, Inc. v. United States, COFC Nos. 19-792C and 19-204C
The “Rule of Two” Does Not Preclude a Price Reasonableness Evaluation; Land Shark Shredding, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 19-508C
“Somewhat Relevant” Past Performance Rating Still Satisfies RFP’s Minimum Relevancy Rating Standard; Arrowpoint Corporation, GAO B-417375.2, B-417375.3
Merely Using the Word “Implement” in a Proposal Does Not Demonstrate Implementation Experience; Incentive Technology Group, LLC, GAO B-415716.30
Corrective Action Can Be Meaningful Even When Award Decision Stands; GAO B-417565.3, DirectViz Solutions, LLC
Exchanges with Unsuccessful Offeror Created No Prejudice for Protester, Even Assuming They Were Improper Discussions; GAO B-417786, JHC Technology Inc.
Court Must See Entire Contract Before Deciding Which Provision Controls Dispute; COFC No. 18-1882C, Coffman Specialties Inc. v United States
Agency Reasonably Focused Consideration of Subcontractor’s Past Performance to Areas in Which it was Proposed to Perform; GAO B-417798.2, Red River Science & Technology LLC
Delayed Filings Scuttle Protests Challenging Technical Evaluation, Decision to Cancel Solicitation; GAO B-418007, Quasar Global Technologies Inc.
GAO Unmasks a False Dilemma Fallacy: Absence of a Proposal Strength Does Not Establish the Presence of a Weakness; PAE-Parsons Global Logistics Services, LLC–Advisory Opinion, GAO B-417506.13
Prior Agency Protest is Irrelevant to GAO’s Analysis of a Request for Reimbursement of Protest Costs; AeroSage, LLC—Costs, GAO B-417803.2
Proposal’s Allusions to Various IT Processes Failed to Demonstrate Experience with Those Processes; THE EDCCENTECH GROUP, Inc.,GAO B-415716.25
Federal Circuit Affirms Denial of Injunctive Relief in Protest But Also Orders COFC to Hold the Protest in Abeyance; Electra-Med Corporation et al. v. United States et al., Fed. Cir. 2019-1266
Just Because Technical Proposal Had Several Strengths and No Weaknesses Did Not Mean it Was Outstanding; NCI Information Systems, Inc., GAO B-417752 et al.
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